Such information was reported by the chief of the press service of the Southern Military District Vadim Astafiev, RIA Novosti reported..

According to him, the exercises are held at the polygons "Molkino" in the Krasnodar Territory, "Maykop" in Adygea and "Nikolo-Alexandrovsky" in the Stavropol Territory.

At the same time, Astafiev stressed that about 700 servicemen and more than 200 units of military equipment are fully operational. In addition, the military must march a total length of more than 700 kilometers in the concentration area.

In the same place, they will work out introductory commands to repel an attack by a conventional adversary, life support on a halt and orientation in an unfamiliar area.

Also, Russian servicemen will work out a change in the locations of the deployment, marches and the reflection of a massive missile and aircraft strike by a conventional enemy.

By the way, intelligence and drones are also involved in the events.

Recall, as previously reported, "URA-Inform", in the Latvian National Defense Academy begins NATO exercises Steadfast Pyramid 2017 and Steadfast Pinnacle 2017 for officers of senior and senior command staff.