Russian soldiers and military equipment in Libya

These events did not attract much media attention due to tensions in the mediate East. The equipment was carried from 4 to most likely 14 April on 2 Russian North Fleet landing ships: ‘Iwan Gren’ and ‘Aleksandr Otrakowski’, which had influenced the Mediterranean Sea 2 weeks earlier. Light and dense vehicles, specified as pick-ups, GAZ and KAMAZ cars, as well as anti-aircraft artillery kits ZU-23-2, were spotted in the port.