“In the brigade of surface ships of the Caspian flotilla at the base in Kaspiysk, the crew of the Dagestan missile ship carried out measures to take up combat duty,” Interfax reports.

As noted, for the period of combat duty, the crew of the ship was transferred to a round-the-clock mode of combat service. 

Earlier, the crew of the Kasimov small anti-submarine ship of the Black Sea Fleet conducted artillery firing in stormy weather.