Sunday, March 6, 2016

Patrol ship “Sharp-witted” went to the Mediterranean Sea – RBC

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Photo: Valery Sharifulin / TASS

Black sea fleet patrol ship” Sharp-witted “left Sevastopol and headed for the Mediterranean sea. It became known earlier that summer in the Mediterranean will be sent aircraft carrying cruiser “Admiral Kuznetsov»

The patrol ship of the Black Sea Fleet “Sharp-witted” on Sunday, 6 March, left Sevastopol and headed for the Mediterranean Sea, the chief of department of information ensure Black sea fleet, captain 1st rank Vyacheslav Trukhachev.

«march 7 ship under the command of captain 2 rank Andrei Zaitsev will enter the Mediterranean sea, where, according to the campaign plan will solve the problem as part of a permanent connection of ships of the Russian Navy in this region, “- he said Trukhachev (quoted by Tass)

He also noted that now a part of the Mediterranean grouping perform tasks more than 15 ships and auxiliary vessels of the Northern, Pacific, Baltic and Black Sea fleets

on the eve of the agency TASS reported citing a senior source in the main command of the Navy of Russia reported that in the summer of 2016 sent aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov” in the Mediterranean sea. The only Russian aircraft carrier to head a permanent grouping of the Russian Navy in the region.

In December last year the ship “Sharp-witted” became a participant of the incident in the Aegean Sea. December 13 the Russian Defense Ministry reported that a Russian patrol ship “Sharp-witted” opened warning fire in the Aegean Sea due to the proximity of the Turkish seiner less than 1 km. In connection with the incident, the military attaché at the Turkish Embassy, ​​was summoned to the Russian Defense Ministry. Later, the owner of the Turkish seiner in an interview with CNN Turk said his ship passed at a distance of 2 km from the Russian ship fired warning shots and the crew did not hear. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, in turn, called the reaction of the crew of the Russian ship exaggerated.

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