VLADIVOSTOK. March 6 (Interfax) - The Russian Pacific Fleet's Nikolai Vilkov large landing ship has held a landing exercise, the fleet press service said in a statement.
"The ship approached the coast and practiced hardware and marines' embarkation of its twin deck together with servicemen of the Pacific Fleet's marine formation in the Desantnaya Bay," the statement said.
Later on, the Nikolai Vilkov deployed to the sea for an air defense exercise involving shipborne artillery systems and MANPADS, it.
Additionally, the ship practiced approaching the coast and disembarkation of hardware and troops on a range. More than 100 troops and ten pieces of hardware took part in the exercise.