Sabtu, 06 Mei 2023

Businessman who alleges Indian kidnap plot wins Antiguan court ruling - The Guardian

A fugitive Indian-born businessman has won the first round of a court battle to prove that a UK-based group including a younger woman was part of an Indian intelligence service plot to lure him to a Caribbean villa to be kidnapped and extradited to his home country.

The high court of Antigua and Barbuda has found that Mehul Choksi has an “arguable” case in relation to his civil claim against the country’s attorney general and chief of police over the response to his alleged abduction and illegal rendition to Dominica in May 2021.

A submission from Choksi’s lawyers details an alleged conspiracy in which he is said to have been subjected to “inhuman or degrading treatment” after his alleged kidnapping in Antigua. It is claimed that the elaborate plot to steal him away had been carefully prepared in collusion with the Indian state.

Should it go to trial, the case could open up to scrutiny the world of secret service operations and the alleged role of experienced individuals in the UK.

Choksi, 64, is seeking an admission from the Antiguan police that they failed to properly look into the alleged crime and a declaration that they will now relaunch a “speedy and effective” investigation.

Antigua’s attorney general and police commissioner had sought to have the claim struck out as “vexatious”. But the high court said the defendants had not shown the case to be “unsustainable”. It ordered the defendants to file a defence and awarded Choksi 75% of his costs.

According to the businessman’s affidavit, Choksi, who is wanted on fraud and money laundering charges in India, was invited to a villa near his luxury home in the Antiguan resort of Jolly Harbour in May 2021. A separate police report identified the person who invited Choksi as a 33-year-old woman.

Immediately after arriving, it is alleged, he was surrounded by a group of men who claimed to be police officers and repeatedly punched to his head, arm, chest and leg, leaving him covered in cuts and bruises.

Choksi alleges that a stun gun was discharged into his face and other exposed areas of skin, causing burns, and he was threatened with a kitchen knife.

As the beating continued, he was gagged, forced into a wheelchair and tied to its frame, and a mask was placed over his head, it is claimed.

His assailants are said to have pushed him on to a chartered yacht registered in St Lucia, which then set sail for Dominica, arriving about 15 hours later.

Choksi’s lawyers’ submission states that he endured violent mistreatment throughout the voyage and was made to listen to a man on a mobile phone who purported to be in charge of the operation to have him deported to India.

He claims in his submission that he was informed that the plot was orchestrated by the Research and Analysis Wing, India’s foreign intelligence agency.

Further details appear in a police report dated 25 June 2021 that has been referenced in the court’s judgment. In it, the police wrote that a “plethora of real and circumstantial evidence makes it clear that a case of kidnapping with broad collusion among multiple conspirators exist”, a point highlighted by the court.

The police report also contains a copy of a flight manifest for a private jet that flew from Antigua to Dominica immediately after the abduction, and names a man travelling on a diplomatic passport, a 68-year-old British citizen from Essex and a 33-year-old Hungarian woman registered on Companies House at an address in London as being involved in the plot. They all deny involvement.

In January, a press release issued on behalf of the Antigua and Barbuda commissioner of police indicated that a warrant had been secured requesting that Interpol issue a red notice against three of those named.

The British barrister Michael Polak, the director of Justice Abroad, which is representing Choksi, said: “The evidence that Mr Choksi was kidnapped from Antigua and tortured during his unlawful rendition to Dominica is clear. It has been a long road to get to this point, and we continue to fight to secure justice for Mr Choksi.”

Oliver Laurence, the managing partner of I-OnAsia, which is leading investigations into Choksi’s alleged kidnapping on behalf of his family, said a dossier of material gathered over the last year had been handed to the National Crime Agency and the Metropolitan police.

“We have spoken to several key witnesses who have bravely come forward to give us information which has led us to where we are today,” he said. “We have examined everything, from flight manifests to hotel documents, which has painted a disturbing picture.”

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Ukraine war: Russia accused of using phosphorus bombs in Bakhmut - BBC

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Ukraine has accused Russia of attacking the besieged city of Bakhmut with phosphorus munitions.

