(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Mar. 2
Trend:
Special tactical exercises on 'Conducting combat operations in
severe cold' were held within the Combat Coordination Plan of
Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan garrison troops for 2022, Trend reports citing the
Defense Ministry.
Along with Special Forces Units of the Combined Arms army and
the State Security Service of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic,
Rescue Units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations were involved
in the exercises.
Classes were held with the units involved in the exercises in
order to conduct combat and rescue operations in severe cold
weather with high professionalism, to achieve coordinated
activities of the management bodies in the planning of operations,
to improve the knowledge and skills of the command staff.
During the exercises, the units' abilities to deploy in the area
in winter conditions and equipment were checked, and special
attention was paid to the supply of equipment, vehicles and food in
the blizzard and hard-to-reach areas.
In the special tactical exercises, which tested the ability of
personnel to fulfill combat missions in severe cold, the special
forces performed tactical activities behind the imaginary enemy in
snowy and frosty weather.
During the exercises, joint operations were carried out to
ambush the imaginary enemy's military equipment and capture it. The
activities of the terrorist group of the imaginary enemy, which was
preparing for provocation using unfavorable weather conditions,
were detected by the special units.
The terrorist activities of the imaginary enemy were prevented
with the help of military vehicles designed for the area difficult
to reach. The leader of the terrorist group was captured alive from
an enemy military column ambushed by the attack group in difficult
mountainous conditions.
In the course of exercises, searching, rendering of first
medical aid and evacuation of persons affected by avalanches in
high mountainous areas and lost in snowy areas, were conducted.
Search-rescue and other emergency measures were carried out by
means of special devices and equipment involved rescuers who gained
experience in international courses in compliance with safety
rules.
Besides, during the exercises, practical skills of the personnel
of units of Special Forces of Separate Combined Arms Army and the
State Security Service of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, the
Civil Defense Regiment of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and
the Special Risk Rescue Service on reconnaissance and special
operations during day and night time in different areas and
climatic conditions, as well as search and rescue operations were
improved.
The servicemen, who skillfully used the features of the terrain
when conducting combat operations in the mountains, lived and
stayed overnight in shelters prepared by them in the area of
exercises.
The objectives of the exercises were achieved.
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