Russian Navy Holds Exercise in Mediterranean Sea and Baltic Sea Coast

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During an exercise in the Mediterranean Sea, ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet carried out a number of tasks, including protecting convoys and repelling simulated enemy attacks.

Russian Navy Permanently Deploys 10 Ships in Mediterranean
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia's Black Sea Fleet has held an exercise in the Mediterranean Sea, a spokesman for the fleet said Friday.


"During the exercise, Black Sea Fleet ships worked on protecting convoys, carried out tasks to repel simulated enemy air attacks from various heights, [practiced] combat operations against surface vessels," Capt. 1st Rank Vyacheslav Trukhachev told reporters.

Earlier this summer, Russian and Egyptian Navies carried out joint military exercises involving F-16 fighter jets in the Mediterranean Sea. Russia and China also carried out Mediterranean drills earlier this year.

According to the Russian Navy, up to 10 Russian warships and support vessels are permanently deployed in the Mediterranean Sea.

The exercise involved warships of the Baltic Fleet, the Naval aviation and a wide range of coastal military equipment. Over 20 armored carriers landed on the coast of the Baltic Sea.

Russian Navy Holds Exercise in Mediterranean Sea
Nearly 500 troops from the Russian amphibious forces landed on the coast of the Baltic Sea during drills, the press office of the Baltic Fleet reported.


According to the report, the troops landed from the Aleksandr Shabalin and Evgeny Kocheshkov amphibious ships alongside with the newest Michman Lermontov and Leitenant Rimsky-Korsakov vessels.

Over 20 armored carriers went ashore under fire support by ships of the Baltic Fleet.

The exercise involved 10 surface ships, speed boats and support vessels of the Baltic Fleet, planes and helicopters of the naval aviation as well as over 40 pieces of coastal and engineering military equipment.