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Fighter jets repel air strikes during drills in Russia's south

The press service of the Southern Military District said that "overall, pilots destroyed over 30 air targets imitating 'enemy' cruise missiles, aircraft, convoys and other facilities"

ROSTOV-ON-DON, June 19. /TASS/. Fighter jets of the Southern Military District have repelled air strikes during drills in the Volgograd region, the district's press service said on Wednesday.

"Pilots of Su-24M fghter jets from the Southern Military District's air regiment stationed in the Volgograd region have fulfilled a training task of repelling an air strike during drills and landed at an aerodrome in the Krasnodar region," the press service said.

The press service added that Su-30 fighter jets used air-to-air missiles to strike targets. "Overall, pilots destroyed over 30 air targets imitating 'enemy' cruise missiles, aircraft, convoys and other facilities," the press service noted.