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@RALee85
Sep 11, 2020 • 260 tweets • >60 min read • Read on X
Kavkaz 2020 Thread: Shoigu said the exercise will run from Sep 21-26 and will "assess the the Southern Military District's ability to ensure military security in Russia's southwest." The main part will take place at the Kapustin Yar and Ashuluk ranges and Black and Caspian Seas.
As part of Kavkaz 2020 "issues of command and control of groups of troops, formations and subunits in joint operations to localize and resolve armed conflicts related to countering terrorism will be practiced." 2/
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The first PLA troops have begun to arrive in Astrakhan, Russia for the exercise. Two Chinese Y-20 military transport aircraft delivered a hundred troops (all of whom were tested for COVID-19) and military equipment today. 3/
Photos of PLA ZBD-04A IFVs and PLZ-07 122-mm howitzers being loaded onto Y-20 aircraft for Kavkaz 2020. 4/
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Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said Kavkaz 2020 will have 2 stages:
-the first stage will involve planning military operations in the conditional military-political environment,
-the second stage will involve the actual maneuvers of the multinational group of troops.
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In the 1st stage "maneuvers in the fight against international terrorism supported by the armed forces of a mock enemy state will be worked out to repel air attacks, conduct reconnaissance, search and defensive actions" by the participating countries. 6/
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The 2nd stage will involve the group of ground forces, aviation and air defense forces, the Black Sea Fleet, and the Caspian Flotilla conducting offensive actions to defeat the mock enemy with a massive fire strike. It will include ZVO, YuVO, VDV, VTA, and long-range aviation. 7/
Fomin said Armenia, Belarus, China, Myanmar, and Pakistan were invited to take part in the joint group of ground forces, and Azerbaijan and Iran were invited to participate in the exercise in the Caspian sea. (India was previously supposed to take part but pulled out). 8/
Russian paratroopers have arrived in Belarus for the Slavic Brotherhood 2020 exercise and Belarusian servicemen have begun arriving in Russia for the Kavkaz 2020 exercise. 350 Belarusian servicemen with 6 2S1 Gvozdikas and tanks and IFVs will take part. 9/
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Video of Belarusian and Chinese servicemen arriving at Kapustin Yar for the Kavkaz 2020 exercise with COVID-19 mitigation efforts in place. 10/
The flag raising ceremony for Kavkaz took place today at the Kapustin Yar training area in Astrakhan. Troops from Armenia, Belarus, China, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Russia took part in the ceremony. 11/
Today is the first day of the Kavkaz 2020 exercise. Southern Military District Su-27 and Su-30SM fighters have gone on simulated combat alert to conduct air defense missions at airfields in Crimea, Krasnodar, Stavropol, and Rostov. 12/
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Presumably, this includes the 38th Fighter Aviation Regiment in Belbek, the 3rd Composite Aviation Regiment in Krymsk, and the 31st Fighter Aviation Regiment in Millerovo. 13/
The Southern Military District's ensemble sang for a group of PLA soldiers at Kapustin Yar yesterday. 14/
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PLA Lt Gen Liu Xiaowu (I might be misspelling his name) said, "This event shows the development and strengthening of our bilateral relations and the mutual trust between the 2 armies," regarding China's decision to send troops amidst the COVID pandemic.15/
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Around 60 Il-76 military transport aircraft based in Tver, Pskov, Orenburg, Ulyanovsk, and Rostov have relocated to different airfields to support the Kavkaz 2020 exercise. 16/
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Video of the 1536th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment's S-300PM systems going on combat duty for the Kavkaz 2020 exercise. A unified control system was established for air defense forces participating in the exercise. 17/
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>10 air defense battalions from the Southern Military District's 4th Air and Air Defense Forces Army with S-300, S-400, and Pantsir-S and SV air defense units with Buk-M2, Buk-M3, and Tor (including Tor-M2) systems have taken positions and gone on duty.19/
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Southern Military District Borisoglebsk-2 and other EW systems, communications units, and the VDV's 56th Air Assault Brigade's C2 systems (Andromeda-D?) set up command posts at the Prudboy training area and are providing C-UAS coverage. 20/
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Video of command and control and communications points being established at the Prudboy training area. 21/
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A new mine-clearing MICLIC vehicle based on a BMP-3 chassis is being shown off at the exercise. 22/
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The Southern Military District and Black Sea Fleet's ensembles both performed for the multinational grouping of troops at Kapustin Yar and servicemen played soccer, basketball, and cricket. 23/
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Just throwing up bricks left and right. 24/
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Photos of troops from China, Myanmar, Belarus, and Armenia during the flag raising ceremony. 25/
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Photos of Pakistani servicemen and a Mi-28UB helicopter during the ceremony. 26/
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Photo of a serviceman from each of the country's participating in the joint land forces grouping at Kavkaz 2020: Armenia, Belarus, China, Russia, Myanmar, and Pakistan. Iran and Azerbaijan are participating in maneuvers in the Caspian Sea, as well. 27/
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Around 1k foreign servicemen were invited to participate in the exercise. Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Sri Lanka are all sending observers as well. 28/
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Alexander Fomin said ~ 80k personnel would take part in the exercise, including Rosgvardia, EMERCOM, PVO, Navy, combat, and support units, but he said only 12.9k operating under a single operational command would fall under the Vienna Document 2011. 29/
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He said the exercise will involve up to 250 tanks, 450 IFV/APCs, and up to 200 artillery pieces and MLRS. Kavkaz 2020 will take place at the Kapustin Yar, Ashuluk, Prudboy, Adanak, Raevsky, Arzgirsky, and Kopansky training areas and Black/Caspian Seas. 30/
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Video showing Tunguska air defense systems and the new Uran-3 (they look like Uran-6) UGVs that will be used to clear fields at Kapustin Yar. 31/

