Azerbaijan is to launch major military exercises near Nagorno Karabakh, defense ministry said Friday, June 1, according to the Global Post.

“The operational-tactical exercises will be held on June 19-24 with all the arms and services," the Caucasus nation's defense ministry said in a statement.

The drills will take place in "military ranges located in the (Karabakh) frontal zone, and in Nakhijevan, as well as the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea," the ministry said.

They will involve "about 25,000 servicemen, more than 300 tanks and armored combat vehicles, more than 100 rocket artillery launchers, up to 40 military aircraft and more than 30 air defense systems, ships of naval forces and special forces units."