Poland's Ministry of National Defence (MND) signed a contract on 26 June 2022 for the procurement of three additional Kormoran II mine counter measure (MCM) vessels for the Polish Navy.

The Finnish Defence Forces Logictics Command (FDFLOGCOM) has launched a new call for tender to replace the in-service Kiiski and Kuha class mine countermeasures (MCM) vessels.

The Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in St. Petersburg launched the seventh minesweeper of project 12700 (Alexandrite-class). The "Anatoly Shlemov" will join the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy in 2022.

South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced that "Namhae" (MSH-575), the fourth Yangyang-class minesweeper, was handed over to the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy on 19 November.

The ninth Alexandrit-class minesweeper of project 12700, 'Afanasy Ivannikov' was laid by Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard.

A steel cutting ceremony for the Belgian Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy mine countermeasure vessel (MCM) program was held at Crist Shipyard in Gdynia (Poland), on July 19. The first steel sheet was cut for the Belgian Navy's first-in-class MCM vessel.

ECA GROUP announces the fulfilment of the first milestone within the modernisation programme of 3 mine countermeasures vessels belonging to the Latvian Navy.

The Russian Navy (VMF) is reinforcing its mine countermeasures (MCM) capabilities, according to the country’s Ministry of Defense (MoD).

The Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard announced that it has launched the Petr Ilyichev Alexandrite-class (project 12700) mine counter measure (MCM) vessel.