The Ukrainian Navy and the Russian Black Sea Fleet exercise will be conducted at the base of the Pavel Nakhimov Naval Academy.

(Kazan, March 12, Tatar-inform). Military exercises of the Ukrainian Navy and the Russian Black Sea Fleet will be resumed after a seven-year interval.

Itar-Tass reports citing the Ukrainian Defense Ministry press service, a conference on preparations of the joint command and staff computer exercise “Fairway of Peace-2010” scheduled for June 2010 was held in Sevastopol on March 11 with the participation of representatives of the command of the Ukrainian Navy and the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

During this exercise, a search and rescue operation will be held. Deputy commander of the Ukrainian Navy for combat training Rear-Admiral Viktor Nosenko is appointed to direct this exercise.

According to the plan, the exercise will be conducted at the base of the Pavel Nakhimov Naval Academy.

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