The French frigate Auvergne has entered the Black Sea. This is the 31st ship of non-Black Sea countries of NATO, which entered the waters of the sea since the beginning of the year. About this reports Dumskaya.

"This is already the 31st ship of non-Black Sea NATO countries, which entered the waters of the sea since the beginning of the year," said the head of the Institute of Black Sea Strategic Studies Andrei Klimenko .

It is worth noting that the missile frigate FS Auvergne (D 654) is one of the newest ships of the French Navy. It was launched in 2015 and commissioned in 2018. Its home port is Toulon.

The vessel has a displacement of 6,000 tons, is 142 meters long and almost 20 meters wide, with a draft of 4.9 meters. It has a speed of 27 knots and can travel 6,000 nautical miles.

"The ship's crew is 145 sailors. They are armed with one 76-mm rapid-fire cannon and three 20-mm machine guns with automatic control. There are 16 universal launcher silos of Aster 15 and 30 air defense missiles and Storm Shadow cruise missiles on board. The ship also carries 8 Exosket anti-ship missiles and two torpedo launchers. The frigate is equipped with a helicopter hangar in which there is a reconnaissance NHIndustries NH90", - specifies the media.

It is also worth noting that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has already stated that it is monitoring all its actions and movements.

"The forces and means of the Black Sea Fleet have begun monitoring the actions of the French Navy's guided-missile frigate Auvergne, which has entered the Black Sea," the Russian National Defense Control Center said in a statement.