International Russia wants to strengthen its navy in the conflict with the West
Against the backdrop of tensions with the West, Russia wants to massively strengthen its navy. "The USA and other NATO states are expanding their military naval presence in the world's oceans, including in the waters directly bordering Russia," said presidential advisor Nikolai Patrushev. Under the pretext of the fight against piracy, trade routes are being blocked and cargo and passenger ships of independent nations are being stopped, searched and in some cases confiscated, claimed the former Russian intelligence chief, who is still considered influential due to his close ties to President Vladimir Putin. That is why Russia needs to modernize its fleet, he said.
24.07.2024, 17:12
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"Ensuring the constant readiness of our fleet to deter and prevent military conflicts and to protect our country in accordance with international norms is necessary," said Patrushev. Accordingly, Putin has ordered the strategic documents on the development of the navy to be revised. Corresponding instructions have been sent to the ministries and shipbuilding companies. Details of the naval armament program were not disclosed.
Russia is also using its own fleet in its war of aggression against Ukraine, which has been going on for more than two years. Ships from the Black Sea Fleet and the flotilla in the Caspian Sea regularly fire missiles at cities and other objects in Ukraine. Following heavy losses - such as the sinking of the flagship "Moskva" - the main part of the Black Sea Fleet has withdrawn from its base on the Crimean peninsula, which has been annexed since 2014, to Novorossiysk in the Krasnodar region.
