"The complex target position imitated long-term firing points, military equipment and engineering protection facilities of the coast of a simulated enemy," Interfax quotes a message from the Pacific Fleet press service.

In accordance with the combat training plan, the cruiser conducted an exercise with artillery fire to suppress an invisible coastal target hidden by the terrain.

The fire was conducted from a 130-mm AK-130 artillery mount.

Earlier it was reported that the third non-nuclear submarine of the Varshavyanka class of project 636.3 Magadan was launched in St. Petersburg.