Arriving from the Mediterranean Sea, three units of the Russian Naval Forces, the frigate “Admiral Grigorovich” (494), the corvette “Stoikiy” (545) and another corvette, the “Soobrazitelniy” (531), on Monday afternoon, May 8, passed the Great Belt. On Wednesday, May 10, the association arrived in Baltiysk.
There, the frigate "Admiral Grigorovich" is to spend a repair phase in the Yantar shipyard. The Russian naval command had to take this option for the unit. The "Admiral Grigorovich", stationed in Sevastopol, was deployed in the Mediterranean when the Ukrainian war broke out. A return to the home port is not possible due to the Turkish ban on a Bosphorus passage for war participants.
The two Steregushchiy-class corvettes "Stoikiy" and "Soobrazitelniy" belong to the Baltic Fleet. They were observed entering the Mediterranean near Gibraltar on October 15, 2022. The trio were shadowed by NATO navies on their transit. On the section from Skagen to Bornholm, the Danish frigates HDMS Thetis and HDMS Peter Willemoes were entrusted with this task. Germany used the "Potsdam" of the Federal Police.
There are currently five Russian units in the Mediterranean: the frigate Admiral Gorshkov, the Kilo-class submarine Krasnodar, the corvette Orekhovo-Zuyevo, the minesweeper Emelyanov and the tanker Kama.
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