The second Russian missile cruiser entered the Black Sea
The Northern Fleet missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov passed the Black Sea straits.
This was reported by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Tomorrow the ship should arrive at the main base of the Black Sea Fleet - Sevastopol.
The missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov, accompanied by the large anti-submarine ship Severomorsk and support vessels, left the main base of the Northern Fleet - Severomorsk - on July 3 to participate in the Main Naval Parade in St. Petersburg. After the parade, the crews of the cruiser and support vessels took part in the Russian Navy exercise “Ocean Shield 2019”.
For two months, the Severomorsk crew operated in the Mediterranean Sea, where they conducted a number of exercises and visited Algeria, Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Cyprus. In the Atlantic Ocean, Russian sailors made business calls to the ports of Praia in the Republic of Cape Verde and Malabo in Equatorial Guinea.
At the end of November, Severomorsk held the first ever joint Russian-Chinese-South African exercise to ensure the safety of navigation and maritime economic activity. The frigates of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Weifang and the South African Navy Amatola, as well as auxiliary vessels of the South African Navy, took part in it.
Last week, the RKR Marshal Ustinov, the medium sea tanker Vyazma and the rescue tug SB-406 entered the Mediterranean Sea.
The cruiser Marshal Ustinov was built according to the same design as the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, the cruiser Moskva, and the flagship of the Pacific Fleet, the cruiser Varyag.
Under the USSR, another ship of this class was laid down, which went to Ukraine and is still in an unfinished state.
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