Russian Navy Announces More Major Fleet Exercises as Drills End with China, Iran - USNI News

The Russian Navy will conduct a series of exercises in the next few months with all of its fleet commands throughout their respective areas of operations, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Thursday.

Russian Navy Chief Admiral Nikolai Evmenov will oversee the effort, which is in accordance with the Russian Armed Forces’ 2022 training plan.

The series of exercises is meant to work out how the Russian Navy and Russian Air Force protect Russian national interests in the world’s oceans, as well as how to counter military threats to Russia from the sea, according to the defense ministry’s news release.

The exercises will cover the waters adjacent to Russian territory, as well as sea areas that are operationally important to Russia. Separate exercises will take place in the Mediterranean, the northeastern part of the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the Okhotsk Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Over 140 warships and support vessels along with 60 aircraft and a total of 10,000 personnel are slated to participate in the exercises, the release said.