The frigate Victoria has located in the Alboran Seawhich separates the east coast of Andalusia and the northeast of Morocco, several Russian ships transiting through waters of Spanish sovereignty.
The Spanish ship was in prevention, surveillance and deterrence operations last week when he sighted the Russian convoy, as reported by the Defense Staff through its X account.
Sources from the Defense Staff explain to EFE that these types of sightings are common and that The Spanish Navy monitors Russian ships that cross waters of Spanish interest.
Last December, another Spanish frigate, the Navarra, discovered other two Russian ships, the Admiral Gorshkov of the navy and the replenishment ship Yelnyawhich sailed south of the Balearic Islands on their transit from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Navarraintegrated into the Maritime Operational Command (MOM) and under operational control of the Operations Command (MOPS), began monitoring the Russian units after locating them and monitored their passage through waters of Spanish responsibility and sovereignty until they left the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Spanish on its border with Portugal.
