“As part of the exercise, the combat crews of the Moskva guards missile cruiser carried out artillery firing at surface targets.
To imitate enemy ships at long distances, ship target shields were used, and for firing at short distances, mock-ups of floating sea mines were used, ”RIA Novosti reported.
In total, more than 50 sea and air targets of a mock enemy were hit.
Earlier, ships of the Black Sea Fleet worked out actions to conduct naval artillery combat, search for and destroy a mock enemy submarine.
Ships of the Northern Fleet conducted an air defense exercise in the Barents Sea.