"Fairway of the World" - for politicians, "Sea Breeze" - for sailors
Last week, Ukrainian-Russian naval exercises “World Fair-2011” took place in Sevastopol. On Friday, the landing of the naval tactical assault force on the unequipped coast in Sevastopol Kazachya Bay ended their active phase. According to the press center of the command of the naval forces of Ukraine, their theme was the conduct of an international peacekeeping operation in a crisis region.
According to official information, units of the combined battalion of peacekeeping forces with full-time weapons and equipment landed on the coast from the large landing ships "Konstantin Olshansky" of the Ukrainian naval forces and "Nikolai Filchenkov" of the Black Sea fleet Russia in order to block, disarm (liquidate) illegal military units, evacuate civilians from the crisis area, search and rescue and medical support for the peacekeeping forces.
As the head of the press center of the Naval Forces Command of Ukraine, Oleg Chubuk, said earlier, the exercise's legend envisaged the training of training issues in the context of a crisis situation caused by the exacerbation of religious and interethnic contradictions and a natural emergency situation — strong — in the conditional coastal country, whose name is “Central Country”. earthquake that occurred in the coastal region of the "Central Country".
Russian and Ukrainian sailors have completed a number of training tasks, including the landing of assault landing groups and assisting the ship in distress. In total, 2011 floating craft, about 17 units of marine equipment, more than 50 helicopters and airplanes, 10 people of naval infantry personnel - in total, on an equal footing, then there is almost equal.
Friendship is friendship, and snuff - apart
Equally the parties and paid the costs. For Ukrainians, it was difficult to do, but they didn’t hit “face in the dirt”. True, at the same time, according to data from sources in the command of the Ukrainian fleet, World Fairway ate more than half of the funds allocated by the state budget for combat training of the Ukrainian Naval Forces.
Now Ukrainian naval sailors can only hope for the Ukrainian-American exercises "Sea Breeze". On May 12, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approved the President’s decision on the admission of units of the armed forces of other countries to the territory of Ukraine in 2011 for participation in multinational military exercises, and there is a “Sea Breeze-2011” on the list.
These Ukrainian-US naval exercises have been held since 1997. They were launched with the aim of achieving mutual compatibility between the fleets of Ukraine and the United States, as well as a number of other states that joined the NATO Partnership for Peace program.
The difference between "Sea Breeze" is that they are held almost entirely at the expense of the American side. His conduct still allowed to conduct training of half of the command and a quarter of the personnel of the naval forces of Ukraine. Also within the framework of these maneuvers, Ukrainian seamen received free military equipment from the Americans and had the opportunity to modernize their infrastructure.
An exception occurred only in 2006, when the “regionals”, left and pro-Russian forces, disrupting the exercises, caused damage to the Ukrainian fleet of several million US dollars. Then the Americans were planning to free-of-charge equip the Starokrymsky polygon with personnel security systems. The equipment stood for a few days in the port of Theodosia, blocked by the protesters, and returned to the American warehouses again.
NATO standards are in demand
However, the advantages of "Sea Breeze" are seen not only in money. As the journalists noticed, the current scenario of the “Fairway of the World”, as well as the involved number of forces and personnel, almost completely repeat the scenario and parameters of the “Sea Breeze” of recent years.
True, 2008 from 16 of 13 was Ukrainian in the “Sea Breeze”, and in 2010 from 18 there were 15 of the boats of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and the maritime forces of the Border Guard Service of Ukraine, while on the Fairway only 8 of Ukrainian ships, ships and boats .
Both sailors and experts say that the combat experience of Americans is more valuable than the experience of Russian sailors, who themselves need new methods and technologies available to partners from NATO countries.
What child would not play - if only there was no war
Despite the fact that the Fairway of the World in favor of the Ukrainian sailors is significantly inferior to the Sea Breeze, they should be held, if only because it relieves tension in the region. The other day, Nikolai Sungurovsky, head of the Razumkov Center’s military programs, told The Day newspaper that joint exercises with Russian sailors are valuable in terms of maintaining trust and strengthening interaction specifically at a personal level.
And yet - this is an additional point in the demonstration by the Ukrainian government of Moscow of a new military-political course. Perhaps in Kiev they hope that this will help a little in the negotiations on the price of Russian gas. Such a piece of butter in the pot with porridge Kharkiv agreements.
Experts agree that, on the basis of economic and defense benefits, it would be better to invite the Russian side (and the Russian side to accept this invitation) to participate in the Ukrainian-American “Sea Breeze” exercises, which have the status of multinational. And cheaper, and more efficient. True, the political effect of such cooperation will also be completely different compared to the “Fairway of the World-2011”.
