Italy is at the forefront of "surveillance" of Russian warships cruising in the Mediterranean . At least 8 Moscow ships are under observation - based on the little information available, especially from Ukrainian and American sources - including several missile launchers and a submarine .

«We have been entrusted with the task of closely monitoring and controlling these ships», said the commander in chief of the Naval Squadron, Admiral Aurelio De Carolis. Not only that, the destroyer Andrea Doria also had the task of "taking care of the air protection of the American aircraft carrier Bush, and we are very pleased with this" , De Carolis underlined. According to the site ItaMilRadar, the Uss George HW Bush would have moved from the Adriatic and would now be between Sardinia and the Balearic Islands .

According to analysts, the Russian naval system in the Mediterranean is in difficulty : on the one hand it suffers from the blockade imposed by Turkey on the passage in the Black Sea, and therefore on the Sevastopol landing stage; on the other hand, the base in Tartus, in Syria, would not be well equipped to guarantee supplies and repairs to the fleet.

Perhaps it is also from this point of view that the tripartite summit in Moscow between Russia and the two great Middle Eastern rivals, Syria and Turkey, should be read, the first since the beginning of the anti-Assad revolt in 2011. At the table of the three defense ministers , they recite the official notes, "the Syrian crisis, the refugee problem and common efforts in the fight against extremist groups on Syrian territory".

(Unioneonline/D)

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