"...Two Russian Navy ships have finally left the Mediterranean after sitting idle for 9 months due to Turkey’s ban on the transfer of warships to the Black Sea amid the Ukraine war, one regional source with information told Middle East Eye.
The Ukraine-based Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies reported on [Nov 6, 2022] that the [14,500 tonne, Russian missile cruiser Varyag] the flagship of the Russian Pacific Fleet, and [8,000 tonne Udaloy-class destroyer, Admiral Tributs] left the Mediterranean Sea on 21 October through the Suez Canal.
Both ships had originally arrived in the Mediterranean Sea on 2 February [2022] a couple of weeks short of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
...In March [2022] at least four Russian ships - two destroyers, a frigate, and an intelligence vessel - were turned away after [Turkey] denied them access..."
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