Russian amphibious ships will visit the Syrian port of Tartus
"BDK" Azov "and" Nikolai Filchenkov ", having received on the eve of Novorossiysk divisions of special forces of the marines and several units of military equipment, went on a march into the Mediterranean Sea. Marines were assigned the task of ensuring the safety of ships during the crossing of the pouring zone and during the stay in foreign The ships will pass the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits, as planned, 26-27 December, so that 28 December, as an estimate, join the Black Sea Fleet group of the Guards missile cruiser Moskva and the sentry ship Smetlivy, located in the Aegean sea, "- said the agency interlocutor.
According to him, "Moscow" and "Sharp-witted" today completed their stay in the Greek port of Piraeus, where they replenished supplies of water and food, and then began to perform tasks in the Aegean Sea. "Accompanied by these two warships, the Azov and Nikolai Filchenkov will visit Tartus," said a source in the General Staff.
As the December 8 Defense Ministry reported, in connection with the return of large amphibious ships Novocherkassk and Saratov Black Sea Fleet from a Mediterranean voyage to permanent bases in the General Staff of the Russian Navy, the issue of the necessity and timing of sending ships of the same class to the Black Sea Fleet group, currently operating in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Novocherkassk and Saratov returned to December 10 bases, a source in the General Staff told Itar-Tass earlier. The remaining ships of the Black Sea grouping consisting of the Guards missile cruiser Moskva, the Smetlivy patrol ship, the large sea tanker Ivan Bubnov and the sea tug MB-304 remained in the northeastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, "to special instructions," he specified.
Initially, a squad of warships of the Black Sea Fleet headed for the Somali coast, where the Pacific Fleet ships were to join it. It was planned that, as part of the combined grouping, the ships of the two fleets would perform the tasks of countering maritime piracy in the Horn of Africa. However, later, due to the exacerbation of the situation in the zone of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, a squad of warships of the Black Sea Fleet was ordered to be in the Gaza Strip coastline ready for evacuation of Russian citizens from the territory of the Palestinian Authority.
It was decided, informed the Ministry of Defense, to return part of the ships to the points of permanent deployment to ensure the dismissal of military personnel on board.
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