Russia’s Northern Fleet stages EPIC Arctic weapons drills

Marines from Russia’s Northern Fleet have held tactical firing drills in the frosty Arctic region, the Ministry of Defense in Moscow has announced, with infantrymen taking aim and refining their combat skills on the ground. In a statement released on Monday, military chiefs confirmed that they had conducted their exercises at a training ground in the village of Sputnik in the Murmansk region of Russia’s Far North. According to the statement, the “Black Berets“ are preparing for competitions that various squads, including soldiers of the Northern Fleet’s coastal forces, will take part in.