MOSCOW, Dec 21 - RIA Novosti. For the first time during the exercises, the Russian Navy conducted a covert deployment of ships in a remote area of the Pacific Ocean, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
"For the first time in recent history, an operational exercise was conducted with the grouping of forces of the Pacific Fleet in the far sea zone. During it, the fleet forces carried out a covert deployment in a remote area of the Pacific Ocean," Shoigu said at an expanded meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
He added that a comprehensive Arctic expedition "Umka", which has no analogues in the world, was conducted on the Franz Josef Land archipelago. In conditions of high latitudes and low temperatures, all the weapons samples used have confirmed their technical characteristics.
