The drills involve
over 200 items of military and special hardware.
SIMFEROPOL, September
26. /TASS/. The crews of aircraft of the Southern Military District’s Air Force
and Air Defense aviation based at aerodromes of the Crimean peninsula delivered
bombing and missile strikes against ground targets at the Opuk practice range
in Crimea, the press office of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet reported on Thursday.
"As part of the
planned fulfillment of flight assignments, the crews of Su-24 bombers and
Su-25SM attack aircraft of the Southern Military District based at the
aerodromes of the Crimean peninsula delivered bombing and missile strikes
against targeted positions," the press office said in a statement.
During their training
exercise, about 10 crews dropped bombs, launched rockets and fired aviation
guns against the targets that simulated a notional enemy’s command posts,
military hardware and weapon emplacements," the statement says.
In addition,
artillery troops of the Black Sea Fleet’s army corps are holding drills at the
Opuk training range.
Source: ITAR-TASS
26-09-2019
