YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK. April 18 (Interfax-AVN) - The Eastern Military District is implementing an extensive program of troop rearming with a focus on units deployed in Sakhalin and on the Kuril Islands, district commander Col. Gen. Sergei Surovikin said.
"The military units of the district stationed on Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands are being actively rearmed. More than 350 pieces of the newest armaments have been delivered within the past three years. The delivery of over 120 pieces of armor, special-purpose and automobile hardware is due this year," Surovikin said at a meeting of the district military board in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Friday.