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Italy’s defence ministry has confirmed the presence of six Russian warships in the Mediterranean Sea but denied that Moscow was showing “escalatory behaviour”.

“The fleet is transiting through international waters and it is not violating the countries’ territorial sovereignty,’’ reads an official note from the ministry. “Nato had been following the path of the naval group since it set out in mid-January from the ports of Severomorsk (North Fleet) and Baltijsk (Baltic Fleet).”

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