Russia Sends Destroyer Smetlivy to Syria
Russia Sends Destroyer Smetlivy to Syria
TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia has dispatched another warship to Syria, the Navy’s spokesperson announced.
The guard-ship Smetlivy of the Black Sea Fleet is sailing from its
home port in Sevastopol to patrol the waters off the Syrian coast, Voice
of Russia reported.
The guided missile destroyer is to set sail between September 12 and
14. The spokesman said the warship would not drop at Novorossiysk and
would head directly to the Mediterranean.
Russia previously sent three ships to the Eastern Mediterranean to
bolster its fleet there. These include the Moskva missile cruiser, which
is due in the Syrian coastal waters on September 17, as well as the
corvette Shtil and missile boat Ivanovets that will approach Syria by
September 29.
The Priazovye reconnaissance ship has also reportedly boosted the
group of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet ships in the Eastern Mediterranean. On
Friday, the intelligence ship passed through the Dardanella Strait
accompanied by two landing ships, Minsk and Novocherkassk, and joined
the Mediterranean armada.
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