Russia completes 'Center-2026' prep, enters active phase
The Central Military District's troops, units and parts of the Aerospace Forces, Airborne Forces, units and parts under central command, as well as the Caspian Fleet forces are being drawn into the event,
Consensus
- Strategic command-and-staff exercises 'Center-26' began on 28 September.
- The exercises are taking place on the Chebarkulsky training ground.
- Approximately 6,000 military personnel are participating.
- Around 700 units of equipment are involved.
- More than 600 unmanned aerial vehicles are used.
- Over 60 robotic systems are deployed.
- The Central Military District, Aerospace Forces, Airborne Forces, central command units, and the Caspian Flotilla are involved.
- Participants include representatives from nearly 60 states and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
- Seven countries sent military contingents.
- The Ministry of Defense of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is represented by an operational group.
- 51 countries are observers.
- The exercises are focused on joint operations in the Central Asian strategic direction and are preparing for the active phase.
Points of divergence
- On 27 September, exercises involving military forces from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) began in Russia. — vedomosti
- President Putin visited the Chebarkulsky range on 2 October to observe the strategic command-and-staff exercise phase. — vedomosti
- The new ground-based missile complex 'Product 347' with an upgraded lightweight multi-purpose guided missile was used for the first time during the main phase of 'Center-2026'. — vesti
Coverage (4 sources)
- Preparation completed, ready for active phase — Минобороны России
- Evkurov spoke about foreign contingents at the 'Center-2026' exercises — Ведомости
- Belousov stated that about 6 thousand soldiers participated in the "Center-2026" exercises — Вести
- In the exercise "Center 2026" participate troops of the Central Military District, Russian Aerospace Forces, Airborne Troops, units of central subordination and the Caspian Fleet — Интерфакс
Key entities
- Russia
- Andrey Belousov
- Central Military District
- Vladimir Putin
- Air and Space Forces
- Armed Forces
- Airborne Forces
- Caspian Fleet
- Moscow
- INTERFAX.RU
- Ministry of Defense
- VKS
- Yunus-Bek Evkurov
- VDV
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