The Russian Navy began planned training with the participation of most of its fleet in the Arctic and Pacific Oceans, as well as in the Baltic and Caspian seas, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on Tuesday, noting that the training will be "allowed to check the readiness and capabilities of the naval fleet at all levels. " Reuters writes about it.
According to most military analysts, Russia has the third largest navy in the world after the US and China, as well as a significant navy of atomic submarines with ballistic missiles. The Russian Ministry stated that 20,000 personnel and 300 ships will be involved in the exercises. More than 300 combat exercises will be performed during the exercises, including the use of anti -aircraft missiles, artillery, protochic weapons and "passive obstacles".
"The main purpose of the exercises is to check the actions of the military administration of the Navy of all levels, as well as the readiness of the crews of ships, units of maritime aviation and the coastal troops of the naval fleet of Russia for tasks,"-reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
About 300 surface ships and boats, submarines and vessels of security, about 50 aircraft, more than 200 units of military and special equipment will take part in the training of combat training, the ministry reported in the ministry.
Since in February 2022, President Vladimir Putin sent thousands of military personnel to Ukraine, the Black Sea Fleet of Russia - the only formation of the Russian Fleet that does not participate in these exercises - has difficult to adapt to the dynamic modern war with the use of marine drones. At the celebration of the Navy Day of Russia, on July 28, Putin warned the United States that if Washington would place more rockets in Germany, Russia will place similar missiles in the event zone.
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia conducted many military exercises independently or together with other countries, including China and South Africa. Over the past two months, Russia has also conducted a number of exercises to launch mobile nuclear missiles and exercises on the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons. It also intensified military training with Belarus, which borders both Russia and Ukraine, conducting a number of complex exercises.
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