Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis took to Twitter yesterday making it clear that the Russian warship needed to “voetsek” out of the city’s harbours.
These comments were posted in response to a tweet from a Russian organisation which said “Cape Town hosts #Russian frigate ‘Admiral Gorshkov.’ The battleship arrived in the Mother City on its way to Durban where it will participate in joint South African, Russian and Chinese naval drills scheduled for February 17-27.”
This is not the first time Hill-Lewis has expressed unhappiness over Russian vessels docking in Cape Town. South Africa’s Ukrainian community also made their opinions known as they protested opposite the ship, carrying posters saying “No Russian war games in our waters” and “No Russian missiles.”Last week, the official Russian Tass news agency reported that the Russian navy would test-fire the Zircon during Exercise Mosi II, which is due to commence on Friday.that, according to the protocol signed by South Africa, Russia and China, no missiles would be fired during the exercise.
While the departure date of Admiral Gorshkov has not been officially announced, naval sources stated that a Russian fuel and water tanker, the Kama, which has been accompanying the frigate, would arrive in Cape Town on Friday. It is also understood that the Chinese destroyer, frigate and support ship taking part in the exercise will sail directly to Durban.
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