During the exercises, the crews of the ships performed combat training tasks for conducting naval combat and conducted artillery firing at targets
SEVASTOPOL, January 31. /tass/. 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 information support department of the Black Sea Fleet told reporters on Monday.
"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," the report says.
It is specified that the crews of the ships conducted training on communications, the fight for 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. More than 20 warships of various classes were involved in the completed planned exercises of the Black Sea Fleet as part of heterogeneous groups, ship 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," the message says.
In January- February, a planned series of naval exercises is held in all areas of responsibility of the fleets under the general 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 VKS 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 important areas of the World Ocean. In total, it is planned to involve more than 140 warships and support vessels, more than 60 aircraft, 1 thousand units of military equipment, and about 10 thousand military personnel to participate in the exercises.
