SIMFEROPOL, January 31 - RIA Novosti. Detachments of warships of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) returned to the permanent bases of the Crimean and Novorossiysk naval bases of the Fleet after conducting exercises in the Black Sea, the head of the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet, Captain second rank Alexei Rulev, said on Monday.
More than 20 ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet entered the Black Sea on January 26 for exercises. Earlier, the ships of the Northern and Baltic Fleets took part in the exercises.
"In the naval training grounds, the crews of ships as part of heterogeneous and homogeneous tactical groups performed combat training tasks for conducting naval combat, conducted artillery firing at targets simulating ships and means of air attack of a conditional enemy," Rulev said.
The crews of the ships conducted training in communication, survivability, anti-aircraft, anti-submarine, anti-sabotage defense when parked on an unequipped raid, as well as at sea crossing. After scheduled maintenance and replenishment of material reserves, the crews of the Black Sea Fleet ships will continue to perform tasks for their intended purpose, the report says.
More than 20 warships of various classes were involved in the completed planned exercises of the Black Sea Fleet as part of heterogeneous groups, naval strike groups and landing craft detachments: frigates, patrol ships, small missile ships and missile boats, landing ships, small anti-submarine ships, as well as mine defense ships.