50

Russian President Vladimir Putin reviewed a parade of warships and nuclear submarines in his native St. Petersburg on Sunday and announced that the Russian Navy would receive 30 new ships this year.

Forty-five ships, submarines and other vessels took part in Russia's annual Navy Day event, a traditional show of military might which takes place in the Gulf of Finland and on the River Neva in St. Petersburg. Around 3,000 navy personnel also took part in a parade on land, the Kremlin said.

Putin, accompanied by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, the head of the Navy, inspected some of the ships from a launch boat on the Neva before making a speech.

"Today, Russia is confidently implementing the large-scale tasks of our national maritime policy and is consistently building up the strength of our Navy," said Putin.

"This year alone, 30 ships of different classes are being added to the fleet," he said.

He made no substantive comments on what Russia calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine.

Four African heads of state attended Sunday's event and five other African countries sent representatives, according to the Kremlin.

They were invited after a Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg which concluded on Friday at which delegates discussed grain supplies and potential peace talks on Ukraine. (Reuters)

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] talos@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

30 new ships in a year? I doubt it. I mean, they can't even afford to keep one aircraft carrier running.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Also the fact that those words came out of Putin's mouth makes it highly unlikely

[-] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

30 new ships gross, not net, so subtract how many tugs or dry docks the kuznetzov sinks this year, comes out about even.

this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2023
50 points (87.9% liked)

World News

39032 readers
3079 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News !news@lemmy.world

Politics !politics@lemmy.world

World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS