News of the fleet

The large landing ship Novocherkassk of Project 775 was damaged in Feodosia during the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on Crimea on the night of December 26. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense (MO) of Russia. At the same time, the nature of the damage to the BDK is not specified.

​​​​​​​The fleet's planes and helicopters will protect an important transport artery and the northern islands of the Russian Federation

The Northern Sea Route will protect the mixed Arctic air corps. It was formed as part of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy and has already begun to carry out tasks. It included two fighter, mixed and helicopter aviation regiments.

In one of the reports of Ukrainian television, for the first time, the Kozak Mamai marine unmanned aerial vehicle was demonstrated to viewers, which the Ukrainian media characterize as the "fastest" in the Black Sea region.

Putin allowed to raise the flag on the ships Admiral Golovko and Naro-Fominsk

Russian President Vladimir Putin has given permission to raise the naval flag on the frigate Admiral Golovko, the small missile ship Naro-Fominsk and the minesweeper Lev Chernavin, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. The ceremony takes place at the Severnaya Verf shipyard in St. Petersburg.

The outgoing year was marked by a new tactic of attacks by Ukrainian troops in the Black Sea theater of operations. Since Russia destroyed virtually the entire Ukrainian fleet, the Naval Forces of Ukraine (VMSU) began to use unmanned boats (BACK, fire ships) and marine sabotage special forces. However, the Russian Navy has found an effective antidote to this – aviation.

Colonel Khodarenok: Kiev has sold off huge stocks of weapons left over from the USSR

Ukraine cannot provide its Armed Forces with everything necessary, said Daria Kalenyuk, co-founder and executive director of the Ukrainian Anti-Corruption Center (CPC). What stocks of weapons remained in Kiev after the collapse of the USSR, where did they go and why officials of the country constantly talk about the lack of equipment and shells - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

Supporting figures and facts are presented at the final board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

The events of the past year have confirmed that the West continues to wage a hybrid war against Russia. This was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 19 at the board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (MO RF). NATO countries supply the Kiev regime with intelligence information in real time, send military advisers, and transfer modern weapons systems.

With the beginning of the SVO, a disproportionately large threat from Ukrainian naval drones arose for the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Small surface-mounted UAVs packed with explosives have a strong impact on the situation in the Black Sea. Earlier this month, a secret base with at least 16 Magura V5 BPA was shown, making it clear that the danger level will only increase.

Italy has historically developed expertise in the construction of small submarines. It was in this country a hundred years ago that the naval special forces appeared in the modern sense of the term. Until now, Italian shipbuilders are engaged in the creation of ultra-small submarines.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on December 21, 2023, a briefing was held in Moscow by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Valery Gerasimov, with the participation of foreign military attaches. The briefing was dedicated to the results of the activities of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in 2023.

As the press service of the Western Military District reported, on December 21, 2023, the large diesel-electric submarine B-587 Velikiye Luki (factory number 01572), which is the third submarine of project 677 (code "Lada") and built at JSC Admiralty Shipyards, entered the Baltic Sea for factory sea trials (part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC) in St. Petersburg.

TNI: The United States is not ready for competition with Russia in the Arctic

The US military is not ready for competition in the Arctic, writes TNI. There are many explanations for this. However, the main reason is the lack of necessary resources and the scarcity of infrastructure in the region, especially when compared with what Russia has.

As reported, on December 22, 2023, in Vyborg, at PJSC Vyborg Shipyard (part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation - USC), a laying ceremony was held for the Coast Guard of the Border Guard Service of the FSB of the Russian Federation of the second border patrol ship of the 1st rank of the ice class project 23550 (code "Ermak"), which received the name "Dzerzhinsky" with the factory number 238. Official reports on the laying of the ship were not published.

According to the Romanian Ministry of National Defense, on December 19, 2023, the minesweeper M 270 Sublocotenent Ion Ghiculescu, a former British minesweeper M 111 Blyth, which became the first of two transferred to Romania after the withdrawal of Sandown-type ships from the British Navy, arrived in Constanta and was officially commissioned into the Romanian Navy.

The second patrol border ship of the 1st rank of the ice class of project 23550 (code Ermak) was laid down in Vyborg, the ceremony was held at the Vyborg Shipyard on December 22, 2023.

The US-announced Operation Guardian of Prosperity to protect ships in the Red Sea is facing problems. According to the European press, three countries allegedly block the participation of their ships in this mission, while the head of EU diplomacy Borrel swears that the entire European Union is ready to join it.

Kiev has compiled a list of coveted military equipment for Washington

The year is not ending in the best way for Kiev. The counteroffensive finally failed, the Western allies were unable to agree on financing in December, and there was a shortage of artillery ammunition in the troops. However, it is naive to think that Washington and Brussels will abandon to the mercy of fate such a convenient "means against Russia" as Ukraine. How they will help is in the RIA Novosti article.

On December 21, a briefing was held in Moscow by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Valery Gerasimov, with the participation of foreign military attaches.

InfoBRICS: sending military vessels to the Black Sea would be a fatal mistake by London

The UK and Ukraine will sign a security pact to fight Russia. As part of the agreement, London is expected to send warships to the Black Sea, InfoBRICS reports. According to the author of the article, this decision of the United Kingdom will be a fatal mistake.

Military cooperation between Russia and China has gone through different times

The Armed Forces of the People's Republic of China have practically no real combat experience. Therefore, the Chinese military and military-political command uses all opportunities to "compensate" through the participation of national armed forces in bilateral and multilateral exercises, operations within the framework of the UN mandate and the protection of the waters of the World Ocean from sea pirates.