In drone footage released by Ukraine's military, Bakhmut can be seen ablaze as what appears to be white phosphorus rains down on the city.

White phosphorus weapons are not banned, but their use in civilian areas is considered a war crime.

They create fast-spreading fires that are very difficult to put out. Russia has been accused of using them before.

Russia has been trying to capture Bakhmut for months, despite its questionable strategic value. Western officials have estimated that thousands of Moscow's troops have died in the assault.

Writing on Twitter, Ukraine's defence ministry said the phosphorus attack targeted "unoccupied areas of Bakhmut with incendiary ammunition".

Kyiv's special forces command added that Moscow's forces continued "to destroy the city".

It is unclear when exactly the alleged attack took place. But the footage shared by Ukraine - seemingly captured by a surveillance drone - showed high-rise buildings engulfed in flames.

Other videos posted to social media showed fires raging on the ground.

Russia has been accused of using white phosphorus several times since it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year, including during the siege of Mariupol at the beginning of the war.

Moscow has never publicly admitted to using white phosphorous, and last year Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov insisted "Russia has never violated international conventions" after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said it had been used.

White phosphorus is a wax-like substance which ignites on contact with oxygen, creating bright plumes of smoke.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned the chemical is "notorious for the severity of the injuries it causes".

It burns at 800 degrees Celsius and can cause extreme burns on human flesh. It is also extremely sticky and hard to remove, and can re-ignite when bandages are removed.

Russia is a signatory to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, which bans the use of incendiary weapons in civilian areas - that is, those designed to catch fire.

But HRW says white phosphorus does not fall under the treaty as its primary purpose is to "create a smokescreen to hide military operations".

The chemical has been used "repeatedly over the past 15 years", including by US forces against IS fighters in Iraq and Syria, according to HRW.

Some analysts say its use as an incendiary weapon near civilians would still be illegal. While Bakhmut had a pre-war population of 80,000, there are practically no civilians left in the area.

The attack comes a day after the commander of Russia's Wagner paramilitary group said he would pull his forces out of Bakhmut on 10 May in a row over ammunition supplies.

Yevgeny Prigozhin said Wagner's casualties were "growing in geometrical progression every day", and pinned his decision to withdraw from Bakhmut squarely on the defence ministry.

Despite Prigozhin's claims, senior Ukrainian officials said Wagner was actually redeploying mercenaries towards Bakhmut in a bid to capture the city before Tuesday's Victory Day celebrations in Russia.

"We are now seeing them pulling [fighters] from the entire offensive line where the Wagner fighters were, they are pulling [them] to the Bakhmut direction," Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said on Ukrainian television.

The intense fighting comes amid reports that Ukraine is preparing to launch a large-scale counteroffensive in the coming weeks. Prigozhin himself has said he believes the attack could come as soon as 15 May.

An offensive could take place in the Zaporizhzhia region which is about 80% controlled by Russia.

On Friday, the Russian-installed governor of Zaporizhzhia region said he had ordered the evacuation of villages near the front line.

Russia considers the area as its own territory, following self-styled referendums and an illegal annexation last year.

Control map of Bakhmut

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Sudan’s warring sides to begin talks in Saudi Arabia as fighting rages on - The Guardian

Direct talks between the warring Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces will start in Jeddah on Saturday, the US and Saudi governments have confirmed, even as fighting showed little signs of abating in the Sudanese capital.

A joint US-Saudi statement welcomed the “start of pre-negotiation talks” and urged sustained global support to quell the fighting.

“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States urge both parties to take in consideration the interests of the Sudanese nation and its people and actively engage in the talks toward a ceasefire and end to the conflict,” the statement said.

Hundreds of people have died in nearly three weeks of fighting between forces aligned with Sudan’s de facto leader, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who leads the regular army, and his deputy turned rival Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Multiple truces have been reached since the fighting erupted on 15 April, but none has been respected.

The army confirmed late on Friday that it had sent envoys to Saudi Arabia to discuss “details of the truce in the process of being extended” with its paramilitary foes.

