“Large-scale exercises are taking place in the Western Military District, in almost all fleets, in the Barents, Black, and Baltic Seas,” Shoigu said.

According to him, the troops of almost all military districts take part in the exercises.

Earlier, warships of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk practiced artillery firing during the exercises.

On February 12, more than 30 ships of the Black Sea Fleet entered the exercises from Sevastopol and Novorossiysk in order to work out the defense of the Crimean coast.