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More than thirty ships left at sea from Sevastopol and Novorossiysk to take part in exercises in the extensive maneuvers of the Russian Navy. This was said in the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet. Frigates, patrol boats, landing craft, small anti-submarine ships, small rocket ships and rocket boats, as well as mine defense ships, have left their permanent bases.
they will fire missiles and artillery, practice missile and bomb strikes against sea, air and coastal targets. “The purpose of the exercise is to defend the Crimean coast, the Black Sea Fleet bases and the country's economic sector facilities from possible military threats from a false enemy,” the press release reads. training of the Russian Armed Forces for a year, a series of naval exercises takes place in different regions. In total, more than 140 warships and support vessels, 1,000 military units, 60 aircraft and about 10,000 military personnel will take part.