Kremlin: Russia to conduct exercises in the Mediterranean on permanent basis
Large-scale navy and air forces exercises "Ocean Shield" will be held on a permanent basis, said the Russian Defense Minister and General of the Army Sergey Shoygu during the conference call on Friday.
In 2018, the joint exercises “Ocean Shield” were held in the Mediterranean for the first time in the modern history of Russia.
"Such exercises will be conducted on a permanent basis," said Shoygu. He stressed that "a large inter-fleet naval group that was created in the Mediterranean is capable of autonomously solving a wide range of tasks, taking into account the changing situation."
"The main navy control center in St. Petersburg and an auxiliary command post in the Syrian port of Tartus supervised these exercises," added Shoygu.