Russia Orders Military Exercise..

[Tegyrius]

Originally Posted by Cdnwolf

Going to hell fast. Putin gets parliamentary approval to use Russian troops and BBC now reporting two different units already on the ground. Anyone have update information on what troops are in the area?

Per last night's Nightwatch report:

Russian military preparations. On 26 February, a Russian news outlet published the following report to explain the increased military activity in western Russia.

"Warriors of the 31st Air-Assault Brigade have already been deployed to Novorossiysk, and from there they will head out to the Black Sea aboard an amphibious landing ship. Several groups of soldiers will be guarding strategic facilities belonging to Russia. As Rustoria has learned from its own source, for several weeks the guys have been in a state of full combat readiness for deployment to Ukraine. The 'contractors' will be serving there to provide security support until the situation is fully stabilized.

"As an aside, the Ulyanovsk Air-Assault Brigade was included in the make-up of the UN "blue helmets" in April 2013, and acquired the status of peacekeeper. At this time it is the only Airborne Troops formation that is 100-percent manned with contract servicemen

"Previously a separate GRU (Main Military Intelligence Directorate) Special Forces brigade was sent to the Crimea from Tolyatti. In addition, 11,000 landing force troops arrived from Sochi with the Black Sea Fleet squadron.

" Today at two o'clock (on 26 February) the troops of the Western Military District, units stationed on its territory, and the Central Military District's 2nd Army, the Aerospace Defense Command, the Airborne Troops, Long-Range and Military-Transport aviation were suddenly raised on alert. Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin ordered a check of the troops' readiness for operations to resolve crisis situations posing a threat to the country's military security, as well as those of an anti-terrorist, medical and epidemiological, and technological character."

- C.