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🇷🇺🇨🇳🇧🇾🇰🇬🇹🇯🇲🇳🇵🇰 The Centr-2026 strategic exercise took place from September 28th to October 3rd in the Chelyabinsk region and on the Caspian Sea. According to official reports, it involved 47,000 troops, 2,000 pieces of equipment, approximately 90 aircraft, and 77 ships, including contingents from China, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Mongolia, and Pakistan.
The exercise focused on practicing the prevention of aggression in the Central Asian direction, and according to Russian sources, it also incorporated lessons learned from the fighting in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin observed the final stage of the exercise on October 2nd.
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