Russian naval air force holds bombing drills near the Lithuanian border
Russian naval air force
In course of the exercises, Su-24 fighter jets hit land targets and performed night flights
Russia'sNavalAirForceconductedbombingdrillsat a base in the country's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad region not far fromLithuanianborderon Monday.
In course of the exercises, Su-24 fighter jets hit land targets and performed night flights. According to the ministry, toRussianDefence Ministry, sixaircraft took part in thedrills.
Russia has carried out several unannounced militarydrillssince relations with the West deteriorated over the Ukraine crisis, with Moscow criticizing what it says is a build-up of NATO forcesnearRussia'sborders.
Lithuania, whichborders with Russia's Kaliningrad region, said repeatedly that Russia's deployment of troops close to Lithuania and its military exercises in surrounding Baltic areas had heightened tensions in the volatile region.