News item | 16-02-2025 | 10:00 AM
The Royal Navy escorted 6 Russian ships in the North Sea this weekend. It concerns 3 naval ships and 3 civil ships. They are part of a task group that is on their way to a Russian port of the Mediterranean Sea.
These are the landing ships Alexandr Otakovsky (Ropucha class) and Ivan Gren (Ivan Gren-Class), the supply ship Yelnya (Altay class), the oil tanker General Skobelev and the transport ships Sparta and Sparta II.
The 6 ships were led by the so -called Dutch exclusive economic zone. After the Passage, other NATO partners took over the escort. The navy has Zr.Ms. Johan de Witt used. The maritime on -board helicopter NH90 was also used.
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Russian units sail more often due to the Dutch exclusive economic zone. An internationally agreed right of passage applies here. Nevertheless, the Netherlands is guiding these types of fleet connections. This is not only to be vigilant, but also to intervene with suspicious actions or disturbances. Defense thus protects the critical infrastructure under water.