Russian corvettes "Dmitry Rogachev" and "Pavel Derzhavin" took a group of NATO ships under continuous surveillance
All US and NATO ships that entered the Black Sea are taken under continuous surveillance of the forces and assets of the Black Sea fleet... Direct observation is carried out by surface ships of the Black Sea Fleet.
According to the Ministry of Defense, the last group of NATO warships, which included the D36 Defender of the Royal Navy of Great Britain and the F805 Evertsen air defense frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy, was monitored by the patrol ship Dmitry Rogachev and Pavel Derzhavin of project 22160.
The corvettes took the group under observation on June 14 after the NATO ships entered the Black Sea, after which they carried out direct observation during all the maneuvers of the British destroyer and the Dutch frigate. Judging by the published images, one of the Russian corvettes was present during the joint exercises of the alliance ships with the American destroyer USS Laboon DDG 58 until they entered Ukrainian territorial waters.
Currently, NATO ships are in the port of Odessa, from where, most likely, they will go to joint exercises with the Ukrainian fleet and again come under the supervision of Russian corvettes.
The autonomy of the ships of the project 22160 is 60 days, the maximum speed is 30 knots, the crew is 80 people, the cruising range is 6 thousand miles. Armament: 57-mm artillery mount, anti-aircraft missile system, machine guns. The ship provides for the possibility of basing the Ka-27PS helicopter. Space is provided for placing various weapon modules.
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