As part of the maneuvers, ships, submarines, boats and fleet support vessels left their permanent bases and completed the transition to designated areas.
“In total, up to 20 ships and support vessels of the Northern Fleet are involved in the exercise in the Barents Sea, and more than 10 aircraft of the Air Force and Air Defense Army of the Northern Fleet are involved in the exercise,” the press service said.
The ships will carry out firing at sea and air targets and work out measures to check the absence of tracking and search for foreign submarines.
Measures will also be worked out to establish control over navigation in the Barents Sea and the flight of aircraft over it.
Earlier, ships of the Russian Navy during exercises in the Black Sea conducted an artillery battle and destroyed a mock enemy submarine.