YURGA (Siberia), March 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has
created 20 motorized infantry brigades as part of ongoing
military reforms, the commander of the Ground Forces said on
Friday.
Russia's military reforms are focused on the
reorganization of the military command and control system from
a four-tier (military district - army - division - regiment) to
a more flexible and battle ready three-tier structure (military
district - operational command - brigade) and are due to be
completed in the next 3-4 years.
"The Ground Forces have already formed a number of combat
units, including 20 brigades that are similar to the one taking
part in the military drills in the Kemerovo Region," Gen.
Vladimir Boldyrev said.
According to the general, the Russian Ground Forces will
hold about 30 military exercises involving the newly-created
brigades in 2009.
"During the exercises we will study the effectiveness [of
new units] in terms of operational control, mobility and fire
power," Boldyrev said.
In addition, Russia is planning to conduct large-scale
theater-level exercises with Belarus and in the Caucasus region
this year.
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