The defence ministry announced on Friday that Russian forces conducted an exercise in Baltic Sea, including drills for repelling an underwater attack.

The ministry reported that units of divers "demonstrated their skills in detecting, capturing and using FPV drones (first-person view) to destroy unmanned vessels of a mock opponent".

It said that the drills were part of a test to assess the anti-submarine defence units.

After Donald Trump, the U.S. president, said that he had banned submarines on August 1, Russia held a naval exercise with an anti-submarine element.

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Two U.S. nuclear submarines will take positions closer to Russia.

The first week of August is when the

Russian and Chinese naval forces

The Navy practiced hunting down and destroying an opponent submarine in the Sea of Japan.

The Russian defence ministry released a video showing Admiral Alexander Moiseyev, the commander of the Russian navy, inspecting a Baltic exercise. This included a drill designed to protect an airport from drone attacks by enemies. Mark Trevelyan, Mark Heinrich and Mark Trevelyan contributed to the reportage.

(source: Reuters)