Going to Syria a large landing ship “Caesar Kunikov” entered the Mediterranean sea
Moscow. July 11. INTERFAX.RU — the Big landing ship (BLS) of the Navy (Navy) of Russia “Caesar Kunikov”, bound with a cargo to Syria, Monday proceeded through the Straits into the Mediterranean sea, according to local news portals that publishes photographs of its passage through the Bosporus.
Approval of the Istanbul sites, the ship of the black sea fleet sent to the Syrian port of Tartus, where the point of logistics Russian Navy in the Mediterranean. This is the sixth cruise ship to Syria this year.
As earlier reported, on Monday in the Mediterranean sea, passing the Straits, became the latest Russian frigate “Admiral Essen”, equipped with cruise missiles “Calibre”. A Russian frigate, after a short stay on the black sea fleet in Sevastopol, where he had gone July 5, after military watch in the Mediterranean, returns to the shores of Syria to the permanent operative connection of the Russian Navy in the region.
On Thursday last week through the Straits in Syria also followed a cargo ship auxiliary fleet of the Navy of Russia “Dvinitsa-50”.
According to foreign media reports, the BBC and vessels of the auxiliary fleet of the Navy of Russia participate in the operation called “Syrian Express” delivery of ammunition for the Russian air group at the air base, “Hamim” near Latakia and the Syrian government army, leading the battles with the Islamists, including the so-called Islamic state (a terrorist organization banned in Russia).