Satellite images appear to show Russian warships leaving their main port in Syria on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea, abandoning Moscow’s only overseas naval base, U.S. Naval Institute News reported.
Three Russian Navy guided-missile frigates and at least two support ships were in port in Tartus on Dec. 5, USNI News reported. On Tuesday, those ships had left port and at least two of the Adm. Gorshkov-class frigates were operating off the coast of Syria.
The base had been home to two Adm. Gorshkov-class frigates, an Adm. Grigorivich-class frigate and an improved Kilo-class attack boat. The Gorshkov and Grigorivich frigates are the most modern surface ships in the Russian fleet. Both are capable of fielding the long-range Kalibir land attack missile and the Tsirkon hypersonic anti-ship missile, according to USNI News.
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