Washington. July 6. INTERFAX-The Russian military, conducting exercises on Tuesday, did not interfere with the Sea Breeze exercise, which involves ships of NATO countries and their partners, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday.
"There were no obstacles in carrying out Sea Breeze," he told reporters at a briefing, answering a question about whether Russian exercises with the launch of S-400 missiles prevented the conduct of these maneuvers.
"Russia's actions did not affect our ability to conduct Sea Breeze exercises," Kirby added.
Earlier on Tuesday, it was reported that the Southern Military District held exercises in the Krasnodar Territory to defend the objects of the Black Sea Fleet with electronic launches of S-400 "Triumph" air defense systems.
The maneuvers took place against the background of the Black Sea exercises Sea Breeze, which involved ships of NATO countries and their partners.
"During the tactical and special exercises, the military personnel of the air defense units of the Southern Military District stationed in the Krasnodar Territory conducted an exercise to repel a massive missile strike of a conditional enemy," the Black Sea Fleet said.
"In accordance with the plan of the exercise, the calculations of the S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems and the Pantsir-S anti - aircraft missile and gun systems marched to the positional areas, where they worked out an algorithm of actions for detecting and tracking air targets of a conditional enemy, and also performed electronic missile launches to destroy them," the report says.
The exercise worked out the cover of critical objects of the Black Sea Fleet from the means of air attack of a conditional enemy, the military said.
"In total, about 100 servicemen and more than 30 units of military and special equipment took part in the event," the Black Sea Fleet said in a statement.
It is expected that the Sea Breeze maneuvers will last until July 10.
They involve 32 warships, 40 aircraft and five thousand military personnel from 17 NATO member countries, as well as alliance partners. In total, military personnel from 32 countries participate.
