Russian Pacific Fleet will practice repelling enemy landings on the southern Kuriles and Sakhalin

The Pacific Fleet, as part of a sudden check and brought to the highest degree of combat readiness, will work out actions to repel an enemy landing on the southern Kuril Islands and Sakhalin, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

"In accordance with the orders of the General Staff, the fleet will have to refine the plan for use, taking into account the training situation, to prepare forces for combat operations in a short time, perform operational deployment and work out a set of combat training tasks both in the near and far sea zones," Shoigu noted.

"In practice, it is necessary to work out methods of action to prevent the deployment of enemy forces in operationally important areas of the Pacific Ocean, the southern part of the Sea of ​​Okhotsk and repel its landing on the southern Kuril Islands and Sakhalin Island," Shoigu said.