Vast Putin armada steaming towards English Channel & will arrive in DAYS laden with thousands of tons of Russian weapons A FLEET of Russian warships packed with thousands of tons of weapons is steaming towards the English Channel.
The convoy includes the Sparta and Sparta II - Russian-flagged roll-on/roll-off cargo ships used by Putin’s defence ministry - as well as military tanker General Skobelev.
Putin's convoy of ships laden with expensive military equipment is expected to sail through English waters within days after departing from Tartus.
Weeks earlier, Royal Navy tanker RFA Tidesurge shepherded Russian vessels past the UK after it was scrambled on Christmas Day to monitor Putin's Corvette RFS Soobrazitelny.
RFS Alexsandr Otrakovsky lead Sparta, Sparta II and General Skobelev through the strait early on Sunday, while Ivan Gren and tanker Yelnya later followed - escorted by Cutlass.