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VDV, ground forces, naval infantry, air defense, and air force assets moving into position for the exercise. 32/
Last month, Russian conducted an exercise with 10 Uran-6 mine-clearing UGVs and Uran-14 UGVs. We'll likely see a similar demonstration of multiple UGVs at Kavkaz 2020. 33/
According to the MoD, Kavkaz-2020 will "focus on combating cruise missiles and UAVs, as well as on fire and EW activities against entire enemy formations, on training airborne troops’ vertical envelopment capability and ways to rapidly shift between military activities," 34/
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T-72B3 tanks, BMP-2 IFVs, and Tor-M2 air defense systems at the Prudboy training area. 36/
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>20 Black Sea Fleet ships went to sea. During the 1st phase, they are focused on counter-mine and ASW ops with the Vladimir Emelyanov and Ivan Antonov Project 12700, Valentin Pikul Project 266ME, and Vice Admiral Zakharyin Project 02668 minesweepers. 37/
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Those 4 minesweepers conducted recon and then escorted BSF ships and submarines through a simulated mined area. Some ships practiced firing on the simulated mines. 38/
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In addition, the BSF's Moskva Project 1164, Pytlivyy Project 1135M, Orekhovo-Zuyevo and Vyshniy Volochyok Project 21631, Tsezar Kunikov, Azov, Novocherkassk Project 775, Naberezhnye Chelny, Ivanovets, Shuya, and R-60 Project 1241, and Samum Project 1239 will take part. 39/ ImageImage
More than 30 ships from the Caspian Flotilla, including the Dagestan Project 11661K; Grad Sviyazhsk, Astrakhan, Volgodonsk, and Makhachkala Project 21630/1 MRK; minesweepers, Project 21980 Grachonok, and Raptor fast attack craft will take part in the exercise. 40/
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The MoD released an infographic for Kavkaz 2020. Note, the figures on the bottom left show the forces they say fall under the Vienna Document 2011, but the entire force, taking into account combat and non-combat forces, will be closer to 80k. 42/
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More than 3.5k paratroopers will take part in Kavkaz 2020, including the 56th and 31st Air Assault Brigades and 7th Mountain Airborne Division. At Kapustin Yar, >1k paratroopers and 100 pieces of equipment will be parachuted from 50 aircraft. 43/
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Il-76MD transport aircraft will take off from Taganrog and Ulyanovsk and drop them at two LZs from an altitude of 600-900 meters. BMD-4M will be dropped with PBS-950U and MKS-350 parachute systems. 44/
At Kapustin Yar and Prudboy, the 31st Air Assault Brigade will conduct a heliborne operation with Mi-8AMTSh and Mi-26 helicopters carrying D-30 122m howitzers, Niva Kotyonok (kitten) and Eskadron buggies with 120mm Sani mortars, Kord HMGs, AGS-17, and UAZ pickups with PKPs. 45/
The 31st Air Assault Brigade was the VDV's experimental unit for an organic heliborne air assault force. At Vostok 2018, it practiced a company-level heliborne operation and at Tsentr 2019, battalion-level. 46/
The VDV's 7th Mountain Air Assault Division will repel an amphibious assault at the Raevsky training area in Krasnodar. 47/
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Southern Military District engineer forces repaired a railway bridge after it was destroyed, and then set up ferries and pontoon bridges to allow motorized rifle forces with BMP-3 IFVs and T-72B3 tanks to cross a river. 48/
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Southern Military District bridging units conducted a series of exercises last month to help Ground Forces units cross a number of rivers. Not surprising that this will be a point of emphasis at Kavkaz 2020. 49/
The Black Sea Fleet's 810th Naval Infantry Brigade loaded up BTR-82A and other equipment on the Tsesar Kunikov, Azov, and Novocherkassk Project 775 Ropucha-class large landing ships in preparation for an amphibious assault on the Taman Peninsula. 50/
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>1.5k servicemen and 500 pieces of equipment made a 150km march to the Tsabal and Nagvalou TA in Abkhazia. They will train alongside Abkhazian forces with S-300, T-72B3, BTR-82AM, Shturm ATGM carriers, 2S3, and Ka-52, Mi-8, and Mi-8AMTSh helicopters. 51/
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The joint Abkhazian and Russian forces from the 7th Military Base will conduct a live fire exercise firing on targets in the mountains as well as repelling an amphibious landing. 52/
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The Caspian Flotilla's 177th Naval Infantry Regiment was alerted and made a movement to the Turali, Adanak, and Zelenomorsk training areas and BTR-82A vehicles, Tornado-G MLRS, and 122mm D-30 howitzers took up positions to repel an amphibious landing. 53/
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The 10th Repair-Evacuation Regiment and other engineering units have moved to Astrakhan with INVU-3M Korshun mine detectors, OVR-3Sh, SKO-10 and MKKV-400 purification stations, BAT-2 and IMR-3 vehicles, and MKT-4P, MKT-4L, MKT-3LR, UMV-1 camo kits. 54/
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More than 1,500 servicemen and 300 pieces of military equipment will take part in joint Russo-Armenian drills at the Alagyaz training area in Armenia as part of Kavkaz 2020. 55/
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More than 30 Southern Military District helicopters, including Mi-8AMTSh, Mi-28N, Mi-35, Ka-52, and Mi-26, will take part in Kavkaz 2020 and were relocated to the Kapustin Yar and Ashuluk airfields. 56/
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Southern Military District and VDV air defense units repelled a simulated air strike at the Prudboy training area with Tunguska-M1 and Strela-10 AD systems and Verba MANPADS. 57/
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Among the systems that will be used at Kavkaz-2020 are the Orlan-10, Takhion, and Forpost UAVs; the Strelets KRUS system that can share target information with UAVs and command posts, and the Ironia reconnaissance system. 58/
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More than 1.5k servicemen and 300 pieces of equipment from Russia's 4th Military Base in South Ossetia will take part in Kavkaz 2020 with T-72, BMP-2, Tunguska, Strela-10, 2S3 Akatsiya, Sani mortars, and SBR-3 and Strelets systems. 59/
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The Russian MoD said that Iranian ships would help block supply lanes for simulated terrorists in the Caspian Sea as part of Kavkaz 2020. 60/
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Kavkaz 2020 has begun at the Ashuluk training area. The Southern Military District's 34th Mountain Motorized Rifle Brigade practiced occupying defensive positions at night with their MT-LB vehicles, for the first time in a desert environment. 61/
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Screenshots of the 34th Mountain Motorized Rifle Brigade's MT-LB vehicles. At Ashuluk, special attention will be paid to repelling a simulated air strike and operating with UAVs as well as conducting offensive and defensive operations in a desert environment. 62/ ImageImage
Pakistan's troop contingent at the flag raising ceremony. (h/t @st_aubrun) 63/
Paratroopers from the 56th Air Assault Brigade conducted a live fire exercise with AGS-17 grenade launchers and RPG-7 and repelled a group of saboteurs after being inserted by a Mi-8AMTSh helicopter at the Prudboy training area. 64/
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Paratrooper with an AK-12 rifle + GP-25 grenade launcher and Valdai 1P87 sight. 65/ Image
Our first look at the VDV's 31st Air Assault Brigade's heliborne air assault training at Kapustin Yar for Kavkaz 2020. Paratroopers rappelled from Mi-8AMTSh helicopters and practiced loading their special buggies that can be carried by helicopter. 66/
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Screenshot of the Niva Kotyonok (kitten) buggies armed with Kord HMG and Kornet and Konkurs ATGMs being loaded onto Mi-8AMTSh helicopters. 67/ ImageImageImageImage
I count 30 helicopters, mostly Mi-8AMTSh though I see at least one Mi-35M and two Mi-26 at the Kapustin Yar training area. 68/ Image
Screenshots and photos from the exercise. 69/
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Photo of Mi-24, Mi-8AMTSh, and Mi-26 helicopters presumably flying over Kapustin Yar. 70/
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At the Ashuluk training area, Southern Military District air defense units conducted a large-scale air defense live-fire exercise to repel a simulated air strike with S-400, Buk-M2 and Pantsir-S systems as well as Su-30SM fighters. 71/
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And a clip of S-400 TELs launching 48N6-series missiles and Pantsir-S systems launching 57E6-series missiles. 72/
Another video of the air defense live fire exercise at the Ashuluk training area, mostly S-400 in this clip. The OPFOR was provided by 20 Su-34, Su-24M, Su-30SM, and MiG-29SMT aircraft (who obviously weren't there for the AD live fire portion). 73/
S-300PM2 Favorit systems from the ZVO's 32nd Air Defense Division (both the 108th and 42nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiments) also fired on Strizh-M high-altitude targets, Favorit, and Armavir-MVU low-altitude target missiles. 74/

