Contents tagged with Russian Navy Day
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Russian Navy celebrates Fleet Day with absence of ships Ukraine claimed were destroyed
In Russia on Sunday, naval warships took center stage in a maritime parade to celebrate the Navy Day, though none of the vessels Ukraine claimed to have destroyed or damaged participated, reports the Russian service of BBC.
During the broadcast of the Main Naval Parade, only two ships from the Russian Black Sea Fleet were showcased: the corvette "Mercury," stationed at the Russian military base in Tartus, Syria since 2024, and the frigate "Admiral Grigorovich."
As noted by BBC, this year's …
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Putin promises Russian Navy 26 new ships this year
The Russian Navy will acquire 26 new ships in 2018, four of them equipped with Kalibr anti-air missile systems, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced during his Navy Day address in Saint Petersburg on Sunday July 29, Interfax reports.
“Overall, in 2018 the fleet is scheduled to acquire 26 new ships, boats and vessels, including four ships with Kalibr missile systems,” Putin said during his speech.
According to the Russian president, since the start of the year, four ships – one anti- …
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Russian military show off new weapons in the annexed Crimea
On July 30th, on the occasion of the Russian Navy Day, the Russian military presented more than 20 units of caterpillar and wheeled military equipment, facilities, and weapons in the center of the annexed Sevastopol.
As reported by Krym.Realii, the Bastion mobile coastal anti-ship missile system equipped with a Yakhont modernized self-directed missile, a mobile command and staff radio station, a floating wheeled armored personnel carrier, a S-300 Favorit anti-aircraft missile system designed …