Northern Fleet Task Force Enters Med On Long-Range Mission

A flotilla from Russia’s Northern Fleet has just entered the Mediterranean on a long-range deployment, reports the Tass news agency (Russia). The task force, led by the Marshal Ustinov destroyer, passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, the Northern Fleet announced on Tuesday. The Ustinov departed her home port of Severomorsk on July 3, and participated in Russia’s Main Naval Parade in St. Petersburg and the navy’s Ocean Shield exercise before heading to the...