Vostok 2014 (Russian: Восток 2014|lit=East 2014) was a large-scale Russian military exercise held in September 19-25, 2014 in Eastern Military District involving the ranges of Sakhalin,Kamchatka, Chukotka, and southern Primorsky Krai.[1] The exercise involved over 100,000 personnel, 1,500 tanks, 120 aircraft, 5,000 pieces of other military hardware. and 70 ships, at 20 ground, sea and air ranges.[2] [3]