The Black Sea fleet is actively developing into a self-sufficient and balanced force.

The Russian Navy's Baltic fleet will receive a series of six Karakurt-class corvettes of project 22800. Four of them will be armed with Pantsir-M air defense launchers, Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov said.

The Project 22800 Karakurt-class missile corvette Odintsovo built by the Pella Shipyard in St. Petersburg in northwest Russia has started dock trials to check the operation of some life support, radio navigation and communication systems and the main powerplant, the Defense Ministry’s press office said.

The Amur Shipyard laid the third Karakurt-class corvette of project 22800. The Navy commander-in-chief ruled to call it the Ussuriisk, the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) said.

The Pella Shipyard in St. Petersburg in northwest Russia has completed the construction of the Project 22800 missile corvette Odintsovo (NATO reporting name: Karakurt-class), the Defense Ministry’s press office said.

Project 22800 Karakurt-class corvettes will become the basis for the development of small antisubmarine warfare ships. They will reliably defend the Russian coast from adversary submarines. The small ships will make it difficult to track Russian nuclear ballistic missile submarines close to the naval bases where they are the most vulnerable, the Izvestia daily writes.