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S-300PM2 TELs launching 48N6-series missiles. 75/ ImageImageImageImage
S-400 5P85SM2 TELs launching 48N6-series missiles. 76/ ImageImageImageImage
48N6-series missile launch. 77/
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Pantsir-S system firing 30mm 2A38M cannons and 57E6-series missiles. 78/
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Southern Military District and VDV scouts searched for and ambushed a group of saboteurs with the aid of UAVs, and a motorized rifle unit with BMP-3 IFVs and T-90A tanks. 79/
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More than 50 aircraft and helicopters, including An-2, An-26, Yak-130, Su-30SM, MiG-31, and Mi-8 helicopters, were sent to test the radar and air defenses of the Southern Military District units taking part in Kavkaz 2020. 80/

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Anti-tank teams from the VDV's 108th Guards Airborne Regiment conducted a live fire exercise with BTR-RD vehicles and Kokurs ATGMs. 81/

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Video of the Belarusian troop contingent at Kavkaz 2020. 82/
Plenty of Salo on the menu. 83/ Image
The Caspian Flotilla's Velikiy Ustyug, Uglich, and Grad Sviyazhsk Project 21631 Buyan-M small missile ships, and Dagestan Project 11661K missile ship fired on targets with AK-190 and AK-176 cannons supported by Orlan-10 UAVs. 84/

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Another video of the Caspian Flotilla's Velikiy Ustyug, Uglich, and Grad Sviyazhsk Project 21631 Buyan-M small missile ships and Dagestan Project 11661K missile ship live fire exercise today. 85/
BMPT, Tunguska, and BM-21 Grad MLRS. 86/
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T-90A and BMP-3 IFVs (maybe a T-72B3 as well). 87/
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Tu-22M3 and Su-24 aircraft. 88/
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The Black Sea Fleet's Ivanovets and R-60 Project 1241 ships launched Moskit anti-ship cruise missiles at targets in the Black Sea, which were later struck by Su-24M and Su-30SM aircraft. 89/
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Black Sea Fleet Bal and Bastion coastal defense complexes (from the 11th or 15th Coastal Missile and Artillery Brigades) struck a naval target (as per the scenario, a ship involved in an amphibious landing) observed by a UAV. 90/

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Video of Su-30SM fighters from the 31st Fighter Aviation Regiment and Su-25SM3 attack aircraft dropping/firing 250 kg bombs and rockets at targets at the Ashuluk training area in response to a simulated attack on ground forces there. 91/
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Su-30SM and Su-34 aircraft dropping bombs at the Ashuluk training area. 92/
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>10 Ka-52 and Mi-28N attack helicopters flew >500km two days ago to Astrakhan for Kavkaz 2020, and >20 Ka-52, Mi-28N, and Mi-35M helicopters escorted convoys moving to training areas for Kavkaz 2020 yesterday. 93/
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This buggy used during the VDV's 31st Air Assault Brigade's air assault training exercise yesterday actually appears to be the multipurpose airborne vehicle (MAA-OP), which I believe was first shown at last month's Army 2020 expo. 94/
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20 Ka-52 and Mi-28 attack helicopters fired rockets and guns at targets preceding an airborne assault with paratroopers in Mi-8 helicopters. 95/
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Video of yesterday's actions as part of Kavkaz 2020. The BSF's Kolpino Project 636.3 submarine acted as OPFOR, while Be-12 aircraft and Ka-27PL helicopters and the Muromets, Suzdalets, Kasimov, and Yeysk Project 1124M ships searched for the sub. 96/
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Russian razvedchiki with a Tigr-M vehicle from Russia's 7th Military Base in Abkhazia conducted an exercise with Abkhazian forces to locate and raid a simulated terrorist camp. 97/

