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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...

 

  Northern Fleet Monday July 07 Il-38 maritime patrol aircraft flew anti-submarine training missions over the Barents Sea with an unidentified submarine playing the part of a simulated hostile submarine. The focus of the training flights was on searching for and detecting submarines using several various instruments and systems link . Tuesday July 08 Slava class cruiser Marshal Ustinov deployed to the Barents Sea for basic training. The crew focused on daily tasks while at sea. Naval exercises involved a simulated missile strike against a simulated enemy task force and gunnery exercises against a simulated USV attack link . Thursday July 10 Udaloy class destroyer Admiral Levchenko deployed to the Barents Sea for several combat exercises. The exercises involved establishing radio contact with other units, anti-submarine evasion drills, and coordination with helicopters link . Baltic Fleet Monday July 07 Buyan-M class corvettes Naro-Fominsk, Zeleny Dol and Serpukhov simulated th...

Weekly Overview Northern Fleet Tuesday July 01 A Tu-142 maritime patrol flight conducted an 11-hour long patrol over the Barents Sea link . Wednesday July 02 Minesweeper Kotelnich is holding mine countermeasure exercises with the vessel searching for and destroying simulated minefields. The vessel will also hold damage control exercises link . Baltic Fleet Monday June 30 Steregushchy class corvette Boiky held electronic launches of its Uran anti-ship missiles against a group of simulated enemy warships. The exercise was followed up by air defense and electronic warfare exercises link . The vessel was later observed departing the Baltic Sea while escorting the weapons runner Sparta and tanker General Skobelev link . Anti-drone exercises took place at the naval bases of Baltiysk and Saint-Petersburg with Su-27 fighters simulating an UAV attack against the naval bases. Base units set up air defense and electronic warfare measures to repel the simulated airstrike link . Vasily Byk...

Weekly Overview Northern Fleet Monday June 23 Grisha class anti-submarine corvettes Snezhnogorsk and Onega of the Kola Flotilla were reported training in the Barents Sea. Both corvettes were tasked with laying a minefield while under air attack. The corvettes used man portable air defense systems and ship mounted air defense systems to repel the simulated air attack link . Tuesday June 24 The Northern Fleet started search and rescue exercises in the Barents Sea which involve the submarine rescue vessel Georgy Titov and rescue submarine AS-36. The exercises will involve searching for simulated sunken vessels and divers operating at depths of 40 meters link .  A Tu-142MK anti-submarine maritime patrol aircraft landed at Severomorsk-1 link . Udaloy class destroyers Severomorsk and Admiral Levchenko were visually observed in port link . Wednesday June 25 Borei-A class submarine Knyaz Pozharskiy was visually observed departing Severomorsk link . Friday June 27 Udaloy class des...