The ship of the Russian Navy was escorted by the Baltic Leader ship covered by the La Manche Canal. The British Royal Navy on Wednesday that she monitored these cruises. One of the British diaries wrote that Baltic Leader transported military equipment from the Russian sea base in Syria.
The British Times reported that the crew armed with machine guns was visible on board the Boykij ship. British and Belgian Navy units followed the Russian convoy. According to the newspaper, it was the third ship that transports the weapon of this route, and two more are expected in the next few weeks.
The Royal War Navy also informed about the surgery on the La Manche channel, which confirmed that the British HMS Somerset ship monitored ships.
“HMS Somerset, who in the past carried out similar operations with the participation of Russian ships, 'watched every move” when the Russian warship Boicij escorted Baltic Leader through the territorial waters of Great Britain, “was reported as quoted by the Reuters agency.
The British ship HMS Somerset followed the Russian Baltic Leader ship UK mod
The Russians take military equipment from their bases in Syria
Since the fall in December last year, the Bashar al-Assad regime, supported by the Russians, began to remove military equipment from his Syrian bases. Although it is not known exactly what the load was transported by the Baltic Leader, belonging to the Russian “shadow fleet”, in the pictures made of air you could see containers, vehicles and works.
“Times” points out that Russia He chooses a roundabout road from the Mediterranean to his transports through the Gibraltar Strait since the Ukrainian forces began to effectively sink its units in the Black Sea. The newspaper reminded that in the Mediterranean sea sank a ship transporting Russian military equipment in December 2024. Earlier, there were several explosions under the deck of this unit. The shipowner decided that the ship sank as a result of a deliberate attack.
The journal also noted that European Union It is considering limiting access to the territorial waters of community countries for ships belonging to the Russian “shadow fleet”, consisting of old units transporting oil covered with sanctions. However, British specialists believe that a real introduction of such a ban will not be possible.
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