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Video of T-72B3 tanks from the VDV's 7th Mountain Air Assault Division's tank battalion conducting a live fire exercise. They engaged 100 ground and aerial targets with their 125mm main guns and Kord HMGs. 98/

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Another video of MTLB-MV vehicles and more than 800 servicemen from the 34th Mountain Motorized Rifle Brigades conducting a night defense exercise in Astrakhan. 99/

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The 34th Mountain Motorized Rifle Brigade's MTLB-MV vehicles. 100/
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Southern Military District snipers with ASVK and SVD sniper rifles stopped a convoy of lightly armored vehicles at night at the Prudboy TA. The snipers used thermal optics and then Strelets KRUS systems to transfer the coordinates to artillery. 101/
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The snipers were inserted by Mi-8AMTSh helicopters. 102/
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Msta-S 152mm self-propelled howitzer battalions engaged military equipment and critical facilities at >15km with the aid of UAVs at the Prudboy training area. 103/

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Photos of Msta-S howitzers engaging targets at the Prudboy training area. 104/
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A tactical group from Russia's 4th Military Base conducted a march to the Dzartsemi training area with T-72 tanks, BMP-2, Tunguska and Strela-10 AD systems, 2S3 Akatsiya howitzers, and Sani mortars. They repelled an ambush during the movement. 105/
Photos of the tactical group conducting an immediate action drill. 106/
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The Caspian Flotilla's Tatarstan Project 11661K frigate destroyed a Saman target cruise missile with its Osa-M AD system at a range of 20km, and the Astrakhan and Uglich Buyan/Buyan-M MRKs destroyed naval targets in the Caspian Sea. 107/
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Our first look at the Iranian contingent at Kavkaz 2020. The Iranian Joshan and Paykan missile boats alongside Russia's Caspian Flotilla protected the 177th Naval Infantry Regiment's amphibious landing and struck land targets with naval gunfire. 108/
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Screenshots of the Iranian Navy Joshan missile boat taking part in the Kavkaz 2020 exercise. 109/
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The Caspian Flotilla's 51st Independent Coastal Missile Battalion destroyed simulated enemy ships with its Bal Coastal Defense systems. 110/
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~500 naval infantrymen from the 177th Naval Infantry Regiment conducted an amphibious landing in Dagestan with 24 ships from the Caspian Flotilla and FSB including Serna landing craft, BTR-82AM, BM-21 Grad MLRS, Mi-24/Mi-35 and Mi-8AMTSh helicopters. 111/
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Mi-8AMTSh helicopters inserted naval infantrymen during the landing and dropped others via parachute before the landing. Mi-24 and Mi-35M helicopters provided fire support. 112/
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More photos from the amphibious landing in Dagestan. 113/
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Another element from the 177th Naval Infantry Regiment ambushed a simulated enemy convoy after ID'ing it with Orlan-10 UAVs. 114/

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At the Ashuluk training area, military police and spetsnaz units repulsed an ambush on a convoy by saboteurs. 115/

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Photos of Southern Military District spetsnaz and military police escorting a convoy and repelling an ambush. 116/
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The 137th PDSS naval spetsnaz detachment with a Project 21980 Grachonok-class anti-saboteur ship stopped a sabotage-reconnaissance group in the Caspian Sea. 117/
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Russian Military policemen also stopped a group of saboteurs at the Alagyaz training area in Armenia. 118/
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The other major event of Kavkaz 2020 today was a counter-amphibious landing exercise at the Raevsky training area by the VDV's 7th Mountain Air Assault Division with D-30 howitzers, 2S9 Nona-S, a T-72B3 tank company, Orlan-10 UAVs, BMD-2, BTR-RD, Ka-52, Mi-28, and M-8 helos. 119/
Su-27 fighters were first to strike the approaching ships followed by Ka-52, Mi-28, and Mi-8 helicopters with rockets. Then the D-30 and Nona-S opened fire followed by Konkurs ATMGs (probably BTR-RD). The T-72B3 tanks and ZU-23 engaged the enemy next. 120/
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BMD-2 vehicles also practiced crossing a water obstacle with T-72B3 tanks providing fire support. 121/
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RKhBZ RPO-A Shmel teams destroyed 50 light armored vehicles and infantry targets at the Prudboy training area. 122/
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Among the systems being used to defend Russian CPs against UAVs and aircraft are Pantsir-S, Igla MANPADS, Zhitel, and Krashukha-4 EW systems. 123/
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A composite grouping of UAVs has been formed at Kapustin Yar with Forpost, Orlan-1, Eleron-3, and others as part of Kavkaz 2020. 124/
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*Orlan-10
Video of BMD-4M vehicles being loaded onto Il-76 aircraft in Ryazan, which relocated to Tagonrog Airfield. On Friday, 10 BMD-4M from the 137th Airborne Regiment will be dropped by 5 Il-76 aircraft at Kapustin Yar. 125/