Burhan had given his backing to a seven-day ceasefire announced on Wednesday, but early on Friday, the RSF said it was extending by three days a previous truce brokered under US-Saudi mediation.

The US-Saudi statement noted the efforts of other countries and organisations behind this weekend’s talks, including Britain, the United Arab Emirates, the League of Arab States, the African Union and other groups.

In Khartoum, witnesses reported continued airstrikes and explosions on Friday, including near the airport.

The fighting raged despite a threat of sanctions from US president, Joe Biden, against those responsible for “threatening the peace, security and stability of Sudan” and “undermining Sudan’s democratic transition”.

The north African country suffered decades of sanctions during the rule of autocrat Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted in a palace coup in 2019 after mass street protests.

Biden said: “The violence taking place in Sudan is a tragedy – and it is a betrayal of the Sudanese people’s clear demand for civilian government and a transition to democracy. It must end.”

The conflict has killed about 700 people, mostly in Khartoum and the western Darfur region, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project.

People who crossed from Sudan are seen at a refugee camp in Renk county, South Sudan

The UN children’s agency, Unicef, warned on Friday that “the situation in Sudan has become fatal for a frighteningly large number of children”.

Spokesperson James Elder said Unicef had received reports from a trusted partner – not yet independently verified by the UN – that 190 children were killed and 1,700 wounded during the conflict’s first 11 days.

He said the figures had been gathered from health facilities in Khartoum and Darfur since 15 April, meaning that they only cover children who actually made it to facilities in those areas.

“The reality is likely to be much worse,” Elder said.

Aid workers have struggled to get much-needed supplies to areas hit by violence. According to the International Medical Corps, at least 18 aid workers have been killed amid the fierce urban fighting.

Nearly 450,000 civilians had already fled their homes since the fighting began, the International Organisation for Migration said, including more than 115,000 who had sought refuge in neighbouring countries.

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said it was preparing for an outflow of 860,000 people, adding that $445m would be needed to support them just until October.

The UN warned that if the fighting continued, it could raise the already large number of Sudanese threatened by hunger and malnutrition by as many as 2.5 million.

“That raises the number to a total of 19 million people in the next three to six months,” said Farhan Haq, a spokesperson for the UN chief, António Guterres.

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Key moments from E Jean Carroll's civil rape trial against Donald Trump - BBC

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A former columnist's civil rape trial against Donald Trump has featured tense exchanges with lawyers and controversial remarks about women's bodies.

E Jean Carroll is suing the ex-US president, alleging he raped her in a Manhattan department store nearly 30 years ago.

Mr Trump has consistently denied the accusation.

Here are the key moments from the closely watched two-week trial in New York, which Mr Trump himself has so far not attended.

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One of the most pivotal moments of the trial came during Ms Carroll's opening testimony, when she described in graphic detail what she alleges happened in the Manhattan Bergdorf Goodman store in 1996 and the trauma she says she has endured as a result.

"I'm here because Donald Trump raped me and when I wrote about it, he lied and said it didn't happen," she said.

She then proceeded to walk the court through the day of the alleged assault, explaining how she bumped into Mr Trump and exchanged flirtatious banter with him before things quickly turned violent. She said Mr Trump asked her to come with him into a dressing room, where he closed the door, held her against the wall and raped her.

"As I'm sitting here today I can still feel it," she told the court.

She added that Mr Trump's denial of the assault had shattered her reputation, costing her her job and romantic relationships. "I'm here to try to get my life back," she said.

Tense cross-examination

During several hours of cross-examination over two days, Ms Carroll faced challenging questions about the assault from Mr Trump's lawyer, Joe Tacopina, who attempted to cast doubt on her details of the alleged rape.

During a particularly tense exchange, Mr Tacopina repeatedly asked Ms Carroll why she did not yell when the alleged assault occurred.

"I'm not a screamer", she told Mr Tacopina, adding that some women do not come forward about sexual assaults because they are asked why they did not scream.

