The Black Sea Fleet rocket cruiser Moskva is heading to the eastern Mediterranean.

Cruiser 'Moskva'.

The Black Sea Fleet rocket cruiser Moskva is heading to the eastern Mediterranean.(VOR).

The Black Sea Fleet rocket cruiser Moskva is heading to the eastern Mediterraneaninstead of visiting the port of Mindelo, Cape Verde, which was scheduled earlier, a military-diplomatic source in Moscow said on Wednesday.

"The plans of the naval unit under the command of Rear Admiral Valery Kulikov had to be changed a little. Instead of visiting a Cape Verde port, the cruiser Moskva heads to the Strait of Gibraltar. In about ten days, it will enter the eastern Mediterranean, where it will replace the destroyer Admiral Panteleyev as the flagship of the operative junction of the Russian Navy," the source said. The naval unit's plans were made back in 2012, the source said.

"That ocean voyage stopped playing its military and political role after the demise of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. However, it was valuable practice for the Russian fleet," the military diplomat said. Voice of Russia, Interfax.

Yesterday: Our prediction: the next ship to be dispatched in direction Syria will be the missile cruiser Moskva, the “flag ship of the Black Sea fleet” and more of its affiliated warships, which was last deployed in November of 2012 during the 8 day escalation between Israel and Gaza which culminated in Operation Pillar of Defense. That, and a whole lot of submarines.