Aircraft-carrying cruiser “Admiral Kuznetsov”
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November 15, the Russian Armed forces launched an operation on the mass strike on militant positions “Islamic state” (IG) and “jabhat an-Nusra” (both organizations are banned in Russia) in Syria.
The operations involved the frigate “Admiral Grigorovich” (performed launches of cruise missiles “Caliber”) and coastal missile systems “Bastion”. For the first time in the history of the Navy in combat operations involved aircraft-carrying cruiser “Admiral Kuznetsov”.