Massimo Frantarelli
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Military observer. (Mostly Ru.)
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The Project 864 Vishnya-Class AGI ship SSV-231 "Vasiliy Tatishchev" is undergoing scheduled maintenance at the JSC "33 Ship Repair Plant".
Baltiysk (Kaliningrad region).
Photo by E. Kovaleva (Dec. 30)
Baltiysk (Kaliningrad region).
Photo by E. Kovaleva (Dec. 30)
January 1, 2026 at 2:08 PM
The Project 864 Vishnya-Class AGI ship SSV-231 "Vasiliy Tatishchev" is undergoing scheduled maintenance at the JSC "33 Ship Repair Plant".
Baltiysk (Kaliningrad region).
Photo by E. Kovaleva (Dec. 30)
Baltiysk (Kaliningrad region).
Photo by E. Kovaleva (Dec. 30)
Project 1124М Grisha-class corvette «Yunga»(113).
Severomorsk.
Photo by A. Guryev (Dec. 30)
Severomorsk.
Photo by A. Guryev (Dec. 30)
January 1, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Project 1124М Grisha-class corvette «Yunga»(113).
Severomorsk.
Photo by A. Guryev (Dec. 30)
Severomorsk.
Photo by A. Guryev (Dec. 30)
A People’s Republic of China led Joint, Interagency, Inter-departmental, Multinational Exercise will be hosted in South African waters over period 09 -16 January 2026.
The Steregushchiy-class corvette Stoikiy will likely take part in these exercises.
gov.za/news/media-adv…
The Steregushchiy-class corvette Stoikiy will likely take part in these exercises.
gov.za/news/media-adv…
January 1, 2026 at 12:29 PM
A People’s Republic of China led Joint, Interagency, Inter-departmental, Multinational Exercise will be hosted in South African waters over period 09 -16 January 2026.
The Steregushchiy-class corvette Stoikiy will likely take part in these exercises.
gov.za/news/media-adv…
The Steregushchiy-class corvette Stoikiy will likely take part in these exercises.
gov.za/news/media-adv…
Project 22800 Karakurt-class corvette .
Project 956A destroyer “Nastoychivy”.
Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region.
/🗓️ Dec. 21/
Project 956A destroyer “Nastoychivy”.
Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region.
/🗓️ Dec. 21/
December 31, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Project 22800 Karakurt-class corvette .
Project 956A destroyer “Nastoychivy”.
Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region.
/🗓️ Dec. 21/
Project 956A destroyer “Nastoychivy”.
Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region.
/🗓️ Dec. 21/
Project 956 Sovremenny-class destroyer "Bystryy".
The destroyer was decommissioned from the Russian Navy on December 1, 2020.
🗺️JSC “Dalzavod Ship Repair Center” (Vladivostok).
/Dec. 25, 2025/
The destroyer was decommissioned from the Russian Navy on December 1, 2020.
🗺️JSC “Dalzavod Ship Repair Center” (Vladivostok).
/Dec. 25, 2025/
December 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Project 956 Sovremenny-class destroyer "Bystryy".
The destroyer was decommissioned from the Russian Navy on December 1, 2020.
🗺️JSC “Dalzavod Ship Repair Center” (Vladivostok).
/Dec. 25, 2025/
The destroyer was decommissioned from the Russian Navy on December 1, 2020.
🗺️JSC “Dalzavod Ship Repair Center” (Vladivostok).
/Dec. 25, 2025/
Project 887 Smolnyy-class training ship "Perekop"(310).
Project 1331M/Parchim II class corvette "Kazanets"(311).
Kronshtadt.
Photo by A. Demidova(Dec. 28)
Project 1331M/Parchim II class corvette "Kazanets"(311).
Kronshtadt.
Photo by A. Demidova(Dec. 28)
December 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Project 887 Smolnyy-class training ship "Perekop"(310).
Project 1331M/Parchim II class corvette "Kazanets"(311).
Kronshtadt.
Photo by A. Demidova(Dec. 28)
Project 1331M/Parchim II class corvette "Kazanets"(311).
Kronshtadt.
Photo by A. Demidova(Dec. 28)
Project 06363 improved Kilo-class SSK B-274 "Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy" .
🗺️ Vladivostok.
📸 MoD RF (Dec. 27)
🗺️ Vladivostok.
📸 MoD RF (Dec. 27)
December 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Project 06363 improved Kilo-class SSK B-274 "Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy" .
