Russia Conducts Naval Exercises in the White Sea

The Russian government news agency TASS reported today, citing the Ministry of Defense, that Russian warships conducted exercises in the White Sea to guard and defend a group of vessels in what was described as routine combat maneuvers. TASS quoted a statement from the Ministry of Defense saying, "The day before, the small anti-submarine ships Oniga and Naryan-Mar performed training and combat tasks to repel an aerial attack by a hypothetical enemy." The agency added that the warships fired from anti-aircraft missile systems and naval guns in a simulation of strikes against aerial targets during air defense training. During the exercises, the two small anti-submarine ships, Oniga and Naryan-Mar, practiced organizing combat use of weapons and electronic warfare equipment in a scenario of simultaneous attacks from the air and sea.