Over 8,000 Servicemen in Russia's Eastern Military District Begin Drills

More than 8,000 servicemen of the Russian Eastern Military District’s artillery divisions have started practice firing at 11 ranges during exercises, district’s spokesman Alexander Gordeev said Wednesday.

KHABAROVSK (Sputnik) – The mortar squads of the artillery divisions of the district will carry out practice firing using high-explosive and illuminating shells and carry out the final exercises in mortar calculations.

"The active phase of the artillery field exit has begun in the Eastern Military District. The practice firing is taking place in 11 polygons of the district. Over 8,000 servicemen and some 1,500 pieces of equipment and munitions are participating in the artillery field exit," Gordeev told reporters.