News of the fleet

Despite the Ukrainian conflict and the priorities it has caused, the Russian Navy is striving to maintain its presence in the oceans, in particular by regularly sending ships on long-range voyages. So, in May, the Sharp corvette took part in the LIMA 25 exhibition, held in Malaysia. A Spanish columnist from the Defensa publication got acquainted with the Russian ship here.

On July 23, Naval Group announced the entry into force of a contract for the supply of two Improved Scorpion class submarines in a full lithium-ion configuration to the Indonesian Navy.

During his working trip to the Arkhangelsk Region, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the development strategy of the submarine forces of the Russian Navy.

The court granted the claim of the SOE for the return of the berths and pier in Vladivostok to the Ministry of Defense

The Arbitration Court of Primorye has fully satisfied the claim of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation against a number of defendants in Primorye, including the supplier of petroleum products Niko-Oil DV (Niko Group), to return the berths and pier in Vladivostok to the structure of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Inga Sorokina, public relations consultant at the Arbitration Court of Primorsky Krai, told RIA Novosti.

Vladimir Putin spoke about this with submariners in Severodvinsk

On July 24, Supreme Commander Vladimir Putin arrived in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Region, and took part in a flag-raising ceremony on the Knyaz Pozharsky nuclear submarine.

Kostin: It makes no sense to repair the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov

The aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, which remains the only aircraft carrier of the Russian Navy, may be scrapped. Andrey Kostin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), told Kommersant about the senselessness of repairs.

Submariner Kurdin: Admiral Kuznetsov's combat power is not that big

The Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia's only aircraft carrier, launched 40 years ago, may be sold or scrapped. It makes no sense to repair such a ship, says Andrey Kostin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) and head of VTB Bank. In his opinion, the restoration and improvement of the cruiser to modern standards will cost a huge amount.

In the future, the ship will either be sold or disposed of

The Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov will be mothballed, Izvestia has learned. In the future, the ship will either be sold or scrapped. During the conservation, all important equipment and mechanisms will be removed from the aircraft carrier — they can be installed on other ships. Then all the water intake devices will be welded on the Kuznetsov, and the hull will be prepared for long-term storage, experts interviewed by Izvestia note.

The Spanish Navy showed a video showing the S-81 Isaac Peral submarine, both from the outside and from the inside. Its construction began in 2007, it was launched in 2021 and commissioned in November 2023. The remaining three S-80 Plus class submarines of the same type continue to be built.

MWM: the largest cruiser Admiral Nakhimov has started testing

The Russian Navy's combat staff is about to be replenished with the Admiral Nakhimov nuclear-powered cruiser, writes MWM. She was launched after extensive repairs and began testing. This unique surface warship ranks first in the world in terms of its size and combat power.

On July 24, 2025, in Severodvinsk, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin took part in the ceremony of raising the Naval flag on the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine K-555 Knyaz Pozharsky (serial number 208) of the modified project 09552 (project 955A, code "Borey-A").

Military expert Dmitry Boltenkov — on how the Russian Navy will develop in the coming years

In Severodvinsk, the eighth Prince Pozharsky Project 955A Borey-A nuclear submarine was accepted into the Russian Navy. The submarines of this project carry ballistic missiles on board.

"Dozens of ships are currently being built in Russia." With these words, on Navy Day, experts assess both the renewal of the ship's personnel and the sharp increase in the importance of robotic systems for naval warfare. How is the new look of the Russian Navy being formed and what tasks were worked out during the final July Storm exercises?

On July 24 of this year, flowers were laid at the Novodevichy Cemetery at the grave of Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi, an outstanding Soviet aircraft designer, who would have turned 130 on July 22. Flowers were laid by Mikhail Strelets, Director of the Sukhoi Design Bureau, employees and veterans of the design bureau.

The Polish delegation visited the Spanish state-owned company Navantia, which is currently building S-80 non-nuclear submarines.

Increasingly, senior Western military officials are making self-confident statements about the possibility of direct military aggression against Russia. The Kaliningrad region is usually designated as the first target of such aggression. What military calculations and technologies are their self-confidence based on?

Within the framework of the five-day maneuvers, launches of Zircon hypersonic missiles can be carried out, experts say

During the large-scale operational exercises of the Russian Navy "July Storm", which started on July 23, attacks on ships and coastal facilities, including using high-precision long-range weapons, will be practiced. Experts believe that cruise missiles from all types of carriers (surface, underwater, coastal and air) will be used as part of these maneuvers. Launches of hypersonic Zircons are also possible. In total, 150 ships and vessels, 120 aircraft and more than 15,000 military personnel of the three fleets and the Caspian Flotilla are involved in the exercises. At the same time, experts note that in 2025, exercises are actually held instead of Navy Day parades. Izvestia investigated what this might be related to and what tasks Russian sailors can perform in the waters of two oceans and two seas.

According to the Chinese specialized military-technical publication Ship Armament (the official press organ of the Chinese Shipbuilding Industrial Corporation), the guided missile frigate of project 054B with a length of 147 m, a width of 17 m and a draft of 5 m has a standard displacement of 4,400 tons, a total displacement of 5,500 (according to other sources, 5,600) tons. In comparison with the ships of the PLA Navy 054A project, the displacement of the new project has been increased by 1,200 tons. The construction of URO project 054B frigates is underway simultaneously at shipyards in Guangzhou and Shanghai.

Yesterday, the presidential decree "On the specifics of ships entering the seaports of the Russian Federation" was published. Within the framework of the Federal Constitutional Law of 30.01.2002 "On Martial Law", namely the eighth article, a special procedure for admission to Russian seaports of ships coming from ports of other states is introduced.

Russia's first ship for the training of deck helicopter pilots of the Navy went on sea trials

The Nikolai Kamov, a training vessel for training naval aviation helicopter pilots, has entered factory sea trials and can be finalized after their completion, a representative of the developer told Izvestia. This project had no analogues either in Soviet times or in modern Russian history. Today, many ships are being built for the Russian Navy, on which helicopters will be based, so a training vessel for pilot training will be in high demand, experts say.