The corvette "Stoyky" and the medium sea tanker "Kola", which are on a long trip, pass through the Suez Canal and make the transition through the Red Sea.
The detachment of ships left the main base of the Baltic Fleet in Baltiysk on December 16 to perform tasks as part of the permanent task force of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea.
Currently, the Stoyky and Kola are en route to the Gulf of Aden, the head of the information support department of the press service of the Western Military District for the Baltic Fleet, Captain 1st Rank Roman Martov, told the Military-Industrial Courier. As you know, pirates are still active in this area.
The day before, in the Mediterranean Sea, in accordance with the plan of the campaign, a corvette and a tanker held exercises on the organization of the struggle for survivability. In turn, the personnel of the anti-terror units worked out the actions of the inspection groups on the deck and in the ship's premises.
Vladislav Rzhevsky, correspondent of " MIC " (Kaliningrad)
