In the Irkutsk region, drills were held to stop a terrorist attack. According to the scenario, a convoy was seized, after which security forces practiced blocking the area, assaulting it, and freeing hostages. The operation involved the FSB, Defense Ministry, Interior Ministry, Emergencies Ministry, Federal Penitentiary Service, Federal Protective Service, emergency medical aid, and the regional government. The drills tested coordination of all services and the actions of the joint force group.
After receiving information about the attack on the convoy, the operational group activated the plan for carrying out priority measures to suppress the terrorist act. A grouping of forces and assets of the operational headquarters was dispatched to the scene. The convoy was blocked by servicemen and officers of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Irkutsk Region.After the special FSB unit stormed the seized convoy, the hostages were freed and the terrorists were eliminated.
The exercise involved units of the FSB Directorate, the Ministry of Defense, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Main Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service, the Internal Affairs Directorate for Transport of the East Siberian Railway, the Special Communications and Information Service of the Federal Protective Service, the Government of the Irkutsk Region, and emergency medical services. The actions of the groups included in the combined grouping of forces and assets were practiced in real conditions.
Based on materials from the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB of Russia for the Irkutsk Region