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Special forces eliminate enemy subversive groups in Volga area drills

The tactical exercise involved more than 300 personnel and over 50 items of military and special hardware
Tigr-M SpN armored vehicle Kirill Kukhmar/TASS
Tigr-M SpN armored vehicle
© Kirill Kukhmar/TASS

MOSCOW, October 9. /TASS/. The commandos of Russia’s Central Military District eliminated a notional enemy’s subversive groups in non-residential buildings during drills in the Samara Region in the Volga area, the District’s press office reported on Wednesday.

Under the drills’ scenario, reconnaissance squads detected the enemy force in abandoned buildings. The commandos were assigned the task of launching a swift raid on several such buildings and capturing the ringleaders of armed groups alive.

"The servicemen advanced to the places of their special operation aboard Tigr-M SpN armored vehicles, launched their raid and seized secret documents and the armed groups’ ringleaders," the press office states.

The tactical exercise involved more than 300 personnel and over 50 items of military and special hardware.

"Following the drills, the commandos received positive marks," the press office comments.