. Black sea fleet ships held a joint exercises with the naval forces of Turkey, said the head of Department of information support of fleet captain 2nd rank Alexey Rulev. Crews worked cooperation in the Black sea, and the wire detachment of ships in the area of possible danger from mines. Turkish sailors from 6 to 8 March during the national exercise, "Blue homeland - 2019" (Mavi Vatan 2019) were in the port of Novorossiysk. A visit to a foreign port was one of the elements of the maneuvers. <span style="color:darkgray