🗺️ Vladivostok.
📸 MoD RF (Dec. 27)
🗺️ Vladivostok.
📸 MoD RF (Dec. 27)
Project 877LPMB Paltus/Kilo I class SSK B-800 Kaluga.
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↖️Project 877 Paltus/Kilo I class SSK B-459 Vladikavkaz.
🗺️ 161st Submarine Brigade, Polyarny.
Photo by"Radio 40"(~Dec. 25)
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↖️Project 877 Paltus/Kilo I class SSK B-459 Vladikavkaz.
🗺️ 161st Submarine Brigade, Polyarny.
Photo by"Radio 40"(~Dec. 25)
December 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Project 877LPMB Paltus/Kilo I class SSK B-800 Kaluga.
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↖️Project 877 Paltus/Kilo I class SSK B-459 Vladikavkaz.
🗺️ 161st Submarine Brigade, Polyarny.
Photo by"Radio 40"(~Dec. 25)
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↖️Project 877 Paltus/Kilo I class SSK B-459 Vladikavkaz.
🗺️ 161st Submarine Brigade, Polyarny.
Photo by"Radio 40"(~Dec. 25)
Project 20380 Steregushchiy-class corvette “Aldar Tsydenzhapov”.
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Project 775/III Ropucha III-Class landing ship “Peresvet”.
Project 1155 Udaloy-class destroyer "Admiral Tributs".
Photo by" t.me/alexeytsydenov (Dec. 25).
Vladivostok.
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Project 775/III Ropucha III-Class landing ship “Peresvet”.
Project 1155 Udaloy-class destroyer "Admiral Tributs".
Photo by" t.me/alexeytsydenov (Dec. 25).
Vladivostok.
December 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Project 20380 Steregushchiy-class corvette “Aldar Tsydenzhapov”.
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Project 775/III Ropucha III-Class landing ship “Peresvet”.
Project 1155 Udaloy-class destroyer "Admiral Tributs".
Photo by" t.me/alexeytsydenov (Dec. 25).
Vladivostok.
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Project 775/III Ropucha III-Class landing ship “Peresvet”.
Project 1155 Udaloy-class destroyer "Admiral Tributs".
Photo by" t.me/alexeytsydenov (Dec. 25).
Vladivostok.
Two strategic missile carriers Tu-95MS (with "Kh-101 cruise missile") escorted by Su-33 fighters performed a scheduled flight over the waters of the Barents and Norwegian seas.
Video by MoD RF (Dec. 24)
tass.ru/armiya-i-opk...
Video by MoD RF (Dec. 24)
tass.ru/armiya-i-opk...
December 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Two strategic missile carriers Tu-95MS (with "Kh-101 cruise missile") escorted by Su-33 fighters performed a scheduled flight over the waters of the Barents and Norwegian seas.
Video by MoD RF (Dec. 24)
tass.ru/armiya-i-opk...
Video by MoD RF (Dec. 24)
tass.ru/armiya-i-opk...
Reposted by Massimo Frantarelli
Project 1155 Udaloy-class destroyer "Vice Admiral Kulakov"(returned to the main base of Russia's Northern Fleet.).
Project 23130 replenishment oiler Akademik Pashin.(preparing for a long sea voyage? with a Project 22350 frigate).
🗺️Kola Bay/Severomorsk.
📷: A. Guryev (Dec. 24)
Project 23130 replenishment oiler Akademik Pashin.(preparing for a long sea voyage? with a Project 22350 frigate).
🗺️Kola Bay/Severomorsk.
📷: A. Guryev (Dec. 24)
December 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Project 1155 Udaloy-class destroyer "Vice Admiral Kulakov"(returned to the main base of Russia's Northern Fleet.).
Project 23130 replenishment oiler Akademik Pashin.(preparing for a long sea voyage? with a Project 22350 frigate).
🗺️Kola Bay/Severomorsk.
📷: A. Guryev (Dec. 24)
Project 23130 replenishment oiler Akademik Pashin.(preparing for a long sea voyage? with a Project 22350 frigate).
🗺️Kola Bay/Severomorsk.
📷: A. Guryev (Dec. 24)
Project 22010 oceanographic research vessel "Yantar".
Kola Bay/Severomorsk.
Photo by A. Guryev (Oct. 2025)
Kola Bay/Severomorsk.
