“On the ships of the Black Sea Fleet in the basing points of Sevastopol and Novorossiysk, a special naval exercise“ The ship's entry into combat duty ”was conducted.

The exercise took place in all the naval formations of the fleet ”, - quotes the message of the fleet Interfax.

The exercises were carried out to practice the actions of the personnel of combat posts and command posts of ships in the implementation of an emergency exit from the basing point, to fight against enemy air attack weapons, as well as to check the organization of preparation of ships for battle.

Earlier, the newspaper "Novy Sevastopol" wrote that the crews of multipurpose fighters Su-30SM and front-line bombers Su-24M from the naval aviation and air defense of the Black Sea Fleet conducted training flights in the skies over the Crimea.