Warship home from pirate-hunting
The Russian Northern fleet’s warship “Admiral Levchenko” has returned to Severomorsk.
The large destroyer has been in the Guld of Aden since early July where it has been escorting 51 vessels during the last five months. Admiral Levchenko arrived home to Severomorsk on the Kola Peninsula Tuesday, reports Voice of Russia.
Last week, Russia’s President Dmitri Medvedev said that warships would continue patrolling commercial shipping routes off the Somali coast, RIA Novosti reported last week.
Another group of Russian naval vessels will take over the mission in the waters off Somalia from December. The task force will consist of vessels from the Pacific fleet.
