Sydney: The Australian military is monitoring Russian naval vessels that are heading through international waters to the north of Australia, according to Australia based Channel 7.
The news channel reported “steaming toward Australia” in a “show of strength”.
FIRST ON 7: @Y7News can reveal a fleet of Russian warships is steaming towards Australia, a defiant show of force ahead of #G20
— 7News Yahoo!7 (@Y7News) November 12, 2014It reports that it is a “defiant show of force from the super power, ahead of this weekend’s G20 meeting of world leaders”.
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Seven reported that four Russian warships are bearing down on Australian waters. It claims the ships - led by the guided missile Cruiser, Varyag, the flag ship of Russia’s Pacific fleet - are in the Coral Sea off Bougainville.
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Meanwhile, a report by the Lowy Institute Military Fellow James Brown said the the flagship of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet, the guided missile cruiser Moskva, has been conducting unilateral live-fire drills in the South China Sea.
