A handout photograph made available by Dover Marina.com on 21 October 2016 showing Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov in the English Channel, 21 October 2016. The aircraft carrier can hold as many as 40 planes, and it is suspected that they will be used in the bombing campaign in the Syrian city of Aleppo. “We are concerned that the Russian carrier group will support military operations in Syria in ways which will increase humanitarian and human suffering,” Stoltenberg said. In Britain on Friday, there was widespread coverage of the Russian fleet sailing near English waters. Built during the Soviet era and launched as the Leonid Brezhnev, the aircraft carrier has deployed to the Mediterranean a total of five times during its 26 years in service, most recently in 2014.

Source: Washington Post October 21, 2016 18:19 UTC