News of the fleet

The next stage of the combat training of the minesweeping forces will be mine countermeasures for planned joint exercises of homogeneous and heterogeneous naval tactical groups

The naval minesweepers of the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) "Valentin Pikul" and "Vice Admiral Zakharyin" have worked out setting minefields in the Black Sea, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet said on Thursday.

In the waters of the Gulf of Finland, the diesel-electric icebreaker Buran, assigned to the Leningrad Naval Base of the Baltic Fleet, conducted an ice break. This is necessary to maintain the readiness of warships and the navigation of civilian vessels. You can watch the work of the icebreaker on video.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied information that Russian warships in the Black Sea allegedly block trade routes. He made the corresponding statement at a briefing on Thursday, February 10.

Trade routes are not blocked, the Kremlin representative stressed

All military maneuvers of Russian ships in the Black Sea as part of the exercises comply with international law, trade routes are not blocked. This was stated to journalists by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, responding to a request to comment on statements from Kiev that these maneuvers block trade routes in the Black Sea.

On February 9, a delegation of the French company Naval Group visited the PT PAL Indonesia submarine manufacturing facility in Surabaya (Indonesia).

Six large landing ships of the Baltic and Northern Fleets arrived in Sevastopol from the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, February 10. The video of the ships entering the Sevastopol Bay was distributed by the Information support Department of the Black Sea Fleet.

The first flight of the Bayraktar TB3 deck drone will take place in 2022

The Turkish Defense Industry Secretariat plans to launch a new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) into the air for the first time in 2022. The Defense Turk publication announced the first flight of the Bayraktar TB3 carrier-based drone.

Construction for the Brazilian Navy of the Tamandare-class multi-purpose frigate (MEKO A-100) will begin in September.

Three large landing ships of the Baltic Fleet - "Korolev", "Minsk" and "Kaliningrad" - passed through the Bosphorus from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, follows from the data of Istanbul information sites that publish photos of ships that passed through the strait.

Military specialist Litovkin: Sirius drones will be able to be used on Russian UDC

The universal amphibious assault ships (UDC) under construction in Russia, which are also called helicopter carriers, will be able to carry promising drones. Sirius unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are capable of taking off from the deck of the UDC, Dmitry Litovkin, editor-in-chief of the Independent Military Review, suggested in an interview with TASS.

The marines of the Northern Fleet destroyed the forces of a conditional enemy at a training ground near the village of Sputnik in the Murmansk region. This was announced on Wednesday, February 9, by the Russian Defense Ministry.

Izvestia: in Russia, the training of the Admiral Nakhimov TARKR crew will begin before the end of the year

In Russia, they will begin to form a crew for the Admiral Nakhimov heavy nuclear missile cruiser (TARKR) of Project 1144.2M "Orlan". According to the training plan, the training of the ship's personnel will begin before the end of the year. This is reported by Izvestia with reference to sources in the military department.

Divers of the Black Sea Fleet conducted an exercise to repel underwater saboteurs, during which they had to practice underwater knife fighting techniques and underwater firefight, the information support department of the Black Sea Fleet reported.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukroboronprom signed an agreement with France on the reform of the Ukrainian defense industry, Sputnik Radio reports with reference to RIA Novosti.

The American Navy will soon receive the 21st Virginia-type nuclear submarine. February 8, portal navalnews.com He reported that Huntington Ingalls Industries announced the successful completion of sea trials of the Montana submarine (SSN 794).

The press service of the Northern Fleet reported that a detachment of SF ships passed the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean Sea. This detachment includes the missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov, the frigate Admiral Kasatonov and the large anti-submarine ship Vice Admiral Kulakov.

Nanosatellites developed by Sputnix will be launched during 2022

HSE students will be involved in the project of creating a group of nanosatellites for monitoring navigation, including in the Arctic along the Northern Sea Route. This was reported to TASS by the press service of Sitronics Group.

According to the agency interlocutor, commissioning works are currently being carried out on the ship, which will soon go into mooring tests

The second serial multipurpose nuclear submarine of the 885M (Yasen-M) K-571 Krasnoyarsk project, being built at the Sevmash enterprise in Severodvinsk, will enter factory sea trials in the White Sea at the beginning of June this year. This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.

Exercises to combat pirates in areas of intensive shipping were conducted by marine units attached to a detachment of warships of the Northern Fleet, the press service of the Sevflot reported on Tuesday.

The exercises are held in the Volgograd Region, Stavropol Territory, Adygea, Chechnya, Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, at Russian military bases in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

Military personnel of the Southern Military District (SE) will take part in more than 30 bilateral company tactical exercises in the coming weeks, which began at 15 training grounds in the south of Russia, the press service of the district reported on Tuesday.