Russian Warships In The English Channel

Severomorsk anti-submarine ship. Photo: Wikipedia.org

Russia Conducts Naval Drills In English Channel: Navy -- Sputnik

The Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet is holding drills in the English Channel, the Fleet’s Western Military Region’s press service announced Friday.

MOSCOW, November 28 (Sputnik) – A squadron of ships from the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet is holding drills in the English Channel, the Western Military District's press service said Friday in a statement.

"Today, a squadron of ships and support vessels from the Northern Fleet … have passed the narrowest part of the English Channel in the Strait of Dover and have entered a bay near the mouth of the River Seine," the press service said.

Because of poor weather conditions, the ships decided to wait out a storm in the neutral waters off the bay.

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