Chinese soldiers are loading rockets into the launcher at the Tsugol training range in Russia's Trans-Baikal region. [Photo by PAN Mengqi / chinadaily.com.cn]
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said earlier that the drills involve nearly 300,000 Russian troops, about 36,000 military vehicles, more than 1,000 aircraft and around 80 ships.
Shoigu said the drills “will be unprecedented in terms of geographic scope and the strength of command and control centers and forces due to participate”.