MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator...

A combined force of 12,500 troops, over 220 tanks, some 470 armored combat vehicles, 230 self-propelled and towed artillery pieces, mortar guns and multiple-launch rocket systems, auxiliary equipment and warships from the Baltic, Black Sea and Northern fleets, 60 airplanes and 40 helicopters, and officers from the two countries" security and law-enforcement forces will train in order to "ensure strategic stability in the East European region" from September 8 to 29.

Russia will be represented by the 20th multiservice army of the Moscow Military District, Air Force Main Command task forces, and the Military Transport Aviation and the Airborne Forces, including units from the 98th Airborne Division that took part in the 2008 war against Georgia.

The plan for the war games calls for an airborne assault by 600 troops with armored vehicles.

Another goal is to test the new command and control systems for the new types of units formed during the ongoing military reform.

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