“Air defense forces are fulfilling missions to cover troops and the most important infrastructure sites and to rebuff air strikes of an imaginary enemy,” the army chief press officer said. “Combat crews will be operationally coordinated with tactical, technical, engineering and military medical training in the military exercises,” he noted.

He added that combat crews of air defense systems S-300, Buk M1, Osa, Strela-10, air defense gun systems Tunguska, mobile air defense systems Igla would participate in the military exercises.