OPUK RANGE, Crimea (Reuters) — Over two thousand Russian paratroopers took part in large-scale drills on Tuesday (March 21) at Opuk training range in Crimea.
The commander in charge of the exercise, Colonel-General Andrei Serdyukov, said the military manoeuvres were prompted by an “increased terrorist threat” in the region.
Servicemen were practising amphibious landings, airdrops and carried out firing drills.
About 600 pieces of combat hardware were involved into exercises on the Black Sea peninsula.
Russia has carried out several, unannounced military drills in the area since the annexation of Crimea in March 2014.