A detachment of Russian navy ships entered the waters of the Red Sea, Russia's Pacific Fleet press service announced early on Saturday, Azernews reports.
The frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov, accompanied by the tanker Boris Butoma, entered the sea via the Bab el-Mandeb Strait after previously conducting missions in the Gulf of Aden.
The ships started their journey to the region from Vladivostok in the Russian Far East in October.
