Russia plans massive war games in East

Russia is preparing to stage its largest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union. The Vostok-2018 exercise will take place across the Far East and Siberia and involve troops from China and Mongolia

Military districts involved in Vostok-2018 exercise
Military district headquarters
Major military base
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St. Petersburg
Moscow

NORTHERN FLEET
Severomorsk

CENTRAL DISTRICT
Yekaterinburg
Samara
Novosibirsk

EASTERN DISTRICT
Khabarovsk
Ulan-Ude
Chita
Belogorsk
Vladivostok
Ussuriysk
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

RUSSIA
MONGOLIA
CHINA

1,000km
625 miles

Scale of Vostok-2018

Russia’s defence ministry says war games will be largest since 1981, which involved up to 150,000troops, according to CIA documents. China willparticipate for first time,with about 3,200 troops.Smaller number to besent by Mongolian army

Russian Victory Day military parade in St. Petersburg

Sources: AP, Newsweek, UPI
Picture: Getty Images