The tension mounts Mediterranean Seaat which the Russian warships continue to pursue NATO fleets targeting them Calabrian coasts of the Ionian Sea. The movements of the Kremlin vehicles, analyzed by analysts and experts, are useful for outlining Russia’s possible strategy away from the Ukrainian battlefield.
Russia in the Mediterranean
What is happening off the Italian coast? For a few months, the cruiser Varyag and the fighter Tributs create several problems for NATO aircraft carrier; we refer to the American Truman, the French De Gaulle and the Italian Cavour. The first two in particular, Repubblica underlined when, thanks to these aircraft carriers, Washington and Paris launched their Hornet and Rafale aircraft in several patrol flights over the Black Sea.
In any case, the Russian ships are not able to reach the Black Sea like this Turkey has closed the Bosphorus to warships crossing, which is why they operate in the Mediterranean and cause some headaches for the Atlantic Alliance. Not only does it need to put Ukraine in the spotlight, but also keep an eye on areas not far from the coastsItaly.
We talked about the Varyag and the tributes. Both, after stopping the Syria, and in the company of the cruiser Marshal Ustinov, the frigate Kasatanov and the fighter Kulikov, they returned to the Ionian Sea. Where they have been reported with some concern for days.
ships and submarines
The CovertShore portal has photographed the situation inherent in the ships, but we must also add the emergence of the ships Russian Submarine Kilo, immortalized off the coast of Cyprus. According to various rumours, we can find at least three of these submarines in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. However, it remains to understand why the submarine surfaced; maybe due to technical problems, but the question is not clear yet. Yes, because the Kilo, armed with Kalibr cruise missiles, usually remain submerged during their missions and also operate silently.
The point where it’s worth staying alert is that we’re talking about military vehicles equipped with cruise missile calibr, just like frigates and fighters. To tell the truth, the abovementioned Kalibrs, already deployed in Ukraine, could again hit Kyiv and its environs from these latitudes if launched from the Ionian Sea. The flagships, on the other hand, can count on even more fearsome weapons, such as missiles capable of shooting down even aircraft carriers.
The situation in the Black Sea
We talked about the Italian coasts and the Mediterranean. To come full circle, it makes sense to get an overview of what’s going on in the water bodies Black Sea. On April 3, several Russian missiles hit the port of Mykolaiv; is the signal that could herald a new attack by Moscow along the Ukrainian coast.
Meanwhile, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Mikhail Popov, quoted by TASS, said US ships will not return to the Black Sea in the near future over fears of Ukrainian mines. “American ships will be afraid to return to the Black Sea in the near future, they will wait until the mine threat is completely eliminated,” he said in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. “The United States he added does not want to help its European friends who are facing the problems that Ukraine continues to create.”