Russia Sends Warships to Mediterranean
In response to the US turnaround on Iran, Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to send six Russian warships, led by the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier and the Moskva guided missile cruiser, the Russian Navy's Black Sea flagship, to the Mediterranean.
As the the first prolonged stay of a Russian carrier in the eastern Mediterranean vicinity of
Israel's shores and waters patrolled by the US Sixth Fleet, the move is more than significant. The Admiral Kuznetsov carries on its decks 47 warplanes and 10 helicopters.The Admiral Kuznetsov is a Class CV carrier, built in 1991. It is 999 ft. in length, displaces 67,500 tons and has a top speed of 30 knots.
It accommodates a crew of 1,700.
Sources in Moscow say that the Kremlin acted quickly to make its presence known after the NIE report was released.
The Russian fleet, which has already set out for its new mission from the North and Black Seas, will reportedly have the use of naval facilities at Syria's Tartous port. Its presence for several months will be a complication for the Israel navy's operations opposite the Lebanese and Syrian coasts, especially if the Russians are joined at Tartous by Iranian submarines or warships.
Russia also sent ships to the northeastern Atlantic.
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