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This year’s lineup reflects the Russian Navy’s slow-but-deliberate shift away from the hulking cruisers and destroyers of the Soviet era in favor of a leaner and smaller rapid-response force.

Control of major ports could cripple Ukraine’s economy

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss outlined in full the punishing new sanctions that will devastate Russia’s economy and target Vladimir Putin’s inner circle.

The Pentagon Wednesday said it would not allow reporters to embed with troops in Europe during the stand-off with Ukraine, despite demands from news organizations for greater transparency.

As the weekend approached, there were more signs that Russia is planning an all-out invasion of neighboring Ukraine, which could become the trigger for the next world war if the hapless Biden [...]

The Russian Navy is kicking off several simultaneous exercises, with ships from the Baltic and Black seas and its Northern Fleet sortieing from their homeports across Europe, the Kremlin has announced. More than 140 warships and support vessels, along with 60 aircraft and a total of 10,000 personnel, will participate in the drills, according to […]

A group of Russian landing ships, three of which left the Baltic Sea region on January 18, preceded by another three the day before, have passed the English Channel and entered to the Atlantic Ocean. The half dozen warships comprise the large Ropucha-class (Project 775) landing ships Olenegorskiy Gornyak and Georgiy Pobedonosets as well as the Ivan Gren–class (Project 11711) …

In the last decade, Russia has increasingly sought to show off its muscles to the rest of the world. Extensive Russian propaganda has focused on purported successes in the country’s rearmament and military modernization programs, going some way toward convincing the West of the worsening threat posed by Russia’s Armed Forces. However, the actual situation arguably diverges from the rosy …

Russia’s latest amphibious assault ships to feature 40% larger displacement tonnage The amphibious lift capacity for the wheeled hardware has grown by 100%. The provision with the navigation component has been improved, the Shipyard’s head noted MOSCOW, February 17. /TASS/. Two large amphibious assault ships of the improved Project 11711 currently under construction at the Yantar Shipyard on the Baltic coast will displace 40% more tonnes compared to standard warships of this class, Sh...

Latest amphibious assault ship accepted for service in Russian Navy The Pyotr Morgunov is the first serial-produced Project 11711 warship designed by the Nevskoye Design Bureau KALININGRAD, December 23. /TASS/. The Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship Pyotr Morgunov built at the Yantar Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) has been accepted for service in the Russian Navy, a TASS correspondent reports from the scene. The Russian Navy’s St. Andrew’s flag was officiall...