On September 13, Vladimir Putin will visit the main stage of the Vostok-2018 military manoeuvres at the Tsugol training range in Trans-Baikal Territory. During the exercises, the military units of the Armed Forces of Russia and the People’s Liberation Army of China will practice action to repel the onslaught of a hypothetical enemy.
About 300,000 Russian military personnel, over 1,000 aircraft, helicopters and drones, up to 36,000 tanks, armoured personnel carriers and other vehicles, and as many as 80 ships and support vessels will take part in the exercises that are the largest in the history of the Russian Army.