Vostok 2018 war games | Will run September 11-17 in nine training zones and the Pacific and Arctic oceans

300,000

Soldiers: Infantry, marines, paratroopers and special forces. Testing co-operation and readiness to move long distances

1,000

Aircraft: Fighter jets, bombers, attack and transport helicopters, and drones

36,000

Vehicles: Tanks like the top-of-the- range T-90 and T-80, armoured personnel carriers, rocket and ballistic missile launchers

80

Ships: Includes the destroyer Admiral Kulakov and at least five large landing ships