Acting Defense Minister of South Ossetia Vladimir Pukhaev met with members of the defense department team leaving for Moscow on August 4 for the Tank Biathlon competition of the International Army Games - 2022 (ARMI-2022), the press service of the defense department reports.
Vladimir Pukhaev aimed the servicemen with honor and dignity to represent the Republic of South Ossetia and its Armed Forces on the international arena, to achieve high results both in individual races and in the team relay race. The head of the defense department wished the soldiers good luck, diligence, perseverance in achieving their goals.
“Remember that you represent not only our army, but above all our state. Then you will be able to show your best moral and psychological qualities in full. The whole Republic is expecting only victory from you,” said Vladimir Pukhaev.
The team of the Defense Ministry of the Republic of South Ossetia will participate in this competition for the third time. In 2020, 2021, all team members showed the will to win, and showed good results for the debutants of the second division competition.
The team captain Colonel Vladimir Dzagoev assured the acting. Minister of Defense that the personnel will strive for the highest performance, will do everything possible to achieve success.
The training of the team took place during the training periods on the basis of the training ground of the defense department, elements of command actions of tank crews, fire training from standard weapons, driving combat vehicles with overcoming various obstacles were worked out.
All organizational issues on equipping and providing the team were resolved in advance.
