Up to 10 combat ships and support vessels of
the Black Sea Fleet are currently operating in the Russian Navy’s permanent
Mediterranean grouping.
MOSCOW, May
22. /TASS/. The Black Sea Fleet missile destroyer Smetlivy will join the
Russian Navy’s Mediterranean task force, Fleet spokesman Captain 1st Rank
Vyacheslav Trukhachyov said on Monday.
"The
Black Sea Fleet’s guard ship Smetlivy, which took part in anti-submarine
warfare drills and fired surface-to-air missiles against an air target the
other day, has started accomplishing the task of a planned passage from
Sevastopol to the Mediterranean Sea," the spokesman said.
The missile
destroyer Smetlivy will join the Russian Navy’s permanent Mediterranean
grouping in the distant maritime zone where up to 10 combat ships and support
vessels of the Black Sea Fleet are currently operating, including the most
advanced frigates Admiral Grigorovich and Admiral Essen, the Fleet spokesman
said.
Source: ITAR-TASS 22-05-2017
