Russia's "Tsentr-2026" Strategic Exercise Concludes

Source-stated date: 3 October 2026 · PLA Daily (解放军报)

俄罗斯“中部-2026”战略演习闭幕

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Published3 October 2026, by CMC Political Work Department
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PLA forces drawn from the Western Theater Command completed Russia's Tsentr-2026 strategic exercise at the Chebarkul Range in Chelyabinsk on October 2, training alongside forces from Russia, Belarus, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and Tajikistan in live-force drills organized around three-dimensional reconnaissance, fire-and-information strikes (信火打击), multi-directional assault, and rapid pursuit and annihilation, under a three-tier command structure of directing headquarters, joint campaign command, and task detachments. The article documents the Western Theater Command's participation in a multilateral exercise format that explicitly tests long-range strategic projection, cross-border logistics, and multinational command coordination — the same capability gaps the PLA's own post-exercise review identifies as areas requiring further work. The framing of the after-action review around shortcomings in joint operational planning and cross-border projection points to institutional pressure to extract measurable lessons from multilateral exercises rather than treat them as diplomatic events.

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俄罗斯“中部-2026”战略演习闭幕中方参演部队圆满完成演习任务后启程回撤解放军报俄罗斯车里雅宾斯克10月2日电记者张科进、宋子洵报道：当地时间10月2日，俄罗斯“中部-2026”战略演习在俄罗斯车里雅宾斯克切巴尔库尔靶场举行闭幕式。经过多日同场练兵，本次演习落下帷幕。演习期间，我军参演部队与来自俄罗斯、白俄罗斯、巴基斯坦、哈萨克斯坦、吉尔吉斯斯坦、蒙古、塔吉克斯坦等国的部队并肩参演，各方围绕情报侦察、指挥控制、火力打击、综合保障等行动展开专攻精练，组织作战筹划和实兵行动演练，在同场砺兵中巩固多边传统友谊、提升联合行动能力。演习现场。付超摄据中方参演部队指挥员介绍，中方参演兵力由中部战区抽组，采取摩托化机动、铁路输送、空中输送相结合方式，投送至俄罗斯切巴尔库尔靶场演习地域。参演部队建立“导演部—联合战役指挥部—任务分队”三级指挥领导架构，高效统筹指挥各项演习行动。在演习准备阶段，中方导演部、联合战役指挥部与外方军队开展协同研训，任务分队重点开展侦察引导、协同破障、协同攻击、战场急救等课目训练，穿插组织会谈会晤、文化展示、文艺演出、体育交流等活动。在演习实施阶段，首先组织指挥演练，尔后划分3个行动阶段组织实兵演练，重点演练立体侦察、信火打击、引导进入、多向突击、快速驱歼等行动。演习现场。宋子洵摄演习现场。付超摄此次演习具有演练强度高、节奏转换快、火力密度大、机动投送远、实战程度强等特点。我军参演部队从背景想定与导调、战役指挥和实兵演练等不同层面深入参与演习，体现了各参演方在联合战役行动上的深度协作，也是对我军联合作战能力的一次检验和历练。我军参演部队编设突击、火力打击、工程保障、信息保障等多个编组，演习坚持野战化、简约化、实战化要求，依托境外陌生地形、多国协同环境，全面检验我方远程战略投送、跨境后勤保障、联合作战指挥等实战能力。在完成参加“中部-2026”战略演习任务后，中方参演部队开始撤出切巴尔库尔靶场。回撤部队将采用空中、铁路输送方式，陆续返回国内归建。中方参演部队回撤归建后，将紧紧围绕使命任务，从多国部队联合作战筹划、联合实兵行动、远距离跨境投送、实兵行动协同、政治工作开展等方面总结经验、查找不足，切实提升联合作战指挥和部队实战能力。

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