Wednesday, February 9 across the Bosphorus channel from The Mediterranean after the Black Sea entered the group of large landing craft of the Northern Fleet – “Peter Morgunov”, “George the Victorious” and “Olenegorsky Miner”. According to Istanbul sources, which publish photos of Russian ships.
The day before, three large landing ships of the Baltic Fleet – Korolev, Minsk and Kaliningrad – entered the Black Sea.
Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation explained that the six warships of the Baltic and Northern Fleets were “making the planned transition from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea to take part in naval exercises.”
20 January. The exercises will take place both in the waters of the seas adjacent to Russian territory and in operationally important areas of the World Ocean. The maneuvers are directed by Nikolai Evmenov, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy.