Three Russian flag carriers gathered in Vladivostok
The flag vessels of three Russian Fleets have gathered in the eastern port of Vladivostok to prepare for the largest Russian navy exercise in many years.
The Northern Fleet’s flag carrier the nuclear-powered missile cruiser “Pyotr Veliky” and the missile cruiser “Moskva” of the Black Sea Fleet have teamed up with the Pacific Fleet’s cruiser “Varyag” to prepare for joint exercises in the Sea of Japan in June, television station Pervy Kanal reports.
The exercise Vostok-2010 will take place in the Sea of Japan in June and will be the biggest Navy drills in years.
“Pyotr Veliky” is the world’s largest war ship, if aircraft carriers are excluded. It has a 600 men large crew. The cruiser left home base in Severomorsk in the end of March. Since then it has sailed through the British Channel, Gibraltar, the Suez Channel, the Bay of Aden and the Indian Ocean, where it joined the cruiser “Moskva” for joint exercises.
Watch video about the flag vessels gathering in Vladivostok on Pervy Kanal
