MOSCOW. April 9 (Interfax) - Scouts from a combined arms army of Russia's Western Military District have conducted an exercise to practice actions in a simulated enemy's rear during an inspection in the Belgorod region, the district's press service said.
"During the exercise, the scouts practiced covert movement in forested and fielded terrain, passing through minefields and contaminated areas, and overcoming stone fences with barbed wire," it said.
Afterwards, using the SBR-3 man-portable radar stations, the reconnaissance groups detected a simulated enemy's personnel and hardware in poor visibility conditions and started employing ambush and minor sortie tactics, it said.
"The exercise was special in that its participants used the full arsenal of standard weapons of reconnaissance units, including the Makarov pistol, the Yarygin pistol and their special versions, as well as the AK-74M and AK-12 Kalashnikov assault rifles, the Dragunov sniper rifles, and the Kord large-caliber army sniper rifles," it said.
A total of over 300 troops from the Visla Motorized Infantry Division were engaged in the exercise, it said.
The Belgorod region borders the Kharkiv, Luhansk, and Sumy regions of Ukraine, the overall length of the border being 522 kilometers.