Russian Navy’s Amphibious Assault Ships Transiting Black Sea Straits for Massive Drills

A Russian naval task force heading from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea for drills has started transiting the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday.

“Currently, the crews of the large amphibious assault ships Korolyov, Minsk and Kaliningrad are in the Dardanelles Strait. The amphibious assault ships Pyotr Morgunov, Georgy Pobedonosets and Olenegorsky Gornyak will pass through the Black Sea straits during the next day,” the ministry specified.