Photo by A. Guryev (Oct. 2025)
December 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Project 22010 oceanographic research vessel "Yantar".
Kola Bay/Severomorsk.
Photo by A. Guryev (Oct. 2025)
Kola Bay/Severomorsk.
Photo by A. Guryev (Oct. 2025)
Project 12322 ZUBR-class LCAC Mordoviya(782) and Yevgeny Kocheshkov(770).
Project 12411 Tarantul-class corvettes «Zarechny»(855) and «Dimitrovgrad»(825).
Project 22800 Karakurt-class corvette «Burya»(578).
📸V. Balandin (Dec. 2025)
🗺️Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region.
Project 12411 Tarantul-class corvettes «Zarechny»(855) and «Dimitrovgrad»(825).
Project 22800 Karakurt-class corvette «Burya»(578).
📸V. Balandin (Dec. 2025)
🗺️Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region.
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Project 12322 ZUBR-class LCAC Mordoviya(782) and Yevgeny Kocheshkov(770).
Project 12411 Tarantul-class corvettes «Zarechny»(855) and «Dimitrovgrad»(825).
Project 22800 Karakurt-class corvette «Burya»(578).
📸V. Balandin (Dec. 2025)
🗺️Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region.
Project 12411 Tarantul-class corvettes «Zarechny»(855) and «Dimitrovgrad»(825).
Project 22800 Karakurt-class corvette «Burya»(578).
📸V. Balandin (Dec. 2025)
🗺️Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region.
Project 971M Shchuka-B/Akula class SSN K-328 "Leopard".
/factory sea trials?).
🎥"Russian U-boats& ships"(🗓️Dec. 2025).
/factory sea trials?).
🎥"Russian U-boats& ships"(🗓️Dec. 2025).
December 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Project 971M Shchuka-B/Akula class SSN K-328 "Leopard".
/factory sea trials?).
🎥"Russian U-boats& ships"(🗓️Dec. 2025).
/factory sea trials?).
🎥"Russian U-boats& ships"(🗓️Dec. 2025).
Assistant to the President, Chairman of the Maritime Collegium N. Patrushev said that the Rubin Central Marine Engineering Design Bureau is actively working to create a new generation SSBN.
/Dec. 22/
interfax.ru/russia/1064490
/Dec. 22/
interfax.ru/russia/1064490
December 23, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Assistant to the President, Chairman of the Maritime Collegium N. Patrushev said that the Rubin Central Marine Engineering Design Bureau is actively working to create a new generation SSBN.
/Dec. 22/
interfax.ru/russia/1064490
/Dec. 22/
interfax.ru/russia/1064490
During a scheduled training flight, crews of Su-24M/MR aircraft from the Northern Fleet's mixed aviation corps practiced refueling from an Il-78M(RF-94289 / "84" blue) aerial refueling tanker.
🎥MoD RF(Dec. 2025)
🎥MoD RF(Dec. 2025)
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
During a scheduled training flight, crews of Su-24M/MR aircraft from the Northern Fleet's mixed aviation corps practiced refueling from an Il-78M(RF-94289 / "84" blue) aerial refueling tanker.
🎥MoD RF(Dec. 2025)
🎥MoD RF(Dec. 2025)
✈️Tupolev Tu-95MS strategic missile carrier(with "Kh-101 cruise missile").
Probably Amur Region.
📷MoD RF (published today)
Probably Amur Region.
📷MoD RF (published today)
December 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
✈️Tupolev Tu-95MS strategic missile carrier(with "Kh-101 cruise missile").
Probably Amur Region.
📷MoD RF (published today)
Probably Amur Region.
📷MoD RF (published today)
Project 11540 Yastreb/Neustrashimy-class frigate “Yaroslav Mudryy”(777).
Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region.
Photo by Yu. Fradkina(this week).
Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region.
Photo by Yu. Fradkina(this week).
December 20, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Project 11540 Yastreb/Neustrashimy-class frigate “Yaroslav Mudryy”(777).
Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region.
Photo by Yu. Fradkina(this week).
Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region.
Photo by Yu. Fradkina(this week).
Reposted by Massimo Frantarelli
"We. Are. Watching," says NATO as Russian spy ship "Yantar" sails along the north Norwegian coast
'We. Are. Watching,' says NATO
Ships operating for Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 shadowed the Russian spy ship Yantar and the Northern Fleet destroyer Severomorsk along the North Norwegian coast.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"We. Are. Watching," says NATO as Russian spy ship "Yantar" sails along the north Norwegian coast
Project 11711 LST “Ivan Gren”.
