Arctic drainages to White and Kara seas and the Sea of Azov. 北極圈流域到白海及喀拉海與亞速海。
The Azov was on its last day of combat duty in the troubled area before returning to base in Sebastapol when the incident occurred. 當這起事件發生時,亞速海號正在這處混亂地區執行最後一天的戰鬥勤務,之後就返回塞巴斯托堡的基地。