From the parade to battle: 50 ships from the military parade of Putin (photo) went to the exercises "Ocean Schri-2019" on the Baltic.

In the Baltic Sea on August 1, the Ocean Schri-2019 Operations started, they will last until August 9.

In the exercises, 49 ships and combat boats, 20 support vessels, 58 aircraft of the Navy (Navy) and airborne forces (VKS), as well as more than 10 thousand military personnel are involved. The basis of the ship group is the ships and ships that took part in the MainNaval Parade , which was received on July 28 in St. Petersburg, the President of Russia, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin

Heads in the water area of ​​the Baltic Sea are headed by the Commander -in -Chief of the Navy Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.

According to the plan of the exercises, the issues of applying the Inter -Flot group of the Navy and skills for managing the forces of the fleet will be worked out. “In addition, as part of the event, it is planned to check the readiness of the Navy for the protection of the national interests of the Russian Federation,” the military department emphasized.

The exercises "Ocean Shield" for the first time in the modern history of the country were held in the Mediterranean Sea last year. From September 1 to September 8, 2018, 26 ships, two submarines, 34 aircraft of the Navy and the Russian Academy of Sciences took part in the exercises. As part of the maneuvers, practical rocket firing took place from both ships and helicopters and aircraft. Then the Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu said that the large -scale exercises of the ship forces and aviation Ocean Shield will be held on an ongoing basis.