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Video of 10 Orlan-10 UAVs taking off at the Kapustin Yar training area. Russian forces at Kapustin Yar for Kavkaz 2020 formed a composited unit to combine a number of subunits' UAVs, including Orlan-10, Forpost, and Eleron-3. 126/
>30 aircraft, including 6 Tu-22M3 bombers that flew from Central Russia, Su-34, Su-24M, and Su-30SM, bombed simulated armored vehicles, concrete shelters, and fortified underground CPs in Astrakhan. Su-24MR aircraft ID'd targets and Su-27 covered them.127/
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Tu-22M3 bomber RF-94157 dropping bombs over Astrakhan. 128/
Another video of the 6 Tu-22M3, Su-24M, Su-30SM, and Su-34 aircraft bombing targets as part of Kavkaz 2020 with Su-24MR and Su-27 aircraft in support. 129/
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Servicemen from the Caspian Flotilla's 177th Naval Infantry Regiment repelled a group of saboteurs who were approaching the coast of Dagestan at night with BTR-82AM vehicles and 120mm Sani mortars. 130/
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Another video of yesterday's amphibious landing by the Caspian Flotilla's 177th Naval Infantry Regiment and the 137th PDSS naval spetsnaz detachment with a Project 21980 Grachonok-class anti-saboteur ship. 131/
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The Black Sea Fleet's Kolpino Project 636.3 diesel-electric submarine launched a Kalibr cruise missile while submerged at a coastal target at the Opuk training area in Crimea at a range of 100 nautical miles. UAVs were used to observe the impact. 132/
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Photos of BMD-2 and BTR-D vehicles from the VDV's 7th Mountain Air Assault Division being loaded onto Il-76 aircraft. 133/
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A motorized rifle BTG from the 4th Military Base conducted an exercise in South Ossetia to locate and cut off an illegal armed group with T-72 (T-72BA?) tanks, BMP-2, and SBR-3 reconnaissance systems. 134/
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Photos of the exercise in South Ossetia. 135/
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>500 servicemen from the 56th Air Assault Brigade with 40 pieces of equipment, including Mi-8AMTSh, landed behind enemy lines, destroyed enemy vehicles, and established a bridgehead to support the maneuver of a motorized rifle unit at the Prudboy TA. 136/
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Photos of paratroopers with AK-12 rifles and Mi-8AMTSh and Mi-28N helicopters. 137/
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Mortar teams with 120mm Sani mortars from the VDV's 56th Air Assault Brigade supported the paratroopers inserted via Mi-8AMTSh helicopters to prevent a counterattack on the bridgehead. 138/
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Photos of Sani mortar crews from the VDV's 56th Air Assault Brigade. 139/
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The Black Sea Fleet's Kasimov and Yeisk Project 1124M anti-submarine ships repelled an air strike (simulated by air targets dropped by a Be-12) with their Osa-M air defense systems. 140/
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The BSF's Pytlivy patrol ship; Samum hovercraft; Muromets and Suzdalets ASW ships; Moskva cruiser; Vyshny Volochek and Orekhovo-Zuevo MRKs; and Naberezhnye Chelny, Ivanovets, Shuya, and R-60 missile boats also engaged targets. 141/
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The Black Sea Fleet's Pavel Derzhavin and Dmitry Rogachev Project 22160 patrol ships with antisabotage boats practiced interdicting naval shipments of ammunition and other supplies to terrorists. 142/
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At the Alagyaz training area in Armenia, Russian and Armenian tanks and artillery with 2S1 Gvozdika and Sani mortars conducted a live fire exercise. They employed the tank carousel tactic among other TTPs developed from Syria. 143/
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Photos from yesterday's amphibious landing by the Caspian Flotilla's 177th Naval Infantry Regiment in Dagestan. 144/
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Mi-24 and Mi-35M helicopters supporting the landing. 145/
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Tornado-G MLRS fire, Mi-8AMTSh, and BTR-82AM vehicles. 146/
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Photos of BTR-82AM vehicles from the Caspian Flotilla's 177th Naval Infantry Regiment. 147/
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The Iranian Joshan and Paykan missile boats along with the Caspian Flotilla's Tatarstan 11661K frigate and Veliky Ustyug and Astrakhan Project 21630/1 Buyan/-M small missile ships practiced firing at land and naval targets with naval gunfire today. 148/
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Military policemen practiced detaining a vehicle that attempted to drive into the training area. 149/
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Fast and the Furious: Kapustin Yar
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RKhBZ troops with K-53949 Typhoon-K MRAPs and RKhM-6 vehicles conducted CBRN reconnaissance at the Kapustin Yar training area and destroyed enemy positions with RPO-A Shmel. 151/
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Photos of Russian and Chinese officers preparing for the active phase of Kavkaz 2020, which begins tomorrow. 152/
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Russian Mi-8AMTSh helicopter practicing carrying D-30 122mm howitzers via external sling load for the VDV's 31st Air Assault Brigade. 153/
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Photos of an Iskander-M 9P78-1 TEL. 154/
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And photos of a Smerch MLRS system. 155/
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We likely got a sneak preview of some of tomorrow's festivities last month, when Iskander-M and Tornado-S MLRS systems conducted a live fire exercise together with a new automated control system and a new Tornado-S PGM. 156/
More photos of Chinese officers at Kapustin Yar preparing for the active phase of Kavkaz 2020. 157/
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The main event today occurred at the Prudboy TA with ~2k personnel. A heliborne force from the 56th Air Assault Brigade landed behind enemy lines and destroyed enemy vehicles before an MR unit launched a counterattack. Su-24, Su-25, and Mi-28N provided fire support. 158/
Then the Southern Military District motorized rifle unit with BMP-3 and T-90A launched its counterattack. Tunguska-M1 AD systems and Verba MANPADS were used to shoot down simulated UAVs, helicopters, and tactical aircraft. 159/
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Photos of BMP-3, T-90A, and Tunguska-M1. 160/
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BMP-3 and T-90A. 161/
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Tunguska-M1, BMP-3, and T-90A. 162/
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Su-25 attack aircraft. 163/
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Mi-28N, Su-25, and Tornado-G MLRS. 164/
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BMP-3, dismounts, and Tunguska-M1. 165/
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RKhBZ troops decontaminated vehicles and deployed a cloud of smoke during the exercise as well. 166/
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Video of T-90A tanks, BMP-3 IFVs, and Tunguska-M1 air defense systems counterattacking. The tanks moved under a smoke screen and engaged targets at ranges between 700 meters and 2.2k km. 167/
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Video of that motorized rifle unit's Msta-S battalion providing fire support for the maneuver. 168/
Tornado-G MLRS also provided fire support for the motorized rifle battalion's counterattack. 169/
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There was also an artillery live fire exercise at the Ashuluk training area today with BM-21 Grad MLRS, 2S1 Gvozdika, Msta-S, Msta-B, Sani and Podnos mortars, RKhBZ troops firing RPO-A Shmel, T-72B3 tanks, ZU-23, and Takhion UAVs. 170/
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It appears the artillery fire was in support of the 34th Mountain Motorized Rifle Brigade given the MTLB-MV vehicles at the Ashuluk training area. 171/
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Screenshots of the trench lines and defensive positions for Msta-S and BM-21 systems at the Ashuluk training area, as well as UAV footage. 172/ ImageImageImageImage
10 Su-25SM3 attack aircraft from the 960th Attack Aviation Regiment destroyed a simulated enemy airfield today. 173/
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Su-27, Su-24M, Su-25, Mi-28N, and Ka-52 aircraft and helicopters from airfields in the Crimea, Krasnodar, Stavropol, Rostov, and Volgograd conducted air strikes at the Kopanskaya and Arzgirsky training areas. 174/
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Photos of an S-300PM2 system from the 32nd Air Defense Division launching 48N6-series missiles during a live fire exercise from two days ago at the Ashuluk TA with KrAZ-260 tractors. 175/
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So the new MICLIC on a BMP-3 chassis demonstrated at Kavkaz 2020 for the first time is apparently the UR-15 Meteor, and it is equipped with the Afganit active protection system. 176/
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In the active phase of Kavkaz 2020 in the Caspian Sea, the Iranian Joshan and Paykan missile boats and Caspian Flotilla ships engaged naval and aerial targets. Russian ships put out a simulated fire on one of the Iranian ships before towing it as part of the scenario. 177/
Screenshots of the Iranian Joshan and Paykan missile boats and Caspian Flotilla ships, including the Astrakhan Project 21630 Buyan-class small missile ship, during the Kavkaz 2020 exercise in the Caspian Sea. 178/
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This video with some colorful Russian language is also presumably from Kavkaz 2020. 179/
Video of joint training by the multinational ground forces contingent at Kavkaz 2020 from earlier in the week. 180/
Screenshots from the video of a PLA officer, Mi-8AMTSh helicopters carrying D-30 howitzers, BMP-3 IFVs, and an Igla MANPADS launch. 181/ ImageImageImageImage
Troops in a trench line with a BMP-3 IFV, Orlan-10 UAV, Ka-52 helicopters, and 4 Mi-28N helicopters launching S-8 rockets. 182/ ImageImageImageImage
President Putin arrived at the Kapustin Yar training area today for the start of the active phase of the Kavkaz 2020 exercise. 183/
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The requisite Ride of the Valkyries moment. 184/
Putin was escorted by the Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, who led the exercise, and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. 185/
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20 Tornado-G MLRS systems from a motorized rifle unit destroyed more than 15 armored objects of an advancing enemy formation at more than 20km at the Prudboy training area. 186/

