New Delhi. The eighth edition of India-Russia Joint Military Exercise “INDRA-2016” was held from September 23 to October 2 in the Ussiriysk District in Vladivostok, Russia. Main focus of this edition of the joint exercise is on “Counter-Terrorism Operations in semi mountainous and jungle terrain under United Nations Mandate”. To achieve interoperability in joint operations, troops from both sides would acquaint themselves with the respective approach to such operations. A comprehensive training programme spanning eleven days has been drawn up for the purpose.
250 soldiers of the KUMAON Regiment are representing the Indian Contingent and the Russian army is being represented by 250 soldiers from the 59th Motorised Infantry Brigade. Indra series of bilateral exercises is one of the major bilateral defence cooperation initiatives between India and Russia since 2003. The Indian contingent scheduled to return to India on termination of the Exercise in the first week of October.
