Kiev. May 26. INTERFAX-UKRAINE-In the Black Sea, a joint ship-boat tactical group of the Naval Forces of Ukraine and the United Kingdom conducted a training session in the sea of the "PASSEX"type.
According to the press service of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the purpose of the event was to maintain security in the Black Sea region, improve the training and compatibility of the crews of the ships of the two countries in accordance with NATO standards.
"In addition to surface combat units, the Mi-14 helicopter of the naval aviation brigade of the National Fleet was involved in the exercises," the message on the Facebook page said.
The two-day training took place in several stages.
In particular, maneuvering, organization of air defense, reflection of attacks of high-speed small-sized watercraft of the conditional enemy, setting a smoke screen were worked out. In addition, shipboard exercises on the transfer of cargo by air and traverse, conducting reconnaissance, covering the maritime situation in areas of intensive civilian shipping and conducting a search and rescue operation were practiced.
Communication between the crews of the ship-boat group was carried out exclusively in English.