"I'm telling you he raped me whether I screamed or not," she told Mr Tacopina at one point.

The veteran Trump lawyer also pressed Ms Carroll on why she did not report the assault at first to the police.

The former Elle magazine columnist replied that she was a member of the "silent generation", saying women her age were taught to keep quiet.

Mr Tacopina also questioned Ms Carroll on why she could not recall the specific date of the assault. The writer later conceded that certain parts of her story were "difficult to conceive of".

Mistaken identity

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During the trial, Mr Trump did not mount his own defence at all, calling no witnesses and appearing to defend himself only in a video of his deposition, excerpts of which Ms Carroll's lawyer played for the court.

Facing questions from Ms Carroll's lawyer Roberta Kaplan, Mr Trump continued to deny the allegations he raped Ms Carroll, calling them a "big fat hoax" and repeating previous remarks that Ms Carroll was "not his type in any way".

But at one point, he appeared to confuse Ms Carroll for his ex-wife Marla Maples, a mistake Ms Carroll's lawyers claimed undermined his argument that the writer was not his type.

In the video, Mr Trump is shown an old black-and-white photo of him speaking to a man and two women at an event. "It's Marla," he said, before his own lawyer told him the woman he referenced in the photo was indeed Ms Carroll.

E Jean Carroll, Donald Trump, Ivana Trump and John Johnson in the photograph

The Access Hollywood tape

In another excerpt from Mr Trump's video deposition played for the court, Ms Kaplan replayed for Mr Trump a controversial Access Hollywood recording from 2005 featuring a conversation between him and the show's co-host about women.

"When you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything," Mr Trump said in the recording, which was leaked to the public just one month before the 2016 presidential election. "Grab them by the [expletive]. You can do anything," he added.

Asked about the clip by Ms Kaplan, the former president seemed to double down on the remarks, claiming: "Historically, that's true with stars".

When Ms Kaplan pressed him on his comments about grabbing women "by the [expletive]", Mr Trump said: "Well, I guess if you look over the last million years, that's been largely true - not always true, but largely true, unfortunately or fortunately."

In other tense moments during the questioning, Mr Trump appeared to grow agitated with Ms Kaplan, attacking her appearance, claiming that, like Ms Carroll, "you wouldn't be a choice of mine either, to be honest".

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'Too ugly to live'

During her second day on the stand under questioning from her own lawyers, Ms Carroll described the backlash she encountered after coming forward with her rape allegation.

After Mr Trump released a statement in social media denying the accusation and calling Ms Carroll's first lawsuit against him a "con job", Ms Carroll said she faced a "wave of slime".

She said many extrapolated on Mr Trump's remarks that she was "not his type", telling her she was "too ugly to go on living".

Mr Trump's social media comments also sparked a rebuke from the judge in the case, Lewis Kaplan. The former president has called the suit a "made-up scam" and claimed Ms Carroll's lawyer was a political operative, remarks Mr Kaplan called "entirely inappropriate".

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'It's Marla': Donald Trump confuses rape accuser with ex-wife, trial told - Sky News

Donald Trump appeared to mistake writer E Jean Carroll, who has accused him of raping her, for his ex-wife Marla Maples in a deposition played to jurors in a civil rape suit against him.

During the October deposition, Mr Trump was shown a black-and-white photo of himself speaking to people at an event.

He said: "It's Marla," referring to his second wife Ms Maples, before his lawyer corrected him saying: "No, that's Carroll."

Writer Ms Carroll, 79, claims that Mr Trump raped her in a department store changing room in Manhattan in the mid-1990s, and then tarred her reputation by lying about it online - which he denies.

Ms Carroll's lawyers have argued that the episode, made public in January, undermines Mr Trump's argument that she was not his type.

The front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has said he could not have raped Ms Carroll, because "she's not my type" and called the case politically motivated.

Ms Carroll, a former advice columnist at Elle magazine, is seeking unspecified damages.

A social media and marketing expert hired by Ms Carroll told jurors on Thursday that the cost to repair the reputational damage of Mr Trump's statements could range from $368,000 (£292,000) to $2.8 million (£2.2m).

