Russian army helicopters have landed in northern China to take part in multinational anti-terrorism drills, AP reported. Eight transport choppers landed Sunday night at Zhurihe, China's largest and most modern training base, located in the vast grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China's official Xinhua News Agency said Monday. Russia is dispatching about 900 troops to take part in next week's "Peace Mission-2014" drills, which will involve more than 7,000 personnel, Xinhua said. Fellow SCO members Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are also participating. Russia's Interfax-AVN military news agency cited Col. Alexander Gordeev of the Eastern Military Region as saying the Russian contingent in the exercises will include Mi-8 helicopters, Grad mobile rocket batteries, mine units and four Su-25 fighter jets.
