Over 30 combat ships of various classes from the Black Sea Fleet and other Fleets are involved in the drills as part of combined arms task forces, naval strike groups and detachments of amphibious assault ships
The massive drills in the Black Sea will bring together over 140 warships and support vessels, more than 60 aircraft, 1,000 items of military hardware and about 10,000 troops
Earlier in February, the naval task force completed its transit around Europe and arrived at the Russian Navy’s logistics facility in the Syrian port of Tartus on the Mediterranean coast where it replenished its fuel and lubricants, freshwater and food supplies
The naval sailors practiced the techniques of searching for, eliminating and detaining notional intruders located in internal premises and on the upper deck of ships
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