The Southern Military Okrug (district; SMO) of the Russian Armed Forces has announced about the holding of a surprise inspection of the combat-readiness of the troops of the SMO, informed its press service. 

The respective statement notes that these inspections will be conducted at the Russian military bases that are located in the respective regions of Russia as well as in Armenia and Abkhazia.

The objective of these inspections is to check the extent these military units are capable of performing tasks according to importance, and to assess the level of military exercises.

Over 20 headquarters and other military command units—with about 6,000 servicemen and 1,500 units of military equipment—will take part in these surprise inspections.