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Trump will 'probably attend' trial

Mr Trump, 76, will not testify at the trial and has not been in the Manhattan courtroom so far.

But on Thursday, he said he "will probably attend" the trial when asked by Sky News.

Speaking at his Trump Doonbeg resort in Ireland's Co Clare, he said: "I will probably attend [the trial] and I think it's a disgrace that it's allowed to happen, false accusations against a rich guy, or in my case against a famous, rich and political person."

Marla Maples and Donald Trump in 1991. Pic: AP
Image: Donald Trump and Marla Maples in 1991. Pic: AP

US District Judge Lewis Kaplan warned last week that Mr Trump could face more legal problems if he kept discussing the case.

Ms Carroll claimed after running into Mr Trump at Manhattan's Bergdorf Goodman, they teased one another to try on a piece of lingerie.

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She alleged they ended up alone together in a changing room, where Mr Trump pushed her against a wall and raped her before she fought him off and fled.

E Jean Carrolla arriving at court
Image: E Jean Carroll arriving at court

Two of Ms Carroll's long-time friends have testified that she told them about the attack shortly after it occurred and said they believed her.

Since she first made her accusations in a 2019 memoir, Mr Trump has denied that a rape ever occurred or that he even knew Ms Carroll.

The trial is expected to run into next week after a day off on Friday.

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Donald Trump mistook rape accuser E Jean Carroll for ex-wife, trial told - BBC

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Donald Trump appeared to mistake E Jean Carroll for his ex-wife Marla Maples in a deposition played for jurors in Ms Carroll's civil rape suit against him.

In the video, Mr Trump was shown a photo of himself speaking to other people at an event. "It's Marla," he says, before his lawyer corrects him.

"No, that's Carroll," the lawyer says.

Ms Carroll, 79, has accused Mr Trump, 76, of attacking her in a New York City department store in the mid-1990s, an allegation Mr Trump has denied.

Lawyers for Ms Carroll have argued that Mr Trump's confusion over the photo undermines his claim that Ms Carroll is "not my type", a comment he has repeated since she first came forward with the allegation in 2019.

Mr Trump has not yet attended the civil trial, now drawing to a close after two weeks of proceedings in Manhattan. Both sides rested their case on Thursday, though Mr Trump's team called no witnesses in his defence.

He had told reporters he might cut his ongoing golf trip to Ireland short to "confront" Ms Carroll in court.

"I'll be going back early because a woman made a claim that is totally false, it's fake," Mr Trump said.

E Jean Carroll arrives for her civil trial against former Donald Trump at Manhattan Federal Court on May 04, 2023 in New York City
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Mr Trump's suggestion that he would return to New York comes after his lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, told the judge Mr Trump would not testify in court.

Referring to Mr Trump's comments, the judge said he would give Mr Trump until Sunday afternoon to decide. After that, the judge said, "that ship has irrevocably sailed".

The nine-member jury was shown the video of a combative deposition between the former president and Roberta Kaplan, one of Ms Carroll's lawyers, filmed last October.

Mr Trump continued his emphatic denials of Ms Carroll's accusation, that Mr Trump manoeuvred her into a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman store in Manhattan and raped her.

"If it did happen, it would have been reported within minutes," Mr Trump said in the deposition, suggesting that others at the "very busy store" would have heard an ongoing attack.

Jurors in the nearly two-week trial heard days of graphic testimony. Ms Carroll told jurors she was left "unable to ever have a romantic life again" after the alleged attack.

Marla Maples and her daughter Tiffany Trump
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Her account was supported in court by her friend, Lisa Birnbach, who testified this week to receiving a call from Ms Carroll minutes after she says she was raped.

And two other women - Jessica Leeds and Natasha Stoynoff - were called by Ms Carroll's team and described alleged sexual assaults committed by Mr Trump - claims he has denied.

A former columnist for Elle magazine, Ms Carroll was able to bring the civil case against Mr Trump after New York passed the Adult Survivors Act in 2022.

