UKRAINE: Russian Black Sea fleet exercises with artillery shooting and marines landing on the coast off Feodosiya on Crimean Peninsula

Record ID: 755854

  • Title: UKRAINE: Russian Black Sea fleet exercises with artillery shooting and marines landing on the coast off Feodosiya on Crimean Peninsula
  • Date: 19th April 2011
  • Summary: FEODOSIYA DISTRICT, CRIMEA, UKRAINE (RECENT) (REUTERS) BLACK SEA FLEET SHIPS IN SEA VARIOUS OF LANDING CRAFTS APPROACHING COAST SHIP BOW TOUCHING SANDY COAST LANDING CRAFTS AT SHORE LANDING SHIP STERN WITH RUSSIAN NAVAL FLAG CREW AT DOUBLE-BARRELED CANNON ON BOARD VIEW OF SEA SHORE ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS ROLLING VARIOUS OF ARMOURED VEHICLES SEEN FROM APC DRIVING PAST VARIOUS OF FIELD EXERCISE WITH ARTILLERY SHOOTING VARIOUS OF APC, MARINES ATTACKING MARINES TAKING POSITION NEAR APC, GETTING READY TO SHOOT (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) COMMANDING OFFICER OF RUSSIAN ASSAULT MARINE PLATOON SENIOR LIEUTENANT NIKOLAY GLUSHKOV, SAYING: "We, marines are universal troops. Our tasks are not only landing and coast line combat, but also penetrating into [enemy's] defence lines and offensive, street fighting and other actions in any conditions." MARINE TAKING POSITION IN TRENCH MARINE DIGGING TRENCH VARIOUS OF MARINES IN TRAINING NEAR APC MARINES LEAVING TRENCH, ATTACKING MARINE INSTRUCTOR WATCHING MARINES RUNNING WITH ARMS IN FIELD
  • Embargoed: 4th May 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Ukraine, Ukraine
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: International Relations,Defence / Military
  • Reuters ID: LVA5BQVL4BVZLJ3CI5GM7GYN3TGD
  • Story Text: Russian Black Sea fleet marines began wide range training as part of navy exercises near Ukrainian port of Feodosiya last week. Marines trained landing from ships and manoeuvres of units in attack and defence using armoured personnel carriers and self-propelled artillery.
    About 1500 servicemen and 300 armoured vehicles took part in the exercise, the main goal of which was to train young recruits' skills, Russian media reported.
    "We, marines are universal troops. Our tasks are not only landing and coast line combat, but also penetrating into [enemy's] defence lines and offensive, street fighting and other actions in any conditions,"said commanding officer of Russian Assault Marine Platoon Nikolay Glushkov.
    The exercises were due to last till April 20, being carried out simultaneously with international 'Black Sea Force 2011' naval exercise in Ukraine, during which naval forces from Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Romania, Turkey and Bulgaria were holding a series of exercises in the south-western part of the Black Sea.
    Russia planned to add 18 new vessels to its Black Sea Fleet within the next decade after a landmark deal with Ukraine to extend the lease on the fleet's base, Sevastopol, Russian media reported.
    Last year Ukraine agreed to extend the Russian fleet's Sevastopol base lease by 25 years in return for a 30 percent cut in gas prices, a step that underlined Kiev's shift back towards Moscow after the election of President Viktor Yanukovich.
    As the fleet had fallen into disrepair in recent years, Russia planned to add new vessels to it, including at least six frigates and six diesel-powered submarines, Russian news agencies reported.
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