From December 2016 to May this year, auxiliary vessels provided combat training of the Black Sea Fleet’s warships in the Black and Mediterranean Seas, says press center of RF Defence Ministry.
As part of the permanent formation of the Navy in the Mediterranean Sea, more than 15 support vessels of the Black Sea Fleet carried out their tasks.
Special vessels transported about 40 thousand tons of fuel, oils, food and drinking water. Also, the ships of the auxiliary unit ensured installing roadstead equipment, transporting passengers, removing sewage from ships, and also carried out more than 2 thousand towages.