The crew of the Black Sea Fleet frigate "Admiral Essen" returned to the point of basing - Sevastopol - after the exercise on the conduct of naval combat with the ship of the mock enemy, says press center of RF Defence Ministry.
According to the scenario of the exercise, the enemy ship approached the protected area in the Black Sea, did not communicate with the Russian frigate "Admiral Essen", did not respond to requests.
The role of conditional frontier violator performed small anti-submarine ship "Kasimov".
In the case of a threat of defeat to the naval group and infrastructure facilities of the Black Sea Fleet, the frigate’s crew “destroyed” the mock enemy’s ship.
The exercise to protect the marine protected area was conducted in accordance with the plan of combat training of the fleet forces.