Russia has started its air defence drill in the Ural mountains and western Siberia. The exercise involves 12,000 soldiers and 250 aircraft. The four days of exercise is meant to help the military prepare for a larger drill in September. After the annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region, Russia has held many number of large-scale military drills checking combat readiness.

Tidbits

• The Supreme Commander of Russian Armed Air Force is it’s President Vladimir Putin.
• The main security agency for the Soviet Union from 1954 until its break-up in 1991 was KGB.
• The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) is the current Security Agency of Russia.
• Russia covers one-eighth of the Earth’s inhabited land area.
• Russia is also the world’s ninth most populous nation.
• Russia’s Capital is Moscow and it’s currency is Ruble.