Baltic Fleet Deployments - Wk 25/2022

Weekly Brief
Russian naval activity in de Baltic Sea winded down as NATO's Baltops2022 exercises ended. Several exercises were held but most vessels returned back to base with the exception of three vessels heading towards Saint Petersburg.
Naval activity is expected to remain low in the coming weeks as the Russian Navy prepares for the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg.

Daily Events

June 20
Steregushchy class corvette Soobrazitelny conducted a tactical exercise in the Baltic Sea. The corvette engaged a simulated hostile warship with the Uran anti-ship missiles, however it is not reported if the launch was an actual one or a simulated one. The exercise was followed up with an air defense exercise which saw the use of the AK-190mm main gun system.
Additional exercises later during the day included electronic warfare, damage control, anti-sabotage and setting up communications with other warships [1].

June 21
Parachim class anti-submarine corvettes Kazanets and Urengoy, together with the training vessel Perekop, are in transit from Baltiysk, Kaliningrad, towards Kronstadt near Saint Petersburg. The vessels will exercise in joint maneuvering and ship-to-ship communications during the transit.
Once in the Gulf of Finland, the vessels will exercise in searching for simulated enemy submarines, minelaying and gunnery exercises against naval and air targets [2].

June 26
Soveremenny class destroyer Nastoyvhivyy, flagship of the Baltic Fleet, reportedly left the Kronstadt marine plant and is heading towards Baltiysk [3].

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