Two military ships of the Russian Federation, escorted by two submarines, made an official stop at the Tobruk naval base in Cyrenaica, the eastern region of Libya, in recent hours. Rumors have been circulating for some time about Russia's intention to open a naval base in the Cyrenaica city. “Aganin also said that the West wrongly accuses Moscow of military expansion in eastern Libya only to justify its own military presence in Libya and other countries. If the Russian military continues to regularly conduct naval activities via Tobruk, over time it will eventually be reduced to a Russian naval base. According to Profazio, the courtesy visit of the Russian military ships "confirms the trend already visible since April, when there had already been an arrival by Russian military ships in Tobruk".

Source: Libya Today June 18, 2024 11:28 UTC