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THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING: Four Russian warships were tracked as they cruised in international waters off the coast of Florida yesterday en route to Cuba for planned exercises in the Caribbean, in what U.S. officials describe as an attempt by Russian President Vladimir Putin to show the Russian navy can still project power despite the humiliating loss of a third of its Black Sea Fleet to Ukrainian drones and missiles.
CNN showed pictures of the ships last night taken by a passenger on a Celebrity cruise line ship, about 90 miles off the coast.
The Russian Defense Ministry said the Admiral Gorshkov frigate, flagship of Russia’s Northern Fleet and said to be armed with Russia’s new Zircon hypersonic missiles, and the Kazan nuclear-powered submarine, capable of firing modern Kalibr cruise missiles, conducted drills in the Atlantic meant to simulate a missile strike on a group of enemy ships.
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