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Photos of that Tornado-G MLRS unit at the Prudboy training area. They also employed Eleron-3 UAVs. 187/
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Su-30SM fighters, presumably from the 31st Fighter Aviation Regiment, were scrambled to intercept and repel a simulated enemy air attack. S-300PM2 Favorit air defense systems also took part. 188/
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Screenshots of the maps in that last video. 189/ ImageImageImageImage
The Black Sea Fleet's Muromets and Suzdalets Project 1124M ships engaged aerial targets with AK-630M-2 Duet systems as well as the Moskva cruiser; Vyshny Volochek and Orekhovo-Zuevo; and Naberezhnye Chelny, Ivanovets, Shuya, and R-60 Project 12411. 190/
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Another video of the Black Sea Fleet’s Muromets and Suzdalets Project 1124M ships engaging aerial targets dropped by Be-12 aircraft with AK-630M-2 Duet systems. 191/
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Another video of Tornado-G MLRS systems engaging a simulated advancing armored formation at the Prudboy training area. 192/
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500 Servicemen from the 177th Naval Infantry Regiment assaulted a terrorist group hiding in the mountains at the Adanak training area (ID'd with Orlan-10 UAVs) with BTR-82AM, Sani mortars, D-30 howitzers, and Mi-24/35M helicopters. 193/
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600 servicemen from the 177th Naval Infantry Regiment conducted another amphibious landing in Dagestan with 16 ships/boats, 8 auxiliary boats, 2 FSB ships, Mi-24/35M, Mi-8AMTSh, Serna landing craft, BTR-82A, Su-24, Su-27?, and the Iranian Joshan and Paykan ships. 194/
A new technique was used during this landing exercise. The VTR-79 and VTR-139 military transport ships placed BTR-82A vehicles into the water with their cranes. 195/

