MOSCOW. Aug 29 (Interfax-AVN) - The Russian Navy's group led by the missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov, which is visiting the Mediterranean, has practiced anti-sabotage defense of anchored ships, the Northern Fleet press service said on Wednesday.
"Anti-sabotage crews of the missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov and the destroyer Severomorsk have had a grenade launcher fire practice aimed at preventing attacks by underwater saboteurs and a simulated enemy on the group. In addition, the sailors practiced deterrence of a simulated attack by terrorists on speedboats and destruction of small-sized surface targets with heavy machineguns," the fleet said.
Crews of anchored ships had a survivability practice, conducted preventive checks on ship equipment, and replenished water and fuel reserves from the Dubna tanker.
The group has covered about 8,000 nautical miles by now, the fleet said. The Marshal Ustinov and the Severomorsk departed from the Northern Fleet's main base on July 5, 2018. They took part in the Navy Day parade in Kronstadt, practiced together with ships of the Baltic and Black Sea fleets in the Baltic Sea, and made a call on the Algiers port, the fleet said.