“Russia’s Pacific Fleet entered a number of warships to the Mediterranean waters for the first time in decades,” Fleet spokesman said.

 “Russia’s Pacific Fleet entered a number of warships to the Mediterranean waters for the first time in decades,” Fleet spokesman said.

The Suez channel was the passage way of this navy force.

The ships are now heading to Cyprus where they will have a port of call in Limassol.

The group, including the destroyer Admiral Panteleyev, the amphibious warfare ships Peresvet and Admiral Nevelskoi, the tanker Pechenga and the salvage/rescue tug Fotiy Krylov left the port of Vladivostok on March 19 to join Russia’s Mediterranean task force.

The task force currently includes the large anti-submarine ship Severomorsk, the frigate Yaroslav Mudry, the salvage/rescue tugs Altai and SB-921 and the tanker Lena from the Northern and Baltic Fleets, as well as the Ropucha-II Class landing ship Azov from the Black Sea Fleet. Nuclear submarines may also be included later.

This strategic development took place after the Zionist PM Netanyahu had failed to convince the Russian leadership to vitiate the military deal of providing the Syrian army with S 300 air defense system.