Rosja na poligonie. Bezprecedensowa aktywność szkoleniowa Sił Zbrojnych Federacji Rosyjskiej
Russia on the Training Ground. Unprecedented Training Activity in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

Author(s): Andrzej Wilk
Subject(s): Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: OSW Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich im. Marka Karpia
Keywords: 2020 maneuvers of Russian Army; Russian military;
Summary/Abstract: In 2020, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation much earlier than in previous years activated their training activities. The COVID-19 epidemic developing in Russia did not slow down military activity, but only expanded the training issues to include issues related to counteracting the spread of SARS-CoV-2, and contributed to an increase in the scale and number of projects aimed at securing operations of the armed forces under conditions of the use of mass weapons destruction. While in the first weeks of this year the increased activity could be seen in opposition to the Defender Europe 2020 exercises, the largest since the end of the Cold War (under the US leadership and with the participation of other NATO countries) planned in the spring, while during the coronavirus pandemic they can be treated as a demonstration of Russia's resilience, especially its component military, for threats related to COVID-19, as well as readiness for regular armed clashes regardless of the epidemiological situation. The observed exercises do not introduce a new quality in this respect, but only provide further evidence that the Russian army is preparing, in the first place, for offensive operations.

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