Overview

• Russia’s Defense Ministry said a sea and tactical landing force entered a simulated adversary’s port, with the landing craft Leytenant Rimsky‑Korsakov moving to the area as Mi‑24 helicopters conducted strikes.
• Naval infantry carried out separate landings on an unprepared Kaliningrad coastline after an artillery barrage by fire‑support ships to suppress coastal defenses.
• The assault waves used the air‑cushion ship Mordovia and the craft Michman Lermontov, Leytenant Rimsky‑Korsakov, Denis Davydov and D‑325 to deliver BTR‑82A armored carriers and Gvozdika and Nona self‑propelled guns.
• Fixed‑wing sorties by Su‑30SM fighters and Su‑24 bombers supported the beachhead, with engineers flown in on Ka‑27 and Ka‑29 helicopters to clear mines and mark landing zones.
• The joint exercise runs September 12–16 with Russia and Belarus as core participants, and officials describe its aim as validating Union State security readiness with CSTO, SCO and other partners present by invitation.