The Spanish Navy frigate "Cristóbal Colón" completed tasks to track and monitor the route of the Russian Navy frigate "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov" in the Mediterranean Sea. This is reported by Defensa.
The Spanish ship set sail on August 23 from the base in Ferrol. "Cristóbal Colón" is the main ship of the NATO naval group. The frigate performs tasks as part of Operation Noble Shield in the Mediterranean Sea.
NATO's standing naval groups, which include two escort groups and two mine search groups, operate in the Mediterranean, Baltic Seas, and off the coast of Somalia.
It is worth mentioning that there is a logistics point of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located in the Syrian city of Tartus.
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