The main objectives of the campaign are the participation of ships in naval exercises under the overall leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Admiral Nikolai Evmenov
MOSCOW, January 24. /tass/. A detachment of warships of the Baltic Fleet consisting of the corvettes "Stoyky" and "Savvy" left Baltiysk for a long hike. This was reported to journalists in the information support department of the Baltic Fleet.
"The main objectives of the campaign are the participation of ships in naval exercises under the overall leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, as well as ensuring the naval presence and demonstration of the St. Andrew's flag in various areas of the World Ocean," the Baltic Fleet said.
The navy clarified that during the voyage, the crews of the corvettes will conduct exercises on communications, anti-aircraft and anti-submarine defense, and perform a number of combat exercises. The crews of the deck helicopters of the Baltic Fleet marine aviation Ka-27, based on corvettes, will conduct flight shifts at sea, carry out training on the search for submarines of a conditional enemy, the detection of surface targets and search and rescue operations.
It is noted that to ensure the safety of the detachment, anti-terror groups from the Baltic Fleet Marine Corps unit are on the ships. During parking on an unprotected roadstead and during overcoming the torrential zones, the marines will conduct training to repel an attack on a ship by conditional terrorists.
Exercises in the World Ocean
In accordance with the training plan of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for 2022, a series of naval exercises are held in January-February in all areas of responsibility of the fleets under the overall leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.
The main focus of the exercises is to work out the actions of the Navy and Aerospace Forces to protect Russian national interests in the world Ocean, as well as to counter military threats to the Russian Federation from sea and ocean directions.
The exercises will cover the waters of the seas adjacent to the Russian territory, as well as operationally important areas of the World Ocean. Separate exercises will be held in the waters of the Mediterranean, Northern, Okhotsk Seas, in the north-eastern part of the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
In total, it is planned to involve more than 140 warships and support vessels, more than 60 aircraft, 1,000 units of military equipment, and about 10 thousand military personnel to participate in the events.