RUSSIA'S ONLY AIRCRAFT CARRIER ADMIRAL KUSNETSOV AND A NUCLEAR MISSILE CRUISER A TOTAL OF 8 FLOTILLA SHIPS IN ATTACK FORMATION IN SYRIA TO DEMONSTRATE THE PUTIN WILL TO BE A SUPER POWER IN THE MIDDLE EAST

A flotilla of Russian warships arrived off the coast of Syria on Saturday, readying for a large-scale land and sea assault on the city of Aleppo.
The eight-strong battle group, led by Moscow’s only aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and accompanied by a nuclear-powered missile cruiser, had provocatively travelled through the English Channel to reach the eastern Mediterranean.
Sergei Artamonov, commander of the Kuznetsov, confirmed to Russia-1 television station via videolink on Saturday that aircraft were already taking off from the ship's deck for reconnaissance flights.

"Flights are being carried out from the deck... they are working on coordination with the shore port," he said.
Asked whether foreign aircraft were flying over the ships, Vladislav Malakhovsky, commander of the Peter the Great missile cruiser, said: "they are afraid to come closer than 50 kilometres away, realising very well how powerful the nuclear cruiser is."
The warships will be deployed to the Mediterranean for at least six months, the pro-government Syrian website al-Masdar News reported, quoting a military source.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/12/russian-warships-arrive-off-syrian-coast-ahead-of-final-assault/