CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Vostok 2018 (Russian: 2018, lit. ‘East 2018’) was a large-scale Russian military exercise, held from 11 to 17 September 2018, throughout Siberia and the Russian Far East in the Eastern Military District.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indian Army Contingent Participates in Exercise Vostok-2022 at Sergeyevsky, East Military District Russia. A multilateral strategic and command Exercise Vostok-2022 has commenced today at the training grounds of the Eastern Military District of Russia from 01 to 07 September 2022.

Detailed explanation-3: -The concept of the Vostok-2022 strategic command post exercise stipulates various operations involving inter-branch and coalition forces in the interests of maintaining the security of the Russian Federation in the Eastern Military District’s zone of responsibility.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vostok (which means “east” in Russian) is one of four exercises Russia routinely conducts every four years, the others being Zapad (west) Tsentr (center), and Kavkaz (south), the directions corresponding to the locations of the drills within the country.

Detailed explanation-5: -Apart from the Russian army, troops from a number of countries have participated in the exercises, including Azerbaijan, Algeria, Armenia, Belarus, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Syria, and Tajikistan.