ArmInfo. Supreme Commander of Russia's Armed Forces Vladimir Putin has charged an immediate operational readiness test of troops.
Referring to Army General Sergei Shoigu, the Russian Defense Ministry press-office reports that the troops of the Southern Military District (including 102nd Russian Ministry Base -editor's note), part of troops and armory of the Western and Central Military Districts, the Northern Fleet, Chief Command of the Aerospace Forces, Command of the Airborne Forces will be put on alert starting from 7pm.
The defense minister set a task to ensure a full range of measures to bring the Armed Forces to full readiness to protect the interests of the Russian Federation in case of a threat to its security, the source reports.
The operability tests will be held on August 25-31, the minister said. He said the South Military District is actively preparing for the strategic exercise "Caucasus 2016." "A range of command and staff exercises has been held. During 12 special exercises, the military authorities, the combat, special and logistic support units worked out timely deployment of the system of all-out support of troops," Shoigu explained.