In an interview with the Italian La Repubblica, the Chief of Staff of the Defense Forces of Italy, Admiral Cavo Dragone, said that three ships of the Russian Navy entered the Adriatic Sea in the past days and weeks – a cruiser, a destroyer and a spy ship. The Italian Navy monitored Russian movements with three frigates and a submarine.
The American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is also operating in the Adriatic Sea, which is part of the battle group that arrived in the Mediterranean Sea in mid-December last year on a longer mission.
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According to the admiral Cava Dragone the destroyer Admiral Tributs (783), the spy ship Vasilij Nikitič Tatiščev (SSV231) and the cruiser Varjag (011) entered the Adriatic Sea. Meanwhile, the frigate Admiral Grigorovich was located in the Ionian Sea.
As the Chief of Staff of the Italian Defense Forces said, the Italian Navy then engaged the frigates Bergamini, Marceglia and Libeccia and the submarine Longobardo, which monitored Russian movements in international waters. Italian and American aircraft also took part in monitoring the Russian warships.
According to Dragona, Russian troops have already left the Adriatic Sea and are currently sailing in the Ionian Sea.
