VLADIVOSTOK (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 11th December, 2019) Servicemen of the reinforced motorized infantry battalion of the Russian Eastern Military District (EMD) have arrived in India to participate in the Russia-India military exercise Indra-2019, Russian Pacific Fleet spokesman Nikolai Voskresensky has announced.
"Motorized infantry divisions of the EMD, pilots and sailors are preparing for the opening ceremony of the exercises [Indra-2019]," Voskresensky told reporters on Wednesday morning.
The Indra-2019 drills will take place on December 11-21. The official opening ceremony will take place on Wednesday at the Babin military training ground in the Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.
The naval portion of Indra-2019 will include two phases � one in the coastal area of Mormugao and another in the Indian Ocean.
