Russia has held regular military exercises in Crimean
territory. A Russian anti-aircraft defense group practiced intercepting and
hitting air targets, reported the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine’s
press service.
It was noted that units from the 31st division of
anti-aircraft defense (Sevastopol), 37th mixed aviation regiment (Hvardiiske)
and 38th fighter aviation regiment (Belbek) participated in the exercises.
According to the Ukrainian Intelligence, combat crews from
radio-technical units of the 3rd radio technical regiment (Sevastopol),
deployed on Cape Tarkhankut, Cape Fiolent, and in the towns of Dzhankoy, Kerch
and Feodosia, identified and accompanied air targets, performed hand-offs of
the targets to the battalion air-defense systems and directed fighter aviation.
“Air crew of the Su-30 and air-defense units have practiced
interception of the targets and simulated target destruction,” the statement
reads.
The Ukrainian agency added that holding such exercises in
the airspace over the waters of the Black Sea poses a danger for international
air traffic, and there is also a high chance that the tragedy of Malaysia
Airlines flight MH17, which was shot down by a Russian Buk missile in July 2014
in the east of Ukraine, could be repeated.
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