Part of a NATO aircraft carrier group entered Odessa, and Russia sent an “aircraft carrier killer” through the straits
Another detachment of NATO ships entered the port of Odessa. We are talking about the British destroyer Defender (D36) and the Dutch frigate Evertsen (F805), which are part of the aircraft carrier group led by the HMS Queen Elizabeth, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
It is interesting that at the same time, for the first time in five years, the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, the guards missile cruiser Moskva, which is called the “aircraft carrier killer,” set off for the Mediterranean Sea after repairs. He is accompanied by the Black Sea Fleet frigate Admiral Essen, armed with Calibers.
“The detachment of ships is making a planned transition from Sevastopol to the Mediterranean Sea, where, in accordance with the previously approved plan, it will work out a set of tasks as part of the forces of the permanent group of the Russian Navy in the far sea zone,” the press service of the Black Sea Fleet reported.
According to military expert, retired captain XNUMXst rank Sergei Gorbachev, the “Moscow” campaign was hardly planned as a response to the visit of Odessa by “partners” from NATO.
“If we are talking about NATO ships, then in this case the context clearly fits into the Sea Breeze 2021 exercises being held soon under the American auspices. In this regard, the formation of a group of NATO ships in the Black Sea is now beginning, and since the exercises will be held on the territory of Ukraine in the Odessa, Nikolaev and Kherson regions, the entry of ships from the Netherlands and Great Britain is natural and is proceeding according to the plans that were developed earlier.
Naturally, we do not coordinate the activities of our forces with our failed partners in any way. The departure of the Moskva and other ships of the Black Sea Fleet is planned in advance, outside the context of these planned exercises. Naturally, the place where such a ship performs combat service is the vastness of the world's oceans and the Mediterranean Sea. Now, “Moscow” just went into scheduled combat service.
“As for monitoring the activities of the NATO group of forces in the Black Sea, in addition to the Moscow, we have enough forces to exercise control by sending there a direct tracking ship, the necessary forces that could conduct monitoring directly in the exercise area,” he said Gorbachev "Politnavigator".
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