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Overview Northern Fleet January 26 Nanuchka class corvette Rassvet completed gunnery exercises in the Barents Sea as part of its K-2 training course. Other combat exercises held by the vessel included air defense exercises, firing against sea mines and defending against USV attacks link . January 27 Minesweeper Kolomna is engaged in her K-2 training course in the Barents Sea. The vessel cleared a simulated minefield which was laid by the Grisha class corvette Yunga link . January 28 Grisha class corvette Yunga held several combat drills in the Barents Sea. These drills included air defense exercises with the OSa-M missile system and AK-176 and AK-630 gunnery systems, as well as defending against a USV attack and shooting floating mines link . Baltic Fleet January 26 Steregushchy class corvette Boiky arrived to its main port at Baltiysk, Kaliningrad. The vessel completed a 9 month long deployment link . January 27 Around 10 warships are engaged in their K-2 training course, focused on c...

Overview Northern Fleet January 22 Grisha class corvette Yunga completed several combat exercises in the Barents Sea. The vessel used her AK-176mm naval gun for gunnery exercises against naval and shore targets, engaged in air defense exercises as well as protecting the vessel against sabotage link . Baltic Fleet January 20 Bykov class patrol vessel Viktor Veliky held flight deck operations as part of a training exercise. Ka-27 helicopters landed on the ship while it was adrift as well as underway. Landings took place both during the day and night for a total of 15 landings link . Su-30SM2 multirole fighters and Su-24M bombers of the naval aviation regiment assigned to the Baltic Fleet struck ground targets in the Kaliningrad Region as part of a training exercise link . January 23 Around 10 vessels departed the naval base at Baltiysk for a simulated emergency deployment for combat. The vessels were tasked with sailing out and organize themselves against a simulated air attack. Helicopt...

Overview Northern Fleet January 14 Grisha class corvette Yunga deployed to the Barents Sea  for combat drills. The drills involve gunnery and air defense exercises link . Baltic Fleet January 12 A mine sweeping exercise was reported in the Baltic Sea with the Parachim class anti-submarine vessel Parachim laying contact and floating training mines, followed by minesweepers clearing the area link . Patrol boat Vladimir Nosov completed an exercise that involved defending against attacks by UAVs and USVs. The vessel also used its Malin USV to detect training mines link . January 14 Ropucha class landing vessel Aleksandr Shabalin held a series of exercises involving preparing the vessels for departure at sea, damage control exercises while being moored and defending against sabotage link . January 15 Flight exercises took place involving the naval aviation regiment of the Baltic Fleet. Su-30SM2 multirole fighters, Su-24M bombers, Ka-27 search and rescue and anti-submarine helicopte...

Overview Out of Area Deployments January 05 Northern Fleet Udaloy class destroyer RFS Severomorsk was observed passing the Dover Strait and heading westwards into the English Channel. The destroyer is escorting the merchant vessels Sparta IV and Zhelaniya. January 07 Ropucha class landing ship RFS Aleksandr Otrakovskiy reportedly arrived at the port of Malabo, at Equatorial Guinea link . January 09 Steregushchy class corvette Stoiky arrived at the port of Cape Town together with the Altay class fleet oiler Yelnya link . Stereguschy class corvette Boiky was observed in the Mediterranean escorting the fleet oiler Kama and the tanker General Skobelev  link January 10 Steregushchy class corvette Stoiky departed Cape Town for a joint exercise involving the South African and People's Liberation Army Navy link .

The Russian Navy held a major naval exercise called "July Storm" in the period between July 23 and July 27 which involved the participation of all its fleets, except the Black Sea Fleet. The purpose of the exercise, as stated by the Russian Navy, was to test the readiness of its fleets in 'non standard operations', the use of long range weapons, unmanned systems, and the use of advanced and modern weapons. From an operational point of view, the exercise involved vessels moving to their combat areas and engage in anti-submarine operations, set up base defense, and defend areas of maritime and economic importance. Simulated air and naval attacks had to be repelled with an emphasis on drone warfare. Daily Events July 23 Russian media reports the start of operation 'July Storm' link . Baltic Fleet A battalion sized unit of naval infantry or around 300 soldiers, were deployed to the  Khmelevka  training grounds for a coastal defense exercise. During the march to th...