MOSCOW - Russian-owned ship corvette, Zeleny Dol, has arrived in Syria. Ships coming from the Black Sea Fleet was leaning in the second largest port in Syria, namely the Port of Tartus.
"Zeleny Dol has arrived in Tartus as part of its mission. Zeleny arrived along with other ships, Serpukhov," the commander of the Black Sea Fleet Alexander Vitko as quoted from page Sputniknews, Friday (19/02/2016).
Both Zeleny Dol and Serpukhov is a corvette-class ships. Both the ship is armed with cruise missiles Kalibr (SS-N-27), 100 mm guns and 30 mm, as well as air defense missile Igla-1M.
According to Vitko, both vessels will be assigned permanently in the group of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea which operates in Syria. "Yes, we will do the rotation and all new ships, including ships from Buyan-M project, will be on duty in combat," said Vitko.
Earlier, a Russian military diplomatic source said that the Kremlin plans to increase the presence of warships in the Mediterranean Sea to 20 ships, depending on the given task
Saturday, 20 Februari 2016
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