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India is joining a major military exercise Zapad-21, which is being co-hosted by Russia and Belarus.&nbsp;</p>
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The exercise will be conducted on September 10-16 at nine locations in&nbsp; Russia and five in Belarus.&nbsp; An estimated 200,000 men, 80 planes and helicopters, 760 ground vehicles, including 290 tanks, 240 artillery pieces, multiple rocket launchers and mortars and 15 naval ships will be participating in the massive exercise, Tass news agency is reporting.</p>
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Indian military personnel have already arrived at a combat training center of the Western Military Region in Mulino, the Nizhni Novgorod Region.</p>
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Russia has provided the Indian contingent T-72-B3 tanks and armoured personnel carriers BMP-2 for temporary use.</p>
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