About a hundred helicopters and planes take part in a large-scale exercise of aviation of the Southern Military District, which starts on Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported..

Maneuvers involving air defense and the Black Sea Fleet will be held in the Rostov region, the Krasnodar Territory and the Crimea.

"During the exercise, the pilots of the assault aviation will finish landing on the prepared aerodrome with a ground covering in the Rostov region and from there with a full ammunition will go to carry out bombing on the Arzgirsky airfield," the military department told Interfax..

"In addition, the units of the landfill guard, as well as the attached forces of the army special forces will defend the airfield, repulsing the attack of the subversive group of the conventional enemy. Calculations of anti-aircraft missile and gun complexes "Pantsir S" will ensure the safety of the runway from the air strike of conventional enemy aircraft, "the message says..

According to the ministry, the fleet fighter and bombers will also fire air-to-air missiles and carry out bombing at the Opuk and Kopanska.

In turn, army aviation helicopters will provide fire support for the landing of the marine assault of the Black Sea Fleet of the Black Sea Fleet on the unequipped coast.

"Also, within the framework of the air defense training of the unit deployed in the Crimea, they will be involved in repulsing the missile strike of conventional enemy ships from the sea," the Defense Ministry added..

The Kopanska landfill is 80 kilometers from the Russian-Ukrainian border.