Russian missile cruisers came across in the Mediterranean for exercises Russian news EN
As part of the Russian Navy, a detachment of project 1164 Atlant missile ships will be formed. It is reported “News“.
It is specified that the maneuvers are taking place in the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions, as well as in the waters of the North and Okhotsk Seas. In addition, exercises continue in the northeast Atlantic and the Pacific. In total, more than 140 ships, more than 60 aircraft, one thousand pieces of equipment and about 10 thousand military personnel participated in them.
Project 1164 ships “Marshal Ustinov”, “Varyag” and “Moskva” are going to the Mediterranean group. The cruisers of the Northern, Pacific and Black Sea Fleets will unite in one squadron for the first time. They are armed with supersonic cruise missiles, one such cruiser creates a defensive line with a radius of several hundred kilometers.
As former Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Ordzhonikidze noted, the appearance of cruisers is part of NATO’s military-technical department. He clarified that such events showed the alliance that Russia can accept a private citizen in response to any of its actions.
Earlier it became known that a detachment of six large landing ships of the Russian Navy is moving to the Black Sea to participate in the exercises.