MOSCOW, October 29. /TASS/. Servicemen from Russian military base 201 located in Tajikistan have repelled attacks conducted by "militants" at the Lyaur Range at the final stage of a battalion tactical exercise, the Central Military District press service told TASS on Monday.
"According to the drills, the illegal armed groups wanted to seize Russia’s important military installations located on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan. In a short clash, the Russian servicemen repelled the attack on a military facility and embarked on search operations. The motorized infantry’s actions were supported by a tank company with T-72s and artillery detachments with 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery platforms," the press service noted.
The military district’s press service explained that new forms and methods of warfare were used in these drills. "Mostly the repulse of attacks by ‘militants’ with participation of ‘suicide bombers’ and ‘jihad vehicles,’ as well as the destruction of unmanned aerial vehicles of the enemy, including strike ones, was trained," the press service noted.
About 500 Russian servicemen had been activated for the exercise, according to earlier reports.