RUSSIAN WARSHIP PASSES THROUGH TURKEY'S STRAIT
ISTANBUL — A Russian warship passed Sunday through Turkey's Çanakkale (Dardanelles) strait, possibly to the Black sea. The navy ship, named 'PM 56,' was being accompanied by Turkish coast guard boats during its crossing.
The vessel was apparently heading towards the Marmara Sea, but no information has been acquired as to its final destination.
Tension rose up in the Black Sea basin after Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea last month following a controversial referendum on the peninsula.
Ukraine's mostly Russian-speaking east appears as the current flashpoint of the ongoing conflict between Russia and the West over Kiev's allegiances. The West has repeatedly accused Moscow of planning an invasion of Ukraine.
Russian warship passes through Turkey's strait | Nation | Daily Sabah
Notable Russian naval use of Turkey's Bosphorus Strait
Russian warships have crossed Turkey's Bosphorus Strait 62 times since the start of the year as part of that country's efforts to maintain a military presence in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
In a short report published in Hurriyet Daily News we're informed that the Russian Navy's landing ship Kaliningrad has used the Turkish strait 11 times during recent tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean. Furthermore, the landing ship Azov crossed a total of eight times and the missile-cruiser Moskva crossed the strait six times. Russia is an important ally of the Assad regime in Damascus, which the Turkish government has been against since the beginning of the revolt against Assad began in March 2011, and has kept a military presence in the eastern Mediterranean throughout the course of the ongoing crisis in Syria. Although it has pulled its forces out of its Tartus naval port in Syria the landing ship Nikolai Filchenkov recently visited the Syrian port city of Latakia.
Notable Russian naval use of Turkey's Bosphorus Strait
Hope Chinese's growing warships will go through Turkey's strait near future.
ISTANBUL — A Russian warship passed Sunday through Turkey's Çanakkale (Dardanelles) strait, possibly to the Black sea. The navy ship, named 'PM 56,' was being accompanied by Turkish coast guard boats during its crossing.
The vessel was apparently heading towards the Marmara Sea, but no information has been acquired as to its final destination.
Tension rose up in the Black Sea basin after Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea last month following a controversial referendum on the peninsula.
Ukraine's mostly Russian-speaking east appears as the current flashpoint of the ongoing conflict between Russia and the West over Kiev's allegiances. The West has repeatedly accused Moscow of planning an invasion of Ukraine.
Russian warship passes through Turkey's strait | Nation | Daily Sabah
Notable Russian naval use of Turkey's Bosphorus Strait
Russian warships have crossed Turkey's Bosphorus Strait 62 times since the start of the year as part of that country's efforts to maintain a military presence in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
In a short report published in Hurriyet Daily News we're informed that the Russian Navy's landing ship Kaliningrad has used the Turkish strait 11 times during recent tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean. Furthermore, the landing ship Azov crossed a total of eight times and the missile-cruiser Moskva crossed the strait six times. Russia is an important ally of the Assad regime in Damascus, which the Turkish government has been against since the beginning of the revolt against Assad began in March 2011, and has kept a military presence in the eastern Mediterranean throughout the course of the ongoing crisis in Syria. Although it has pulled its forces out of its Tartus naval port in Syria the landing ship Nikolai Filchenkov recently visited the Syrian port city of Latakia.
Notable Russian naval use of Turkey's Bosphorus Strait
Hope Chinese's growing warships will go through Turkey's strait near future.