Russia conducts naval exercises in the Black Sea
The military ships of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet carried out exercises and drills at naval training facilities, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on May 14.
“The crew of the anti-submarine ship Muromets practiced searching for and monitoring a submarine. The diesel-electric submarine Stary Oskol acted as the hypothetical enemy, monitoring the anti-submarine vessel and performing a strike-avoiding maneuver. This newest submarine, acting as a rescue craft and supported by Epron rescue ship, worked on deep-water diving, which is a compulsory element of the military preparation course for submarine crews,” the report states.
One month ago at the Black Sea military training facilities, the Russian Black Sea Fleet worked on a planned tactical test exercise for ship brigades, which involved the protection of the water region of the Crimean naval base.
At the start of April, the Russian Black Sea Fleet conducted artillery firing exercises in the open sea.
Earlier the General Staff of Ukraine denounced the Russian military exercises in the annexed Crimea calling them illegal.