Russian Servicemen Depart For India To Take Part In Joint Military Drills

The majority of Russian servicemen, who will be taking part in a Russian-Indian exercise, Indra-2018, left Russia's Far East on Friday, the Russian Pacific Fleet's press service said.

MOSCOW, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th Nov, 2018 ) :The majority of Russian servicemen, who will be taking part in a Russian-Indian exercise, Indra-2018, left Russia's Far East on Friday, the Russian Pacific Fleet's press service said.

Two Il-76 military transport planes with 250 servicemen on board took off from the Russian Far Eastern city of Vladivostok.

Earlier, a group of Russian military officers arrived in India to assist in preparing the drills, Russian news agency TASS reported.

The Indra-2018 exercise will take place on November 18-28 and involve about 500 Russian and Indian servicemen. The Indian side will provide the Russian servicemen with combat hardware to drill practical actions.

The troopers will drill joint planning of a peacekeeping operation, interaction between staff representatives and ground forces of the armies of the two countries as well as tactical maneuvers to neutralize conditional illegal armed groups.