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Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation - August 25, 2016 12:15 pm


 * ''Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei #Shoigu has declared the start of an unannounced combat readiness inspection of the Central (#CMD), Southern (#SMD) and Western MD (#WMD) troops.
 * ''Upon the decision of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces, the troops of the Southern MD, separate formations and units of the Western and Central Military Districts, the Northern Fleet, the Aerospace Forces, the Airborne Troops are put on full combat readiness.
 * ''Intensive preparations for the #Caucasus-2016 strategic exercise are held in the Southern MD.
 * ''The Russian Defence Minister ordered to check within 24 hours the capability of troops to perform missions under full combat readiness within the inspection; to deploy formations and units at the assigned ranges and training areas, to prepare for training task performance; to estimate the readiness of the Southern MD to deploy self-sufficient groupings in order to localize crisis situations; to check troop buildup capabilities of Central and Western MDs in the south-west strategic direction; to carry out full procedure of preparation of the Armed Forces for protection of national interests in case of security treat.
 * ''Deputy Defence Minister Anatoly Antonov is ordered to inform foreign military attachés of the unannounced inspection.
 * In Russian sources, 'внезапная' (sudden, unexpected) is used in place of 'unannounced'

In accordance with Vienna 2011 document on confidence and security building measures, foreign military attaches were informed on combat readiness inspection which started in the morning. Scheduled to end by 31 August.


 * Fighter jets from the Western district relocated to bases in Southern District, to Krasnodar(Mig 29 CMT), Rostov (MiG 31 BM), and Crimea (SU 34), as part of combat readiness exercises-TASS, 26 August, 2016


 * Combat readiness inspection also includes ministries of communication, finance, industry and trade, state reserve and Bank of Russia. Exercises  will be conducted, including drafting reservists, delivery of equipment, formation of military units of territorial defense, and financing troops outside of their bases -RIA, 29 Aug. 2016.


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 * Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation on Facebook