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SEVASTOPOL, Jan 26 Black Sea Fleet ships conducted air defense training during exercises that began on Wednesday (air defense), told reporters in the press service of the fleet. «The crews of the frigate «Admiral Essen», patrol ship «Ladny», small missile ships «Grayvoron» and «Ingushetia», missile boats «Naberezhnye Chelny» and «R-60″ in As part of tactical groups, they completed air defense tasks during a bilateral exercise with crews of fighter aircraft of the Air Force and Air Defense formation of the Southern Military District,» the press service said. .jpg» />The Kremlin commented on reports of military exercises in the Baltic SeaThe ship's air defense crews detected and took targets for escort, then, after identifying air targets as «enemies», they conditionally destroyed the aircraft before they entered the combat course. As noted in the press service, protection from mines of ships during the maneuvers was provided by the crews of the sea minesweepers Ivan Golubets, Ivan Antonov and Valentin Pikul. In total, more than 20 warships are involved in the planned exercises of the fleet as part of heterogeneous groupings, shipborne strike and search and strike groups , as well as a detachment of landing ships that left the naval bases in Sevastopol and Novorossiysk today. polar circle