Russian snipers hold exercises in Armenia - Mediamax.am

January 17, 2026
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Russian snipers hold exercises in Armenia


Photo: REUTERS


Yerevan /Mediamax/. Tactical-special exercises of snipers of the Russian military base in Armenia started at Kakhmud polygon.

“On over 1.5thousand meters above the sea level, snipers will train survival actions in severe high-altitude climate and organization of sniper ambushes”, the press release of the Russian military base reads this.

 

Over the year, snipers took tactical, firing, engineering, alpinist, special and other types of trainings. About 30% of the exercises were held in the dark with the use of nigh vision devices.

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