ST.PETERSBURG. April 28 (Interfax-AVN) - The Leningrad military district encountered adverse conditions for combat training in the winter training period, district commander Army General Valentin Bobryshev said on Monday.
"Troops of the district did an enormous job in adverse conditions to preserve the necessary level of combat and mobilization readiness and combat ability of military units. We should now consider the issues influencing the organization and progress of combat training, otherwise, we will not be able to accomplish assigned missions in full," Bobryshev told an expanded session of the district's military council.
The session is addressing combat and mobilization readiness, operational training, service of troops, troops security and other issues, Colonel Yuri Klenov, chief of the district's press service and aide to the district commander for public relations, told Interfax-Military News Agency.
"Colonel General Pyotr Labutin, chief-of-staff and first deputy commander of the Leningrad military district, will pay much attention to the progress of citizens' recruitment for active-duty service in his report," Klenov said.
The council will also consider the state and operation of armament and military hardware, the state of logistics support and materiel stocks, implementation of capital construction and repair plans, he noted.
According to Klenov, participants in the council session will also determine goals for the summer training period, "paying much attention to strengthening of military discipline, HR work, and missions to improve financial support."
The session involves presidential envoy to the Northwestern federal district Valentina Matviyenko who is expected to address the council. The governors of Northwestern Russian regions and internal republics are also invited.
"Kind and business-like relations between military units and administrations and local authorities have been established in the district," Klenov said.
"Many problems of life support in military units, social issues of servicemen and their family members, retraining and employment issues, draft problems, and aid provision to families of servicemen killed on duty are dealt with jointly," he added.