The Russian Navy and Aerospace Forces will hold joint large-scale training exercises in the Mediterranean Sea on September 1-8.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 01st September, 2018) The Russian Navy and Aerospace Forces will hold joint large-scale training exercises in the Mediterranean Sea on September 1-8.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the drills will involve 26 warships of the Northern, Baltic, Black Sea Fleets and the Caspian Flotilla, including two submarines, and 34 long-distance, military transport and naval aircraft. Northern Fleet's Slava-class Marshal Ustinov missile cruiser will lead the naval task force participating in the drills.
The exercises will also involve Tu-160 strategic bombers, Tu-142 and Il-38 anti-submarine warfare planes, as well as Su-33 and Su-30SM fighter jets, according to Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Adm. Vladimir Korolev.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Thursday that the upcoming naval drills had no relation to the situation in Syria's Idlib and were planned in advance.