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Photos from the amphibious landing. 196/
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I should have noticed this before, but as @Liveuamap notes, the map of aerial targets (whether real of simulated) appears to include aircraft in Ukrainian air space. 197/ Image
@LeonL62342286 makes a good point. These are radar contacts, not targets.
Another video of today's amphibious landing by the Caspian Flotilla and ~600 servicemen from the 177th Naval Infantry Regiment preceded by air, and likely naval gunfire, strikes on defenses and obstacles on the beach. 198/
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Another video of the amphibious landing near Zelenomorsk, including the VTR-79 transport ship placing 15 BTR-82A vehicles into the water with its crane. 199/
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Plenty of rigid inflatable boat and other safety boats deployed to escort the BTR-82A vehicles as they swam to shore. 200/ ImageImageImage
T-72B3 tanks from the 7th Military Base in Abkhazia employed the "tank trident" tactic of quickly changing firing positions behind a berm after engaging a target. The tanks engaged naval targets attempting to deliver supplies to terrorists. 201/
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A motorized rifle battalion from the 4th Military Base in South Ossetia employed the Syrian rampart TTP at the Dzartsemi TA. BMP-2 IFVs changed positions and engaged targets while T-72 tanks counterattacked on the enemy's flank, breaking their line. 202/
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The "illegal armed formation" employed SVBIEDs in an attempt to break out of the encirclement, which has become a common component of Russian training exercises since Syria. 203/
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RPG-7, AGS-17, and T-72 tank in South Ossetia. 204/
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More photos of the exercise. Tunguska-M1 and Strela-10 air defense systems and 2S3 Akatsiya howitzers also took part in the exercise. 205/
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The Russian MoD said that 117 military attaches from 70 countries, including 19 NATO member states, observed the exercise at the Kapustin Yar training area. 206/
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Black Sea Fleet ships carried out preparations for an amphibious landing near Anapa with the Yamal and Tsezar Kunikov Project 775; Valentin Pikul, Kovrovets, and Vice Admiral Zakharyin minesweepers. Su-34 practiced striking the enemy's defenses. 207/
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Belarus' Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin observed the Kavkaz 2020 exercise and the Belarusian BTG at Kapustin Yar today. 208/
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Video from the beginning of Kavkaz 2020 from earlier this week at the Alagyaz training area in Armenia where more than 1.5k servicemen and 300 pieces of equipment took part. 209/
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A priest blessed the troops before Kavkaz 2020 kicked off. 210/
Video posted on Thursday of the Russo-Armenian exercises at the Alagyaz training area with 2S1 Gvodikas, D-30 howitzers, T-72 tanks, BMP-2 IFVs, Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters, and Russian MiG-29 and Armenian Su-30SM fighters. 211/
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Yesterday, Russian and Armenian servicemen at the Alagyaz training area conducted an air assault exercise with 10 Mi-8MTV helicopters. 212/
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A USN SBP FSO presidential security sniper team during Putin's visit to Kapustin Yar yesterday. Note the Steyr SSG 08 sniper rifle with a NightForce scope, Spec-Rest platform, and Vectronix Vector 21. 213/ (h/t @AbraxasSpa)
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The main stage of Kavkaz 2020 occurred yesterday at the Kapustin Yar training area with Russian forces and 1k servicemen from Armenia, Belarus, China, Pakistan, and Myanmar. The scenario involved lessons learned from Russia's intervention in Syria. 214/
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The 1st stage involved the multinational force conducting a maneuver defense IOT disrupt an enemy offensive, slow its advance, and draw it into a "operational bag" before conducting a "massive fire strike" to inflict maximum losses. 215/
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To delay the enemy from deploying his reserves, operational and tactical landings (airborne and air assault) were conducted beyond the FLOT, setting the conditions for a counterattack. 216/
Armenian and Russian forces from the 58th CAA carried out a pincer movement, which encircled the enemy force. PLA, Belarusian, and Russian forces from the ZVO's 20th CAA counterattacked, and then the final offensive forced the enemy to surrender. 217/
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Footage of several Orlan-10 UAVs employed as part of the exercise to conduct reconnaissance and facilitate targeting for fire support. 218/
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Photos of Orlan-10 UAVs. 219/
Photos: Максим Блинов and Maxim Shipenkov
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The massive fire strike included:
2 Iskander-M battalions
1 Tochka-U battalion (Belarusian?)
1 Tornado-S battalion
8 MLRS battalions
9 howitzer battalions
In this video you can see Tornado-S MLRS and Iskander-M firing 3 9M723 quasi ballistic and 2 9M728/9 cruise missiles. 220/
Full video showing 5 Iskander-M 9P78-1 TELs launching 3 9M723 quasi ballistic missiles and 2 9M728/9 cruise missiles simultaneously. The Iskander-M and 3 Tochka-U systems engaged command posts and critical targets. Tornado-S targeted operational-tactical missiles systems. 221/
Another angle of that Iskander-M and Tornado-S MLRS launch. Last month, Tornado-S MLRS systems tested a new PGM, possibly GLONASS-guided, which was likely employed yesterday. 222/
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Screenshot of an Iskander-M 9P78-1 TEL launching a 9M728 or 9M729 cruise missile. 223/
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President Putin, Chief of the General Staff Gerasimov, and Defense Minister Shoigu looking at Forpost UAV footage of the exercise. 224/
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Msta-S, 2S1 Gvozdika, T-90A, and Pantsir-S. 225/
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Tornado-S MLRS, BM-21 Grad MLRS, TOS-1A MLRS, Orlan-10 UAVs, and T-90A tanks. 226/
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Another video of TOS-1A, Tornado-S, and BM-21 Grad MLRS as well as T-90A, BMP-3, and Tunguska-M1. 9 TOS-1A MLRS systems took part in the exercise as well as TOS-2 for the first time. 227/
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Another video of various tube artillery and MLRS systems. The new TOS-2 MLRS was used to destroy an advancing armored column while the TOS-1A MLRS battalion destroyed a motorized rifle battalion. 228/
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78 aircraft took part in the exercise over Kapustin Yar, including Tu-22M3, Su-34, Su-24, Su-25, Su-30SM, Su-27, and Su-24MR aircraft. Su-27 fighters cleared the airspace before Su-24MR aircraft conducted reconnaissance. 229/
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Then came 2 squadrons of Su-25, then Su-24M that received targets through Strelets KRUS systems and bombed AD positions that covered key points, then Su-30SM bombed AD sites, and then Su-34 struck an armored column. Tu-22M3 bombed command posts. 230/
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Another clip of air strikes at Kapustin Yar. 231/
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To disrupt the advance of the enemy's reserves, engineers set up an anti-tank ditch and a 2km-long "fire rampart" with explosives. They also used 6 GMZ-3 minelaying vehicles and deployed mines from 122mm D-30 artillery (video from earlier this week). 232/
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8 Mi-28N helicopters and Su-25 attack aircraft provided fire support for the pincer movement of the Armenian forces and units from Russia's 58 Combined Arms Army. 233/
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More than 20 Su-25SM3 attack aircraft dropped 50 bombs yesterday while Su-30SM, Su-34, and Su-24M aircraft dropped more than 100 bombs. 234/
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An independent motorized rifle brigade employed RPO-PDM thermobaric rocket launchers. 235/
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S-300V4, S-400, Buk-M3, Pantsir-S, Strela-10, and Igla-S MANPADS took part in the exercise and shot down Saman, Adjutant, and U-95 target missiles. 236/
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A look at engineers operating Uran-6 UGVs during Kavkaz 2020. 237/
In this video: Tunguska-M1, Pantsir-S, T-90A, BMP-3, BMPT, Tor-M2, UR-77, RPO, and TOS-1A. 238/
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Fire support aided by/UAVs. The second UAV footage looks like a near miss. 239/ ImageImageImageImage
Another video of the artillery, MLRS, and Iskander-M fire at Kapustin Yar. 240/
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Screenshots of a BMPT. 241/ ImageImageImage
Video of T-90A, BMP-3, Pantsir-S, Tunguska-M1, BMPT, RPG-7 and RPO, and UR-77 MICLICs. 242/
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BMPT firing an Ataka ATGM. 243/
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RKhBZ troops firing RPO thermobaric rocket launchers. 244/
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S-400 air defense systems launching 48N6-series missiles. 245/
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Air support from Su-34, Su-24M, and Su-30SM aircraft and Mi-28N, Mi-28UB (presumably from the 55th Helicopter Regiment), and Ka-52 helicopters. 246/
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Another video of the exercise at Kapustin Yar with a BREM-1M towing a simulated damaged T-90A tank. Also T-72B1 and Mi-24. 247/
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The air assault portion was conducted by more than 1,170 paratroopers from Pakistan and the VDV’s 31st Air Assault Brigade with 40 pieces equipment and >80 helicopters. Ka-52 helicopters provided fire support for the heliborne force’s landing. 248/
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Video of the air assault exercise with >80 helicopters. Mi-24 helicopters inserted an advance guard to secure the LZs. Mi-8AMTSh carried MAA-OP, Niva Kotyonok, and UAZ pick ups and D-30 howitzers. Mi-26 helicopters reportedly carried Typhoon vehicles. 249/
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I believe that is a Niva Kotyonok buggy launching a 9M113M Konkurs-M ATGM. 250/
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Video of Mi-8 helicopters carrying the 31st Air Assault Brigade’s D-30 122mm howitzers. Paratroopers also used 120mm Sani mortars and Igla MANPADS. 251/
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Photos of Mi-8AMTSh and Mi-26 helicopters. 254/
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Another photo of Russian USN SBP FSO presidential security spetsnaz at Kapustin Yar with a Kornet ATGM during Putin's visit on Friday. 255/
Photo: Алексей Куденко
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Photos of the heliborne air assault force at Kapustin Yar. 256/
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Video of the airborne part of Kavkaz 2020 at Kapustin Yar with 900 paratroopers and 118 pieces of equipment, including an airborne company with 10 BMD-4M with Bakhcha-U parachutes, dropped from 57 Il-76 transport aircraft. 257/

