Warship with 'special cargo' sent by Russia toward Syria: navy source

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Warship with 'special cargo' sent by Russia toward Syria: navy source

MOSCOW: A Russian warship carrying "special cargo" will be dispatched toward Syria, a navy source said on Friday, as the Kremlin beefs up its presence in the region ahead of possible US strikes against the

Damascus regime.

The large landing ship Nikolai Filchenkov will on Friday leave the

Ukrainian port city of Sevastopol for the Russian Black Sea port of

Novorossiisk, from where it will head to Syria's coast, the Interfax news agency quoted a source from the Saint Petersburg-based central naval command as saying.

"The ship will make call in Novorossiisk, where it will take on board

special cargo and set off for the designated area of its combat duty in the eastern Mediterranean," the source said.

The source did not specify the nature of the cargo. Russia has kept a constant presence in the eastern Mediterranean during the Syrian crisis.

In recent days Russia has made steps to beef up its naval grouping in the region.

Warship with special cargo sent by Russia toward Syria: navy source - thenews.com.pk

 

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