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 Wednesday, October 11 2017 20:46
Marianna Mkrtchyan

In Armenia, the CSTO CRRF forces "destroyed" a group of illegal armed  formations

In Armenia, the CSTO CRRF forces "destroyed" a group of illegal armed  formations

ArmInfo.In Armenia, at the Alagyaz firing range within the framework of the international tactical exercise "Interaction-2017", the CSTO CRRF forces  "destroyed" a group of illegal armed formations (IAF).

According to the plan of the exercise, a 1,500-strong group of  illegal armed formations was stopped at the border of one of the CSTO  states by the Collective Rapid Reaction Force (CRRF) and units of the  Russian military base of the Southern Military District stationed in  Armenia.

The battalion tactical group of the Russian military base, assault  and army aviation of the Air Force of Armenia, fighters of the  Russian air base, as well as special forces of the states  participating in joint maneuvers from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan,  Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan were involved in blocking and  destroying conditional illegal armed formations.

The head of the joint exercise, the commander of the troops of the  Southern Military District, Colonel- General Alexander Dvornikov  noted that measures are continuing in the framework of the exercise  of the CSTO CRRF "Combat Brotherhood-2017". "Here, today in Armenia  in the mountainous conditions one of the stages "Interaction -2017"  passed and the name speaks for itself. We had a planning stage in the  previous two days, the tasks of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction  Force were identified and assigned, and today we started practical  actions. At the Alagyaz firing range, you saw close and coordinated  actions of collective forces that carried out actions to protect the  sovereignty of one of the CSTO member states, the struggle took place  in mountainous conditions. Elements of interaction between troops  were worked out," said Dvornikov.

According to the plan of the exercises, the decision of the commander  of the military base was first struck on the conventional enemy,  found at a distance of 30 km, fighter MiG-29. At the same time, the  special forces of the Coalition, abandoned in the border zone,  destroyed the column of military equipment IAF.  The  howitzer-self-propelled artillery batteries and the rocket artillery  of the reconnaissance and fire contours of the tactical groups of the  Russian military base, destroying mortar and anti-tank squad of  illegal formations, inflicted fire damage to the conventional enemy.  The correction of the shooting was provided by data obtained in real  time from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Placing a smokescreen with  mortar shells carried out the masking of the maneuvering of artillery  batteries after each strike against the targets of the conventional  enemy.

The actions of the ambushes of the battalion tactical group stopped  the advance of columns of lightly armored vehicles of illegal armed  formations. The assault aviation of the Air Force of the Republic of  Armenia carried out the destruction of the IAF equipment, having  completed the task by the link of the Su- 25 armored subsonic  aircraft in the reconnaissance shock contour of the joint tactical  group.

Further offensive of motorized rifle and tank units provided the fire  support from the air with mixed links of helicopters of the army  aviation of the Air Force of Armenia and the Russian military base.  In addition, during the tactical exercise carried out tasks to combat  the low-flying objectives of the air defense unit, as well as the  drones of the conventional enemy were disrupted by means of  electronic warfare. The large- scale combat operation of the special  forces of the CSTO CRRF was completed. After landing from Mi-8  helicopters in an assault method, the forces of the Coalition  destroyed the sabotage reconnaissance group of the conventional  enemy.

In the drawing of tactical episodes at the Alagyaz firing range, more  than 1 thousand servicemen were involved, about 250 units of military  and special equipment, 15 aircraft, including fighter aircraft,  ground attack aircraft, transport and combat helicopters and strike  helicopters, unmanned aircraft.

The joint exercise "Interaction-2017" is conducted within the  framework of the unified design of the operational-strategic exercise  "Combat Brotherhood-2017" of the Collective Rapid Reaction Force  (CRRF) of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). During  the practical action at the Alagyaz range, the units of the armed  forces of the four states will fulfill three tactical tasks.

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