Russian Navy keeps single missile carrier on combat duty off Crimea coast

Russian Navy keeps single missile carrier on combat duty off Crimea coast

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Eight Russian warships remain deployed in the Black Sea, including a missile carrier.

That’s according to the Ukrainian Navy command, Ukrinform reports.

"There are eight enemy warships in the Black Sea, including a Kalibr cruise missile carrier, with a total salvo of up to eight missiles, as well as a ship in the Sea of Azov, and one in the Mediterranean Sea," the statement reads.

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According to the Ukrainian Navy, 13 vessels passed through the Kerch Strait toward the Sea of Azov in the course of a day in Russia’s interest, of which four were moving from the Bosphorus Strait; 17 ships passed toward the Black Sea.

As Ukrinform reported on Saturday, Russia replaced a smaller missile carrier in the Black Sea with the Admiral Essen frigate as part of rotation.

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