The act allowed a one-year period for victims to file sexual assault lawsuits in the state over claims that would have normally exceeded statute limitations.

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Navy scrambles ship to Russian warship spotted stalking the UK coast - Daily Mail

Navy scrambles ship to Russian warship spotted stalking the UK coast

  • Type 23 frigate - described as 'core of the front-line Fleet' - set sail for North Sea
  • Tail five Russian warships, spotted leaving the Baltic on course for UK waters
  • All equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles, capable of carrying nuclear warheads

A Royal Navy warship has been scrambled to tail Russian warships capable of carrying nuclear weapons spotted stalking the UK coast.

The Type 23 frigate - described by the Navy as the 'core of the front-line Fleet' - has set sail for the North Sea.

It will tail the five Russian vessels, which have been spotted leaving the Baltic on course for UK waters.

The flotilla includes five warships, with two extra support vessels arriving in waters off the UK today.

All are equipped with deadly Kalibr cruise missiles, which are capable of carrying nuclear warheads and have been used frequently in Ukraine.

Pictured: Type 23 Frigate HMS MONTROSE protecting international shipping lanes in the Gulf
Pictured: Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Portland docked at Portsmouth Naval Base in Hampshire

A Ministry of Defence spokesperson told MailOnline: 'We monitor activity within UK waters and its Economic Exclusion Zone, routinely providing a suitable presence to counter and deter threats.'

They added that they are aware of a small number of Russian vessels exercising around the UK and are monitoring the situation closely. 

It comes amid preparations for King Charles' Coronation this Saturday and a record number of world leaders descendng on London.

The Russian flotilla includes Black Sea Fleet frigate the Admiral Grigorovich alongside Baltic Fleet corvettes Sbrazitelnyy, Stoikiy, Sovetsk and Odintsovo, tug Grebelsky and Northern Fleet tanker Kama.

Guided-missile destroyer Vice Admiral Kulakov was also pictured saling towards the North Sea yesterday.

Poseidon P-8 maritime patrol airctraft were scrambled by the RAF yesterday to track the Russian ships. 

It comes just weeks after British and German warplanes intercepted Russian jets and a spy plane over the Baltic.

UK and Germany sent Eurofighter Typhoon jets from Amari Air Base in Estonia to identify the two Sukhoi Su-27 fighter aircraft escorting an Ilyushin Il-20 Coot-A intelligence plane, the RAF said.

Guided-missile destroyer Vice Admiral Kulakov is among the group, pictured saling towards the North Sea yesterday
Pictured: Russia warns the West by releasing chilling new footage showing the launch of an 'unstoppable' Zircon nuclear-capable Mach 9 hypersonic missile from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate in Barents Sea on May 28, 2022.
The Russian flotilla includes frigate the Admiral Grigorovich, corvettes Sbrazitelnyy, Stoikiy and Odintsovo, tug Grebelsky and tanker Kama (pictured)

The Type 23 frigate despatched by the Royal Navy is equipped with harpoon anti-ship missiles, which can fly just above the surface of the water to evade defences.

Based in Portsmouth and Devonport, the Duke Class frigates have a crew of 185 and a top speed of 28 knots (32 miles per hour).

A versatile ship first developed to deal with the Soviet submarine threat, they are usually found east of Suez, safeguarding Britain's trade routes or the country's interests in the South Atlantic.

The Kalibr missile is a cruise missile capable of supersonic speed which can carry a warhead of up to 1,100 pounds of explosive or a thermonuclear warhead.

It has a range speculated to be more than 1,500 miles - the distance from London to Moscow.

Among the Russian flotilla is the Admiral Grigorovich frigate -which has previously been used as part of Russian military intervention in Syria.

In 2016, it destroyed IS and Al-Nusra targets including ammunition warehouses and training centres with Kalibr cruise missiles.

Frigates of the same class are also said to have fired Kalibr missiles against targets in the Ukraine war. 

The group also includes corvettes - the smallest class of vessels still said to be warships.

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