Russian Naval Operations - Weekly Situation Report - Week 03/2026

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 helicopters Mi-24, attack helicopters, and Mi-8transport helicopters were involved link.

Crews of Bal and Bastion coastal missile defense batteries took part in an exercise to improve their driving skills over all terrains and in extreme circumstances link.

Pacific Fleet
January 14
Ka-27 anti-submarine helicopters held flight training exercises at the training ranges at Primorye link.

Out of Area Deployment
January 12
Satellite imagery shows the Russian Udaloy class destroyer RFS Severomorsk escorting the cargo vessels Sparta IV and Zhelaniya in the Mediterranean. All three vessels were observed north of Algeria heading east link.

January 13
Steregushchy class corvette Stoiky departed the naval base of Simon's Town, South Africa for a new phase of the maritime exercise Will of Peace 2026 link.

Stereguschy class corvette Boiky and tanker General Skobolev were reported north of Algeria on a course of 262 degrees, doing 11,3 knots. Both vessels are heading towards the Strait of Gibraltar link.

Fleet oiler Kama was reported south of Sicily at a course of 124 degrees, doing 9 knots link. The vessel reportedly turned back from the Western Mediterrean and might be attached to the escort group led by the Udaloy class destroyer RFS Severomorsk.

January 15
Stereguschy class corvette Boiky was visually observed in the Strait of Gibraltar, heading west into the Atlantic Ocean. The corvette was escorting the tanker General Skobolev link.

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