A Russian warship rescued 68 people from a yacht sailing under the flags of Germany & Greece. The frigate was in the Mediterranean headed to Syria when it diverted to assist, then sailed to the Greek island of Kalymnos to hand the rescued individuals over to the coast guard.
The Gorshkov and the cargo vessel, the Pizhma, carried out a successful rescue operation and the passengers were given medical assistance and transferred to Greek coastguard boats off the island of Kalymnos, the statement said.
It gave no details of the passengers or their nationalities.
Only last week hundreds of people, mostly from Egypt, Syria and Pakistan, are feared to have drowned in a boat capsize off Greece last week.
