On Sunday, February 14th, Russia deployed the Zelyony Dol, a Black Sea-based patrol ship armed with cruise missiles, in the Mediterranean. The warship was sent to join the Russian naval group near Syria. The cruise missile ship was accompanied by the Kovrovets minesweeper.
The Zeleny Dol is a Buyan-M class missile corvette. It is equipped with the 3М14 cruise missiles with the range of 2,600 kilometers.
The Kovrovets minesweeper (Project 266M) is going together with the Zeleny Dol to Syria’s coasts.
The flagship of the Russian Pacific Fleet, guided missile cruiser Varyag (Project 1164) is heading the Russian naval group in the eastern Mediterranean.
Caesar Kunikov is the Project 775 large landing ship of the Russian Navy. Such vessels have been supporting the Russian mission in Syria and moving troops, material, and vehicles from Russia’s Black Sea ports.
The Vice Admiral Kulakov (Project 1155) is a Russian destroyer armed with anti-ship cruise missiles.
In autumn 2015, the Project 1239 small missile air cushion ship Samum played an important role in the military mission in Syria. The warship is armed with several Mosquito missiles.
During the Syrian mission, Samum was accompanied by Mirage, a fast patrol boat. It is equipped with anti-ship missiles Malachite. Besides, in 2008, Mirage took part in the military conflict with Georgia.
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