article_snippet: On public Monday, Russia's Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered Russia's Northern Fleet and other military units to be placed on full combat alert for snap checks, state media reported.
article_snippet: The main aim ... is to evaluate the capabilities of the Northern Fleet to fulfill tasks on ensuring Russia's military security in the Arctic," Shoigu is quoted as saying by Russia's Tass news agency.
article_snippet: The exercise will involve 38,000 military personnel, 41 warships, 15 submarines and 110 planes and helicopters, " Shoigu said, according to Tass.
article_snippet: It is also home to Russia's Black Sea fleet, at the Sevastopol naval base.
article_snippet: In the documentary, Putin said Russia's Bastion high-precision coastal missile defense systems had been deployed to Crimea to protect the territory -- "in such a way that Russia's Bastion high-precision coastal missile defense systems were seen perfectly well from outer space.
article_snippet: This can only be done following a decision by the supreme commander in chief, Putin said.
article_snippet: So, at a certain point, we deployed these coastal systems Bastion to make it clear that Crimea was under safe protection," Putin added.