Putin observes foreign military attachés during Center-2026 exercises
The Russian president visited a training ground in the Chelyabinsk region as part of the large-scale Center-2026 strategic command-and-staff exercises.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin met with foreign military attachés during a visit to the Chebarkul training ground in the Chelyabinsk region, according to Russian state news agency TASS.
During the visit, Putin observed a phase of the Center-2026 strategic command-and-staff exercises, a large-scale military drill. The exercises form part of a regular cycle of strategic exercises conducted by the Russian armed forces.
The presence of foreign military attachés at the drills suggests an element of international observation of the exercises, though the report did not specify which countries were represented or the scale of their delegations.
Center-2026 is the latest in a series of Russian strategic exercises that have historically rotated across different military districts and included various branches of the armed forces. Details on the specific units, equipment or scenarios observed during Putin's visit were not included in the available report.
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- Putin meets with foreign military attaches — TASS (Russia)
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