The Black Sea Fleet (BSF) will be provided with six warships and four auxiliary vessels by the end of the year. This was announced on Saturday, January 30, by the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Vice Admiral Igor Osipov.
"By the end of the year, we will receive six more warships and four auxiliary vessels," he said during the flag — raising ceremony at the Grayvoron MRC in Sevastopol.
The fourth missile ship of the project 21631 ("Buyan-M") "Grayvoron" was introduced into the fleet on Saturday, the flag-raising ceremony was held in Sevastopol.
The day before, on January 29, a solemn ceremony of launching the new patrol ship "Sergey Kotov"took place in Kerch. The event was held at the Gulf Shipyard. The ship was laid down on 8 May 2016. By the end of 2021, it is planned to transfer it to the Navy (Navy).
At the end of December 2020, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko said that Sevmash will transfer one nuclear submarine of the Borey-A and Yasen-M projects to the Russian Navy every year until 2027.