25 May 2011 with 8: 00 in the morning began to leave the participants of the joint Ukrainian-Russian exercises "Fairway of the World-2011" from Sevastopol. The order of exit of ships and vessels from the base: the Pridneprovye rocket corvette, the Cherkassy sea minesweeper, the Kovrovets sea minesweeper (Russian Black Sea Fleet), the Ternopil corvette, the Mirage small rocket ship (MFA Russian Federation), MP Muromets (BSF RF), BDK "Konstantin Olshansky". Then, in the area of Kaczynski Bay, the squadron was lined up in the wake formation, following the squared task. The order of the system: MTSCH "Cherkasy", MTSCH "Kovrovets", CRO "Ternopil", IPC "Muromets", CRO "Pridneprovye", MRK "Mirage", BDK "Konstantin Olshansky", BDK "Nikolay Filchenkov" (later joined the squadron) .
The minesweepers successfully performed the tasks of trawling the area of operations, as well as repelling an air attack. On May 26, part of the squadron was returned to the base, and in the morning an indicative performance of the landing from the BDK of the marine unit of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and the Ukrainian Navy in the bay of the Cossack town of Sevastopol.
Together, both fleets formed 4 tactical groups of ships at sea:
- Mineral
- Shock
- Anti-submarine
- Landing.
It was also involved aviation both fleets. Deck helicopters Ka-27 naval aviation of the Navy and the Black Sea Fleet provided for the evacuation of the wounded and injured from the battlefield. 2 MIG-29 of the Sevastopol Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Air Force of Ukraine provided cover for maneuvers from the air.
One An-26 ensured the landing of the air assault.
Do not stand aside and auxiliary vessels. Thus, the rescue tug "Kremenets" of the CPARR of the Ukrainian Navy assisted the conditionally damaged landing craft, the Borshchev fireboat put out the fire on it, and the medical boat Sokal provided the victims with professional assistance.
In general, everything went very well. Well done, and the Russians, and Ukrainians, the actions of the troops were clear, coordinated and fast. These maneuvers will further improve the interaction and friendly relations of both fleets, and the knowledge and experience gained from them will be used repeatedly in the future.
According to official information, units of the combined battalion of peacekeeping forces with full-time weapons and equipment landed on the coast from the large landing ships "Konstantin Olshansky" of the Ukrainian naval forces and "Nikolai Filchenkov" of the Black Sea fleet Russia in order to block, disarm (liquidate) illegal military units, evacuate civilians from the crisis area, search and rescue and medical support for the peacekeeping forces.
As the head of the press center of the Naval Forces Command of Ukraine, Oleg Chubuk, said earlier, the exercise's legend envisaged the training of training issues in the context of a crisis situation caused by the exacerbation of religious and interethnic contradictions and a natural emergency situation — strong — in the conditional coastal country, whose name is “Central Country”. earthquake that occurred in the coastal region of the "Central Country".
Russian and Ukrainian sailors have completed a number of training tasks, including the landing of assault landing groups and assisting the ship in distress. In total, 2011 floating craft, about 17 units of marine equipment, more than 50 helicopters and airplanes, 10 people of naval infantry personnel - in total, on an equal footing, then there is almost equal.
Friendship is friendship, and snuff - apart
Equally the parties and paid the costs. For Ukrainians, it was difficult to do, but they didn’t hit “face in the dirt”. True, at the same time, according to data from sources in the command of the Ukrainian fleet, World Fairway ate more than half of the funds allocated by the state budget for combat training of the Ukrainian Naval Forces.
Now Ukrainian naval sailors can only hope for the Ukrainian-American exercises "Sea Breeze". On May 12, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approved the President’s decision on the admission of units of the armed forces of other countries to the territory of Ukraine in 2011 for participation in multinational military exercises, and there is a “Sea Breeze-2011” on the list.
These Ukrainian-US naval exercises have been held since 1997. They were launched with the aim of achieving mutual compatibility between the fleets of Ukraine and the United States, as well as a number of other states that joined the NATO Partnership for Peace program.
The difference between "Sea Breeze" is that they are held almost entirely at the expense of the American side. His conduct still allowed to conduct training of half of the command and a quarter of the personnel of the naval forces of Ukraine. Also within the framework of these maneuvers, Ukrainian seamen received free military equipment from the Americans and had the opportunity to modernize their infrastructure.
An exception occurred only in 2006, when the “regionals”, left and pro-Russian forces, disrupting the exercises, caused damage to the Ukrainian fleet of several million US dollars. Then the Americans were planning to free-of-charge equip the Starokrymsky polygon with personnel security systems. The equipment stood for a few days in the port of Theodosia, blocked by the protesters, and returned to the American warehouses again.
NATO standards are in demand
However, the advantages of "Sea Breeze" are seen not only in money. As the journalists noticed, the current scenario of the “Fairway of the World”, as well as the involved number of forces and personnel, almost completely repeat the scenario and parameters of the “Sea Breeze” of recent years.
