MOSCOW, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Black Sea Fleet expects to get 13 combat ships this year, some of which will be equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles, TASS news agency quoted senior Russian military officials as saying Monday. The list will include small missile ships, patrol ships ...
MOSCOW, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Four ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet have conducted drills involving anti-mine reconnaissance and overcoming minefields in the Mediterranean Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement Friday. The exercise involved an Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate, Orek...
Operating from a country with views of the port of St Petersburg, the Finnish Shipowners’ Association has called attention to the Russian ’dark fleet’ – ships that use illicit practices to avoid sanctions on oil – and warned of an “ecological disaster waiting to happen”. The full comple...
KALININGRAD, December 3. /TASS/. Over 50 Baltic Fleet ships and support vessels are involved in drills running at their naval bases, the Fleet’s press office reported on Thursday. "The crews of the Fleet’s combat ships, boats and support vessels have begun shipboard drills at the places ...
Russian cruise ships Currently, in Russia is operated a huge fleet of over 200 river cruise ships. All these vessels were built during the USSR (Soviet Union) times, roughly in the period between 1950-1990. Depending on class and series, these boats differ in terms of size, equipment (diff...
Seaborne Attack. Ships and troops of Black Sea Fleet (BSF) prepare for combat training within all-arms task force of Southern Military District. Not Just Divers. Sevastopol provides underwater specialists not only for Russian Navy. Alexei Alsufiev: The Carrier Will Be Ready In Time. One of th...
Ukraine said it has damaged one of Russia's Black Sea Fleet patrol ships and 18 drones from Moscow were shot down over Odesa. Kyiv's military intelligence (GUR) said on Telegram its special unit "Group 13" attacked Russia's Sergey Kotov near the Kerch Strait in Crimea. ...
In September, the Russian defence ministry said that the Askold ship of the Black Sea Fleet was engaged in destroying Ukrainian targets in the waters off Crimea. According to earlier Russian state media reports, the ship, armed with the Kalibr missiles systems and the Pantsir mediu...
The ministry said the crew had been evacuated to other Black Sea Fleet ships in the area. Two sources familiar with US and Western intelligence told CNN on Thursday that Ukraine’s claim is believed to be credible, although US officials do not yet have definitive proof. One source ...
In fact, all the round-the-world ships of the company were of foreign origin. When Alaska was sold to the United States in 1867, ships purchased abroad comprised about 97 per cent of the total tonnage of the company's fleet.doi:10.1080/00253359.2014.962324Grin?v...