Ukraine war: What is the Russian navy doing?
For a good two weeks now, NATO navies have been accompanying a Russian formation on its way from the Mediterranean around Western Europe to the harbours and shipyards of the Baltic Fleet. The small group is led by the frigate "Admiral Grigorovich" (494), the type ship of the three combat units built for the Black Sea Fleet - intended as an escort for the cruiser "Slava" and now itself in flagship duty ("Admiral Makarov"). They will be followed by two Steregushchiy-class corvettes (105 metres, 2,200 tonnes), "Stoikiy" (545) and "Soobrazitelniy" (532), which originally belong in the Baltic Sea and have already been mentioned in connection with the acts of sabotage on the Nord Stream pipelines. These...
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