True, 2008 from 16 of 13 was Ukrainian in the “Sea Breeze”, and in 2010 from 18 there were 15 of the boats of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and the maritime forces of the Border Guard Service of Ukraine, while on the Fairway only 8 of Ukrainian ships, ships and boats .
Both sailors and experts say that the combat experience of Americans is more valuable than the experience of Russian sailors, who themselves need new methods and technologies available to partners from NATO countries.
What child would not play - if only there was no war
Despite the fact that the Fairway of the World in favor of the Ukrainian sailors is significantly inferior to the Sea Breeze, they should be held, if only because it relieves tension in the region. The other day, Nikolai Sungurovsky, head of the Razumkov Center’s military programs, told The Day newspaper that joint exercises with Russian sailors are valuable in terms of maintaining trust and strengthening interaction specifically at a personal level.
And yet - this is an additional point in the demonstration by the Ukrainian government of Moscow of a new military-political course. Perhaps in Kiev they hope that this will help a little in the negotiations on the price of Russian gas. Such a piece of butter in the pot with porridge Kharkiv agreements.
Experts agree that, on the basis of economic and defense benefits, it would be better to invite the Russian side (and the Russian side to accept this invitation) to participate in the Ukrainian-American “Sea Breeze” exercises, which have the status of multinational. And cheaper, and more efficient. True, the political effect of such cooperation will also be completely different compared to the “Fairway of the World-2011”.
Fairway World-2011 (photo essay)
25 May 2011 with 8: 00 in the morning began to leave the participants of the joint Ukrainian-Russian exercises "Fairway of the World-2011" from Sevastopol. The order of exit of ships and vessels from the base: the Pridneprovye rocket corvette, the Cherkassy sea minesweeper, the Kovrovets sea minesweeper (Russian Black Sea Fleet), the Ternopil corvette, the Mirage small rocket ship (MFA Russian Federation), MP Muromets (BSF RF), BDK "Konstantin Olshansky". Then, in the area of Kaczynski Bay, the squadron was lined up in the wake formation, following the squared task. The order of the system: MTSCH "Cherkasy", MTSCH "Kovrovets", CRO "Ternopil", IPC "Muromets", CRO "Pridneprovye", MRK "Mirage", BDK "Konstantin Olshansky", BDK "Nikolay Filchenkov" (later joined the squadron) .
The minesweepers successfully performed the tasks of trawling the area of operations, as well as repelling an air attack. On May 26, part of the squadron was returned to the base, and in the morning an indicative performance of the landing from the BDK of the marine unit of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and the Ukrainian Navy in the bay of the Cossack town of Sevastopol.
Together, both fleets formed 4 tactical groups of ships at sea:
- Mineral
- Shock
- Anti-submarine
- Landing.
It was also involved aviation both fleets. Deck helicopters Ka-27 naval aviation of the Navy and the Black Sea Fleet provided for the evacuation of the wounded and injured from the battlefield. 2 MIG-29 of the Sevastopol Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Air Force of Ukraine provided cover for maneuvers from the air.
One An-26 ensured the landing of the air assault.
Do not stand aside and auxiliary vessels. Thus, the rescue tug "Kremenets" of the CPARR of the Ukrainian Navy assisted the conditionally damaged landing craft, the Borshchev fireboat put out the fire on it, and the medical boat Sokal provided the victims with professional assistance.
MTSCH "Cherkasy" goes to the teachings
Marine minesweeper "Kovrovets" of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia goes to the teachings
Corvette "Ternopil" is sent to the teachings
Small rocket ship "Mirazh" of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation is sent to the exercises
Raid diving boat "Romny" is sent to the teachings
BDK "Konstantin Olshansky" departs from the naval base
Squadron ships regroup to the appropriate order.
... and sent to the square of the teachings.
The landing of an amphibious assault begins with reconnaissance and capture by marines and naval
special forces of the coast on high-speed boats ...
special forces of the coast on high-speed boats ...
... And the main forces are already on the way ...
... Ukrainian BDK is preparing to land the marines out of the water ...
... The Russian BDK is not far behind. And the Ka-27PS helicopters of both fleets had already begun evacuating the first wounded.
... And in the air, An-26 is already throwing the first batch of marines ...
... And this is all covering 2 MIG-29 of the Sevastopol Air Force Brigade of Ukraine.
... In the meantime, rescue ships assist the conditionally injured BDK ...
... Fire eliminated, the wounded were taken to the medical boat "Sokal".
... And the marines have already captured the coastline ...
... and getting ready to go on ...
The BTR-80 is the main armored vehicle of the marines of both countries.
... And after all, in the evening, the return of ships and ships to their home base.
... Exercises worked. The goal is completed.
In general, everything went very well. Well done, and the Russians, and Ukrainians, the actions of the troops were clear, coordinated and fast. These maneuvers will further improve the interaction and friendly relations of both fleets, and the knowledge and experience gained from them will be used repeatedly in the future.
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