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MEDITERRANEAN SEA — Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two (SNMCMG-2) visited Algiers, Algeria, from June 4-7 and conducted a subsequent Passing Exercise (PASSEX) with Algerian navy units in the vicinity

Region and this proved the efficiency of land based coastal anti ship missiles against the naval forces. of course, just deploying coastal missiles will not be 100% enough to cover all of the area to establish an efficient zone at the south of odesa but indeed they would be very, very beneficial and detour naval activities in the region. >> so the question is detour versus make a difference, right? theyve already established that russian forces could lose and lose badly there to sink the "flag s...

Into the degree of intelligence sharing. you saw the administrations reaction two weeks ago to the revelation that the u.s. mayed a significant role in helping with intelligence on the sinking of the flag ship of the russian fleet off in the black sea. and of the targeting of these command posts that resulted in the deaths of the generals. that were sensitive about it, because its all evidence that the u.s. is more deeply involved than president biden would like to go publicly acknowledge becaus...

Allow any way for the ukraine military to advance. so good for ukraine military. as long as theyre not doing that along the, say, more western or eastern, along -- thats where we have to be concerned about. if they started doing that, theyd be more confident in their interdicting strikes to eventually go back on the offensive and take some ground back. >> weve seen ukrainian forces blowing up bridges to slow that russian advance. now it seems the tables have turned. lets talk about the intellige...

The Indian Navy on Monday announced that it had recently carried out weapon engagement and missile firing drills on the Western Seaboard.

Parliament member. thank you for being back with us. lets pick up where we left off there. are you confident that the ukrainian military can keep these out of russian hands? >> absolutely. we can see that ukraine is using the weapons extremely effective. russia lost their flag ship for the last time in their history in 1905 in russian-japanese war. more than 100 years ago. this is a historical event. it happened with ukrainian

Where it is, but the point is, this flag ship vessel, one of the most powerful ships in the russian navy now is no more. its gone. that sends a very powerful message and is a really strong blow for the russians that have lost a flag ship in the black sea fleet. >> i was going to ask you about that because its been described as a tactical victory for ukraine, regardless of how it went down because its out of commission. its a symbolic victory for ukraine and embarrassment for russia. how are you ...

>> thank you. : new images on social media appear to support ukraines claims that it hit the flag ship russian warship with missiles. it show the missile crew badly damaged and on fire. a plarj plume of smoke on the port side. >> with us know is cnn senior international correspondent matthew chance. you were on that ship. its amazing. that viz owe. you know that ship well. you were on it years ago. tell us what you have learned about what happened here? >> i was on it about seven years ago when ...

Seven years ago off the coast of syria, thats the reason it was deployed there to provide cover for russian war planes because of the attack targets on the ground inside syria. but youre right. apart from the tactical side of things, its a hugely symbolic victory. this is the flag ship of the black sea fleet. its so important to the russians in the sense that, look, were watching russian state television the other day. they hardly mentioned this. their main news in the current affairs show three...

Ship to country that doesnt even use the navy in the war. thats enough to say that things arent going exactly to plan. i think president putin is getting the wrong information. thats why president zelenskyy wanted to meet face to face with him in the hope that he can break the echo chamber and maybe broker a peace deal with russia. i think the europeans will keep trying as well. i dont think it will work with putin. hes made the worst mistake of his life and its downhill from here for him. >> to...