Russian warships leave Moray Firth for Atlantic
BBC News - Russian warships leave Moray Firth for Atlantic
Russian warships and support vessels which had taken shelter in the Moray Firth are heading for the Atlantic, according to the Royal Navy.
HMS York has been tracking aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, a destroyer and two frigates.
Three oil tankers in the task group left the warships to pass through the Pentland Firth on Thursday.
An ocean-going tug, the Nikolay Chiker, was about 27 miles off Stronsay in Orkney on Friday morning.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the vessels - elements of Russia's Baltic Fleet - were moving over the top of Scotland.
Shetland Coastguard said the tankers had moved through the Pentland Firth - the stretch of water between Scotland's north mainland coast and Orkney.
The Nikolay Chiker had been headed north off Orkney before turning north east.