from Great Game India:
According to the state-run TASS, the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy has confirmed that Russian warships have entered the Red Sea following isolated incidents of some Chinese and Russian vessels being attacked by Houthis.
The Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy has acknowledged that it dispatched a number of its warships via the Bab al-Mandab Strait and into the Red Sea while Houthi strikes against international shipping are still going on and the US-led military coalition is still patrolling the waterways.
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According to sources in the Russian military ministry, the Russian cruiser Varyag and the frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov are taking part in the patrol mission. It is not yet known, though, if other support boats are involved.
According to Bloomberg, Russia and China have struck a shipping deal with the Houthis, ensuring safe vessel transits by promising political backing at the United Nations Security Council for the group.
The warships are doing “assigned tasks within the framework of the long-range sea campaign,” according to state-run TASS. The vessels’ final destination remains undisclosed.
Earlier this month, the Varyag and Marshal Shaposhnikov took part in combined naval operations in the Indian Ocean with Iran, China, and Russia; at the time, Moscow referred to these exercises as exercising “safety in maritime economic activities.”
However, considering that the United States and the United Kingdom are presently leading a 22-nation naval coalition known as “Operation Prosperity Guardian,” the presence of Russian warships in the Red Sea makes the seas a little more “crowded.” Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, and several other countries are said to have sent ships as anonymous participants. There are no signs that Moscow plans to work with the Western naval coalition’s adversaries and rivals.
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