It appears that a Ukrainian maritime drone, similar to those using in an attack on Sevastopol, has struck Novorossiysk. This would be strategically important, showing that more of the Russian Navy is under threat.
6 U.S. Navy type patrol vessels have recently been supplied to Ukraine. These are already active in the Black Sea where they face a much more powerful adversary in the Russian Navy
The Russian Navy’s newest Borei A-class SSBN (Project 955A), “Generalissimus Suvorov”, has sailed out to the White Sea for the first time for factory trials.
Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the Russian Navy’s project 22870 Rescue Tug, Vasily Bekh (SB-739), with two anti-ship missiles while the ship was en route to the Snake Island on June 17, 2022.
The Russian Navy’s aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, which is under maintenance since 2017, is not expected to enter service before 2024.
The Project 02670 oceanographic vessel “Evgeny Gorigledzhan” started sea trials in the Baltic Sea. Yantar shipyard will deliver the new vessel to the Russian Navy after completion of the trials.
The Russian Navy’s Slava-class cruiser Marshal Ustinov is reported to have passed through the strait of Gibraltar and reached the Mediterranean Sea on February 6th, while tensions with Ukraine are high.
NPO Mashinostroenia enterprise in Reutov has launched serial production of Tsirkon hypersonic missiles for the Russian Navy, a source close to the Defense Ministry told TASS.
Russia’s Amur Shipyard in Vladivostok started dock trials on the company’s fourth Project 20380 corvette “Rezkiy” (the 10th overall for the Russian Navy).
The Russian Navy will begin acceptance test launches of the Tsirkon hypersonic missile from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate of the Northern fleet this month.
