The Russian Ministry of Defence reported a minewarfare exercise conducted by the Minesweepers Pavel Khenov and RT-25. Both minesweepers were active on the training ranges in the Baltic Sea. The vessels trained in both laying mines as detecting and neutralizing them. Once the task was completed, the vessels took on the role of escort ship and escorted a hydrographic vessel through a corridor in the simulated minefield. The exercise was later followed by a anti-sabotage exercise while the vessels were at anchor. The crew dropped grenades and fired with small arms against a group of simulated enemy divers