Russia sends warships to Mediterranean
RUSSIA: Russia is sending a new flotilla of warships to the
Mediterranean, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday, amid the escalating
situation in Syria.
The frigate Yaroslavl Mudry, the landing ships Kaliningrad and
Alexander Shabalin as well as two other vessels have left their home
port of Baltiysk on the Baltic and are heading for the Mediterranean,
the Defence Ministry said in a statement quoted by Russian news
agencies. It said the Baltic Fleet flotilla would be replacing a
flotilla already in place from the Black Sea Fleet and would carry out
training manoeuvres.
The statement did not mention Syria but military sources have
previously told the Interfax news agency that Russian naval ships could
be used to evacuate the thousands of Russian citizens still in Syria in
case the situation in the country worsens.
AFP
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