Russia to send its largest warship to Syria as Putin prepares final push to destroy ISIS

Monday, July 4, 2016
By Paul Martin

Admiral Kuzetnov battleship is equipped with fighter helicopters and jets
Aircraft carrier will be based close to Syria so troops can attack and return
Move comes in the wake of attacks on the weekend in Baghdad and Dhaka
The 305m ship will lead Russia’s Navy presence in the Mediterranean Sea

By GARETH DAVIES
DailyMail.com
4 July 2016

VLADIMIR Putin is preparing to send Russia’s biggest battleship to Syria to crush ISIS at source.

The Admiral Kuzetnov is poised for dispatch in the autumn equipped with jet fighters and armoured helicopters ready to fight the terrorist group.

The move comes after the attacks on Bangladesh, where 20 hostages were hacked to death in a Dhaka restaurant, and Baghdad where 125 people were killed in a car bomb in the Iraqi capital.

The huge ship can carry up to 41 planes and 18 helicopters and is 305m long.

It will be based close enough to the Syrian coastline so that Russian troops can complete military tasks and return back, a source told TASS.

The military-diplomatic source said: ‘The General Staff has prepared a plan for involvement of the deck aircraft in delivering strikes on terrorist groups in the Syrian Arab Republic, where the crews will practice taking off the carrier to deliver strikes on ground targets.’

In a joint effort between the Admiral Kuzetnov’s crew and militants located at the Hmeymim Base, the Latakia airbase in Western Syria, strikes will be carried out in close coordination.

‘The Admiral Kuznetsov,” which will lead the Russian Navy’s permanent grouping in the Mediterranean Sea, will be close to the Syrian shore ‘so that the deck aircraft have enough fuel to complete the military tasks and return back,’ the source added.

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