“About a thousand military personnel, more than 150 units of military and special equipment, including special equipment for material and technical support, take part in the exercise,” the report said.

During the BTU, the Marines fulfill the tasks of breaking through the airborne defense of a conditional enemy on the coast, delivering simultaneous attacks on the defending forces with artillery and infantry, as well as creating defense strongholds of the reconquered section of the coast.

The exercises involve the marine corps battalion, the air assault battalion, artillery and engineering units of the marine corps unit of the army and forces in North-East Russia (FNER).

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