Those are the Admiral
Grigorovich and the Admiral Essen armed with Kalibr cruise missiles.
MOSCOW, August 25.
/TASS/. The Black Sea Fleet’s frigates Admiral Grigorovich and Admiral Essen
armed with Kalibr cruise missiles will join the Russian Navy’s Mediterranean
task force, the Fleet’s press office reported on Saturday.
"The Black Sea
Fleet’s frigates Admiral Grigorovich and Admiral Essen are making a planned
passage from Sevastopol to the Mediterranean Sea. Currently, the warships’
crews are passing through the Black Sea’s Bosphorus and Dardanelles
Straits," the press office said.
The warships will
"augment the Navy’s task force in the Mediterranean Sea," the press
office added.
"According to
the plan, the warships will join the Navy’s permanent blue-water task force
already by the end of the day," the Black Sea Fleet’s press office said.
During their voyage,
the warships held several drills at the Fleet’s combat training ranges in the
Black Sea. In particular, the crews of Kamov Ka-27PL helicopters practiced
take-offs and landings on the warships’ decks and held training to search for
and track a submarine.
The Grigorovich and
the Essen are armed with Kalibr-NK missile systems. Earlier, the warships
delivered several strikes with Kalibr cruise missiles against terrorists’
positions as part of Russia’s counter-terror operation in Syria.
Source: ITAR-TASS
25-08-2018
