Russian-Egyptian naval drills to enter active phase on June 10

 

The eight-day drills will involve Russia’s missile cruiser Moskva, with Ka-27 helicopter, corvette Samum, landing ship Alexander Shabalin, tanker Ivan Bubnov and a tugboat MB-31

MOSCOW, June9. /TASS/. The active phase of the Russian-Egyptian Friendship Bridge-2015 joint naval exercise will start on June 10, captain Igor Dygalo told reporters.

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The missile cruiser is the Moskva, the flagship of the Russian Black Sea fleet, according to state-run Russian news reports.