Russian
aircraft carrier "Adm. Kuznetsov" to deploy for exercises
in Mediterranean Sea
Russia
is sending its northern fleet led by the country's
only aircraft carrier, the "Admiral Kuznetsov,"
to the Mediterranean Sea for exercises, daily
Hürriyet reported on its website Thursday.
The Kuznetsov will sail the waters in the Barents
Sea for a week and carry out drills there first,
the report said.
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Russian
aircraft carrier "Adm. Kuznetsov" to deploy for exercises in
Mediterranean Sea
Russia
is sending its northern fleet led by the country's only aircraft carrier,
the "Admiral Kuznetsov," to the Mediterranean Sea for exercises,
daily Hürriyet reported on its website Thursday.
The Kuznetsov will sail the waters in the Barents Sea for a week and
carry out drills there first, the report said.
The carrier will then start a three-month voyage to the Mediterranean
Sea via the Northeast Atlantic. It will be joined by anti-submarine
ship "Admiral Chabanenko" and other vessels.
Russian Navy's
sole aircraft carrier the Admiral Kuznetsov
(picture: US DoD)
It was not yet decided
which ports the ships would visit but it was possible that the fleet
could take part in military exercises with fleets of other countries
in the region while it is in the Mediterranean.
The last time
the Admiral Kuznetsov sailed in Mediterranean waters was in the winter
of 2008-2009, when it visited ports in Turkey and Syria.