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First image I've seen of a TOS-2 MLRS system launching a thermobaric rocket at Kapustin Yar. 258/
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If they seize a position, they do not try to secure it. They leave that to Russian reinforcements, while they drop back and prepare for another assault...

[North Korean] Reinforcements are expected 'within the next two months,' according to one senior U.S. defense official...

The North Korean forces deployed to Ukraine included around 500 officers and at least three generals, according to Ukrainian military intelligence.

The generals are posted at Russian command and control headquarters, U.S. defense officials said, and that is where the objectives are decided.

The commanders decide when they need artillery and how long to wait before ground forces maneuver, a senior U.S. defense official said. They synchronize with the troops in the field, so that the troops are not talking to their Russian counterparts, to try to reduce miscommunication.

Ukrainian soldiers fighting in Kursk said the North Korean tactics were costly but effective.

'The Koreans are starting to push the front lines, targeting less defended areas and wearing out our troops that way,' said Oleksii, the platoon commander...

Ukrainian soldiers said the North Koreans should not be underestimated.

'They are being tested, really tested,' said Andrii, the drone commander. They did not have combat experience, he said, but 'now they are here, gaining it, and they are becoming very strong.'”
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Ukrainian Air Force technicians who service MiG-29 fighters say that they are being transferred to serve as infantry.
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Jan 5
A number of Russian channels say that Ukraine has began an offensive operation from near Sudzha towards Bolshoye Soldatskoye in Kursk oblast with armored vehicles. They say Ukrainian EW has been effective against their UAVs and that Ukrainian units cleared mines overnight.
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Some Russian channels have been warning recently of a Ukrainian build up near Kursk and a potential offensive. Romanov warned that Ukraine would strike before January 7th. 2/
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Sep 21, 2024
Russian channels say that Ukrainian UAVs targeted the ammunition depot in Tikhoretsk, Krasnodar Krai.




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Video of an armored column with at least 8 tanks and armored vehicles from the Russian VDV's 51st Airborne Regiment assaulting Snagost in Kursk oblast. It appears Russia was able to get the armored force across the Seym River, despite Ukrainian strikes on the bridges. @Deepstate_UA says the situation has worsened on Ukraine's left flank in Kursk oblast.


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Sep 6, 2024
"Iran has sent short-range ballistic missiles to Russia, a move that will give Moscow another potent military tool to use in the war against Ukraine and follows stern Western warnings not to provide those arms to Moscow, according to U.S. and European officials." @wstrobel @mgordonwsj @laurnorman
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"A U.S. official confirmed the missiles 'have finally been delivered'...

The shipment involves a couple of hundred short-range ballistic missiles, according to Western officials. Iran has a variety of such weapons, with a range stretching up to around 500 miles.

'This is not the end,' a senior European official said, noting that Iran is expected to keep weapons flowing into Russia"
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