Russian navy manuevers, December 2007

Russia has drawn eleven warships from its Black Sea and Atlantic Northwest fleets for a joint war game in the Mediterranean to underline its drive for a naval presence in all the world's seas and oceans. They will rendezvous off Malta Tuesday, Jan. 15. The flagship Moskva is on its way from Sevastopol.
Air carrier Admiral Kutznetsov is on current missions in the Mediterranean, escorted by four ships, including the large anti-submarine Admiral Levchenko and the command and supply ship Sergei Osipov . On its decks are 47 Su-33 fighter-bombers and 10 helicopters.

Carrier group also supported by group of about 40 land based Naval aviation aircrafts include Tu-22M3 and Tu-160 bombers, Tu-142 anti-sub and A-50 "Mainstay" AWACS aircrafts