01:07Cyprus: Russian missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky docks at Limassol
Cyprus: Russian missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky docks at Limassol
Cypriot Foreign Minister Fotis Photiou visited the Russian heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky, which docked in Limassol harbour on Wednesday.
The nuclear-powered Kirov-class battlecruiser-sized vessel heads the task force in the Mediterranean Sea securing the transfer of Syrian chemical weapons agents into international hands. Primarily an anti-ship and anti-air rocketry platform, the Pyotr Veliky mounts a range of armaments including P-700 Granit shipkiller missiles and S-300PMU Favorit surface-to-air rockets.
Various Russian warships and fighter jets have also been engaged in military exercises in the Greek Cypriot administered southern Cyprus, Sukhoi Su-33 fighter jets, Ka -7 military helicopters and the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier.
01:07Cyprus: Russian missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky docks at Limassol
Cypriot Foreign Minister Fotis Photiou visited the Russian heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky, which docked in Limassol harbour on Wednesday.
The nuclear-powered Kirov-class battlecruiser-sized vessel heads the task force in the Mediterranean Sea securing the transfer of Syrian chemical weapons agents into international hands. Primarily an anti-ship and anti-air rocketry platform, the Pyotr Veliky mounts a range of armaments including P-700 Granit shipkiller missiles and S-300PMU Favorit surface-to-air rockets.
Various Russian warships and fighter jets have also been engaged in military exercises in the Greek Cypriot administered southern Cyprus, Sukhoi Su-33 fighter jets, Ka -7 military helicopters and the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier.