The Russian North Fleet began maneuvering in the Barents Sea.

In the Barents Sea, military maneuvers began more than 20 ships of the Russian North Fleet, said Interfax agency on Tuesday citing information from the fleet command.

The Reuter Agency reported that exercises in the waters between Russia and Norway are part of the major border military maneuvers conducted by Moscow. They fuel suspicions about Russia's potential invasion of Ukraine – noted. Russia denies having such plans.

Russian fleet He also conducts maneuvers in the Black Sea and Azowski.

On Monday, Deputy Head of the Operations Department of the General Staff of Russia Stanislaw Gadjimagomedov declared that Russia was prepared to open fire on any foreign ship or submarine that would illegally affect its territorial waters. He also assured that the country has the ability to counter the US fleet attack on the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea, but there is no such force on the waters off the eastern coast of Russia.

Source: PAP