The press service of the Ministry of Defense of Russia reports
The exercise will be held from October 24 to 26.
“Russian paratroopers will work out the parachute-free method of landing from helicopters of the Russian-made Mi-17, which are in service with the Egyptian Air Force. The landing of assault groups of the assault will be carried out with the use of ropes from the hovering position of helicopters at an altitude of up to 25 meters above the ground, ”the message says.
Earlier, Andrei Koshkin, head of the department of political science and sociology of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, praised the Vostok-2018 military exercises in an interview with the publication PolitEkspert.