About 50 servicemen and 10 units of military and special equipment of the Russian military base in Armenia participated in a special tactical exercise which finished on Thursday, News-Armenia reported.
"Practical skills in conducting reconnaissance operations in mountainous areas and urban environments were carried out during the event," the Press Service of the Southern Military District reported.
In accordance with the exercise plan, the intelligence agents had to locate and destroy a command post to the rear of an imaginary enemy, capturing secret information, as well as weapons and communications equipment.
While implementing the tasks, unit personnel made an assault landing from a helicopter and carried out covert relocation in a mountainous forested area to the place of special actions.
In addition, during the simulations, the agents captured a command post, located in one of the reinforced forts in so-called 'Great Fortress' in Gyumri city, which has been the point of permanent deployment of Russian troops in the South Caucasus from the early 19th century to the present day.
