In September, Russia organized its first naval exercises in two years. But Moscow was afraid to conduct the exercises in the Black Sea, the UK Ministry of Defense says. From September 10 to 16, the Russian Navy conducted large-scale strategic exercises Ocean-24. The exercise was held after a two-year pause. Before the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia used to hold annual exercises involving all of its armed forces, but the latter was canceled due to the war in Ukraine. UK intelligence believes that the Ocean-24 exercise was an attempt by Russia to demonstrate its potential and capability des…