Pskov called the reflection of external aggression the intention of the exercises of the Russian armed forces near Chelyabinsk
The idea of the exercises of the Russian armed forces near Chelyabinsk was to repel external aggression, said the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov. "The idea of these exercises is to repel aggression from the outside, no one is threatening anyone, this is a common international practice, Russia is also following it," Peskov said in an interview with Pavel Zarubin, a journalist with the Vesti information service.