This was announced by the commander of the operational command in the far operational zone, captain of the first rank Sergey Tronev.
“At the moment, the active phase of the exercises is over. The organization of the use of missile weapons, artillery weapons ... elements of protection and protection of navigation in the designated area of responsibility has been worked out, ”TASS quoted him.
The exercises were attended by more than five warships and support vessels, including ships and combat boats of the Black Sea Fleet and the Baltic Fleet, as well as the Bastion coastal missile system and VKS aviation.
“The forces carry out tasks to ensure the safety of navigation, anti-submarine, anti-sabotage, anti-air defense, tracking, including weapons, for naval groups and individual ships of the naval forces of foreign states located in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea,” the commander said.
Earlier, Russian and Egyptian units of the Igla-S anti-aircraft missile systems “knocked out” conditional enemy helicopters during joint exercises.
The newspaper "New Sevastopol" also wrote that the newest minesweeper of the Black Sea Fleet, "Ivan Antonov" for the first time conducted a mine-laying exercise.