{"id":1786,"date":"2015-04-09T22:34:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T22:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/?p=1786"},"modified":"2015-04-09T22:42:54","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T22:42:54","slug":"400-russian-troops-take-part-in-military-exercise-in-moldova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/400-russian-troops-take-part-in-military-exercise-in-moldova\/","title":{"rendered":"400 Russian troops take part in military exercise in Moldova"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Russian military forces have carried out military exercises in an area in Moldova near Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russian news agencies on Thursday quoted an army representative as saying that 400 troops and 30 pieces of weaponry were involved in the drill in Trans-Dniester, a narrow strip of land squeezed between Moldova and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Army spokesman Oleg Kochetkov said that troops used 100,000 rounds of ammunition during the drill, which involved armored personnel vehicles and grenade launchers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russian forces \u201cconducted an anti-terrorism drill and practiced operations to rebuff an attack on their military base,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Russian-Military-Troops.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1789 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Russian-Military-Troops.jpg?resize=502%2C270\" alt=\"Russian-Military-Troops\" width=\"502\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Russian-Military-Troops.jpg?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Russian-Military-Troops.jpg?resize=300%2C162&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the two mainly Russian-speaking regions of Donetsk and Lugansk in eastern Ukraine have been hit by deadly clashes between pro-Russia forces and the Ukrainian army since Kiev launched military operations in April last year to crush pro-Russia protests there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A fragile deal was reached between the Kiev government and the pro-Russians in eastern Ukraine in February.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The agreement, brokered in the Belarus city of Minsk, was reached after talks between the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine. It came into force on February 15.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">MRA\/HJL\/HMV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian military forces have carried out military exercises in an area in Moldova near Ukraine. 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