DefenceTalkRussia’s defence ministry said Tuesday that its navy had fired test anti-ship missiles at mock targets in the Sea of Japan during military exercises. Russia’s Pacific Fleet drills came a week after Tokyo’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Ukraine. Moscow holds regular drills off its Far East coast, but Tokyo said these were “increasing” and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-says-fired-anti-ship-missiles-at-mock-target-in-sea-of-japan-79993/

DefenceTalkThe Russian navy “repelled” a drone attack on the port of Sevastopol in Moscow-annexed Crimea early Wednesday, officials said. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said two women, who shot down two of the three drones, will be awarded and given cash bonuses. The peninsula, seized by Russia from Ukraine in 2014, is home to Moscow’s Black […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-navy-repelled-drone-attack-on-crimea-port-79968/

DefenceTalkRussia said an attack from a drone Sunday wounded six personnel at the headquarters of its Black Sea fleet in annexed Crimea, as authorities in Ukraine’s southern city of Mykolaiv reported it had suffered its “strongest” shelling of the war. AFP journalists witnessed an intense bombardment of the eastern town of Bakhmut after President Volodymyr […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-says-drone-attack-hits-crimea-navy-hq-79159/

DefenceTalkAny attempt to end Russia’s blockade of the Ukrainian port Odessa would be a “high-risk military operation”, top US General Mark Milley has said as he embarked on a European tour. Milley, speaking in London on Tuesday ahead of stops in Finland and Sweden as they bid to join NATO, noted Black Sea shipping lanes […]https://www.defencetalk.com/top-us-general-says-ending-black-sea-blockade-high-risk-78857/

DefenceTalkThe sinking of the warship Moskva on Thursday after it was engulfed in an inferno was a “big blow” to Russia’s naval strength in the Black Sea, the Pentagon said Thursday. The guided missile cruiser sank in rough seas after being damaged by fire during Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, Moscow’s defense ministry said. But […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sinking-of-warship-a-big-blow-to-russian-fleet-pentagon-78696/

DefenceTalkRussia’s navy on Saturday launched large-scale exercises in the Black Sea even as Moscow dismissed as “hysteria” a US warning that a Russian attack on Ukraine could begin within days. “Over 30 vessels from the Black Sea fleet took to the sea from Sebastopol and Novorossiysk in accordance with the exercise plan,” the Russian defence […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-navy-launches-major-black-sea-drills-77941/

DefenceTalkDefenceTalkRussia plans to build a naval base on Sudan’s Red Sea coast to resupply its fleet, according to a draft agreement with Khartoum signed off by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. The planned deal, published on the Russian government’s website Wednesday, outlines a “logistical support centre” to be set up in Sudan where “repairs and resupply […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-plans-naval-base-in-sudan-76544/

DefenceTalkTwo Russian warships armed with cruise missiles were today transiting the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul on their way to Mediterranean waters, as tensions spiralled between Turkey and Russia following the deaths of at least 33 Turkish soldiers in Syria, the military said. The two Russian frigates — the Admiral Makarov and the Admiral Grigorovich — […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-warships-transit-bosphorus-as-turkey-tensions-soar-74356/

The new sea tanker Academician Pashin with improved technical characteristics has entered service with the Northern Fleet’s logistics and rear support forces, the Fleet’s press office reported on Tuesday. The solemn ceremony of hoisting the flag took place aboard the new sea tanker in Severomorsk with the participation of Fleet Commander Vice-Admiral Alexander Moiseyev. “Today, […]

Russia has sent about 10 submarines into the North Atlantic in the largest such operation since the end of the Cold War, the Norwegian military said on 29 October. Since last week, the Russian submarines – based on the Kola Peninsula in Russia’s far north – have been dispatched for manoeuvres in the Atlantic Ocean, […]