Russian Marines, Paratroops Begin Military Training in Kaliningrad

Russian marines and paratroops have started training exercises against enemy reconnaissance and sabotage groups and against militants during a current exercise in Russia’s westernmost region, reports Interfax citing the Defense Ministry.

“Units of the coastal forces of the Baltic Fleet and troops from the Pskov Airborne Division that were airlifted by Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft to the site of the exercise in Kaliningrad region have started training the tactical action of looking for, detecting, blockading and destroying reconnaissance and sabotage groups,” the ministry said in a statement.

At several training sites in Kaliningrad region, marines and paratroops were training in missions to detect presumed deployment areas of “illegal armed units.”

“Ambush positions have been set up along the presumed advancement routes of the simulated enemy in order to detect the enemy vanguard. Reconnaissance units are carrying out search operations and secret raids into presumed deployment sites of illegal armed units,” the ministry said.

Baltic Fleet deployed to naval firing ranges as part of Russia’s military exercises

Russia’s Baltic Fleet warships have destroyed a hypothetical enemy submarine in large-scale military drills that are currently underway in the country’s westernmost Kaliningrad region, a Baltic Fleet spokesman said on Sunday, according to ITAR-TASS.

“The crews of the Soobrazitelny and Steregushchy corvettes have successfully performed the tasks of searching for, detecting and destroying a hypothetical enemy submarine,” head of the information support department of the Western Military District press office for the Baltic Fleet, Captain 2nd Rank Vladimir Matveyev said.

Russia started military exercises of the Baltic Fleet, Airborne Troops and Air Force in the Kaliningrad Region, its exclave on the Baltic Sea coast, on Tuesday. The exercises are taking place simultaneously with NATO’s international drills Saber Strike 2014 and BALTOPS 2014 in Europe.

Baltic Fleet deployed to naval firing ranges as part of Russia’s military exercises

The personnel of units and formation of coastal troops of the Baltic Fleet have transferred to the fleet’s firing ranges for tactical actions as part of the military exercise conducted jointly with the Air-Borne Force and Air Force under the leadership of the commander of the Western Military District, reports Interfax.

The Defense Ministry press service and information department states that units of coastal troops of the Baltic Fleet deployed forces and means at three firing ranges in Kaliningrad region – Khmelyovka, Pravdinsky and Dobrovolsky.

During the march to dispersal points servicemen exercised combat battle defense of convoys, crossing contaminated areas, and repelling attacks of saboteur groups and air strikes.After that Baltic Fleet marines and a motorized infantry formation and a regiment of the coast guard of the fleet started setting up field command posts and fortifications, camouflaging positions and military vehicles. Simultaneously the marines started exercising tactical actions to defend the coast from a sea landing of the imaginary adversary. In the course of combat training they exercise actions to rebuff attacks of a superior enemy force employing flexible defense techniques, defense against high precision arms and weapons of mass destruction.

Targets were set up at all firing range with the purpose of training personnel for combat tasks. There are targets for all types of weapons – small arms, grenade-launchers, artillery, tanks and combat vehicles.

Su-27 jet fighters to hit targets during military exercises in Russia’s Kaliningrad region

The Su-27 crews of the Russian Baltic Fleet’s naval aviation that are taking part in the military exercises in the Kaliningrad region on Saturday will shoot at air targets imitating the air assault weapons of an imaginary enemy, the press service of the Russian Defence Ministry told Itar-Tass.

“Each air crew will have to independently detect the target at a distance of dozens of kilometers with the use of radar sights and airborne stations,” the Russian Defence Ministry went on to say.

Upon detection and chasing of the air targets, the fighter aircraft pilots will have to destroy the imaginary target. The pilots will shoot the targets individually and or as part of a pair in daytime and at night, the Russian Defence Ministry clarified.

“SAB-250 flare bombs delivered by the Su-24 frontline bomber of the Baltic fleet naval aviation will be used as the air targets,” the Russian Defence Ministry said.

The Russian Defence Ministry announced the start of military exercises involving the Baltic Fleet forces, the Airborne Troops and the Russian Air Force in Russia’s Kaliningrad region on June 10. They are taking place alongside with NATO military exercises that are under way in the three Baltic States as well as in the Baltic Sea off the coasts of Sweden and Denmark. About 6,000 troops are being involved in the NATO maneuvers.

The number of troops, arms and military hardware involved in the exercises in the Kaliningrad region is comparable to the number of troops, weapons and military hardware taking part in the border exercises of NATO countries.

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