The sea parade in St. Petersburg is canceled

The sea parade in St. Petersburg on the occasion of the anniversary of the victory over Germany was canceled. This was reported on Monday Fontanka.ru. The ships of the Baltic Fleet, who left the Neva’s water area on the night of May 6, did not return back.

Officially, they did not announce the abolition of the sea parade in the Ministry of Defense. Meanwhile, a source at the Baltic Fleet headquarters told the publication that "the participation of ships in the parade on the Neva is not planned, the fleet forces fulfill the tasks of purpose."

The ships arrived in St. Petersburg to participate in the parade on May 3, but at the dawn of the 6th they hastily left the harbor. On Saturday, only two minesweepers and a small anti -submarine ship Zelenodolsk remained at the floating pier; By the evening of the 6th, they left. Meanwhile, in Kronstadt, where the Leningrad naval base is located, on Saturday morning for three submarines and the Morshansk missile boat loaded ammunition. Then the squadron went to sea.

The publication was connected by ships from St. Petersburg with the arrival of the Gulf of the Gulf, to the shores of Poland and the Kaliningrad region, the American missile destroyer Carney. As reported, he is patroling European waters in the interests of US national security.

In addition, from May 3 to 11, four NATO ships are in the Latvian port of Liepae.

On Monday morning, Latvian military reported that they discovered the Morshansk missile boat, as well as the Livery and Serpukhov small missiles near the border of their territorial waters. In addition, it was indicated that near the border in the exclusive economic zone of Latvia is the Russian reconnaissance ship Syzran.

According to Fontanka.ru, the administration of St. Petersburg allocated about 4 million rubles to hold the sea parade. The money was spent on the installation of mooring barrels in the Neva and the payment of extracurricular work of port services for the arrangement of ships on the night of May 3.