Baltic Fleet held planned air combat training with Su-27 fighters. Interfax reports this with reference to the Military Association release.
Sea aviation during the workout received a signal about the invasion of unidentified aircraft into the airspace of Russia. According to the plan of the exercises, the conditional opponent aircraft crossed the country’s air border to apply a rocket bomb strike on strategically important military objects.
Ten SU-27 fighters flew to the interception, discovered the “enemy” aircraft and destroyed. Crews performed the accelerated training of fighters for departure, steaming ups and electronic launches of controlled missiles on the “enemy”. The exercises were held in bright and darkness.
On April 22, the head of the Ministry of Defense of Russia Sergey Shoigu announced the completion of the inspection of the troops of the Southern and Western military districts, ordered to take them to the points of permanent deployment.
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A total of 1.2 thousand units of weapons and military equipment from the composition of the Communarily Union of the Southern Military District, the Black Sea Fleet, the Caspian flotilla and airborne troops were participated in the exercises. In particular, more than 40 warships and 20 vessels of collateral were involved in maneuvers.