Russian Navy Deploys Eight Warships in Black Sea, Including Missile Carrier

The Admiral Essen frigate, armed with eight Kalibr missiles, replaces a smaller missile carrier as part of a rotation.

• Eight Russian warships, including a missile carrier, remain deployed in the Black Sea.
• The missile carrier is the Admiral Essen frigate, which replaced a smaller missile carrier as part of a rotation.
• The Admiral Essen frigate is armed with eight Kalibr missiles.
• Thirteen vessels passed through the Kerch Strait toward the Sea of Azov in the course of a day in Russia’s interest.
• Russia continues to violate the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea by disabling automatic identification systems.

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