Russian forces in the Mediterranean - Wk10/2023

Task Force Composition

As reported by OSINT at the morning of Mar-11

Weekly Brief

The departure of the Gorshkov class frigate Admiral Kasatonov and the fleet oiler Akademik Pashin resulted in a significant reduction in combat power of the task force as this is one of the three vessels suspected of carrying Kalibr cruise missiles.
The replacement for the Admiral Kasatonov will be the Admiral Gorshkov which is heading towards the Suez Canal. The vessel passed the Equator on March 10th. Passage into the Mediterrean is expected to take place during week 12 if the vessel doesn't make an additional port call.

Daily Events

March 07
Several Russian warships were observed moored inside the port of Tartus. These vessels were identified as the Improved Kilo class submarine Krasnodar, the frigate Admiral Grigorovich, the Buyan-M class corvette Orekhovo-Zuevo and the Aleksandrit class minehunter Vladimir Emelyanov.

March 08
Frigate Admiral Kasatononv and fleet oiler Akademik Pashin have departed the Mediterranean. Both vessels were visually observed passing the Strait of Gibraltar [1].

March 10
Satellite imagery showed several Russian warships moored inside the port of Tartus. These vessels were identified as the Buyan-M class corvette Orekhovo-Zuevo, a Steregushchy class corvette and the Altay fleet oiler Kola [2]

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