Project 1155 Udaloy-class destroyer “Admiral Levchenko”.
Severomorsk.
Photo by A. Guryev (Dec. 19)
Project 1155 Udaloy-class destroyer “Admiral Levchenko”.
Severomorsk.
Photo by A. Guryev (Dec. 19)
December 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Project 11711 LST “Ivan Gren”.
Project 1155 Udaloy-class destroyer “Admiral Levchenko”.
Severomorsk.
Photo by A. Guryev (Dec. 19)
Project 1155 Udaloy-class destroyer “Admiral Levchenko”.
Severomorsk.
Photo by A. Guryev (Dec. 19)
Project 06363 Improved Kilo-class SSK B-261 “Novorossiysk”.
↖️+1 Pr. 06363 Improved Kilo-class SSK B-608/B-610 .
🗺️Kronstadt/Saint Petersburg .
Photo by "Shkola 589" (Dec. 14, 2025)
↖️+1 Pr. 06363 Improved Kilo-class SSK B-608/B-610 .
🗺️Kronstadt/Saint Petersburg .
Photo by "Shkola 589" (Dec. 14, 2025)
December 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Project 06363 Improved Kilo-class SSK B-261 “Novorossiysk”.
↖️+1 Pr. 06363 Improved Kilo-class SSK B-608/B-610 .
🗺️Kronstadt/Saint Petersburg .
Photo by "Shkola 589" (Dec. 14, 2025)
↖️+1 Pr. 06363 Improved Kilo-class SSK B-608/B-610 .
🗺️Kronstadt/Saint Petersburg .
Photo by "Shkola 589" (Dec. 14, 2025)
Project 1164 Slava-class cruiser "Varyag".
~Vladivostok.
/Dec. 12/
~Vladivostok.
/Dec. 12/
December 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Project 1164 Slava-class cruiser "Varyag".
~Vladivostok.
/Dec. 12/
~Vladivostok.
/Dec. 12/
Project 08851 Yasen-M class SSGN .
Severomorsk.
Photo by A. Guryev (Date unknown, possibly Dec. 2025)
Severomorsk.
Photo by A. Guryev (Date unknown, possibly Dec. 2025)
December 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Project 08851 Yasen-M class SSGN .
Severomorsk.
Photo by A. Guryev (Date unknown, possibly Dec. 2025)
Severomorsk.
Photo by A. Guryev (Date unknown, possibly Dec. 2025)
Reposted by Massimo Frantarelli
🔺Baltic Sea activity - Breaking!
Russian Navy Northern Fleet Pr.1155 Udaloy class destroyer, BPK-626 “Vice Admiral Kulakov” VISID departed the Baltic Sea, 16 December 2025.
⚠️ Having been relieved by BPK-619 "Severomorsk", BPK-626 may return to homeport Severomorsk.
Russian Navy Northern Fleet Pr.1155 Udaloy class destroyer, BPK-626 “Vice Admiral Kulakov” VISID departed the Baltic Sea, 16 December 2025.
⚠️ Having been relieved by BPK-619 "Severomorsk", BPK-626 may return to homeport Severomorsk.
December 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🔺Baltic Sea activity - Breaking!
Russian Navy Northern Fleet Pr.1155 Udaloy class destroyer, BPK-626 “Vice Admiral Kulakov” VISID departed the Baltic Sea, 16 December 2025.
⚠️ Having been relieved by BPK-619 "Severomorsk", BPK-626 may return to homeport Severomorsk.
Russian Navy Northern Fleet Pr.1155 Udaloy class destroyer, BPK-626 “Vice Admiral Kulakov” VISID departed the Baltic Sea, 16 December 2025.
⚠️ Having been relieved by BPK-619 "Severomorsk", BPK-626 may return to homeport Severomorsk.
JSC “Dalzavod Ship Repair Center” (Vladivostok).
Project 1155M frigate “Admiral Vinogradov”(Repair/Modernization).
❗🗓️Dec. 10, 2025
Project 1155M frigate “Admiral Vinogradov”(Repair/Modernization).
❗🗓️Dec. 10, 2025
December 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
JSC “Dalzavod Ship Repair Center” (Vladivostok).
Project 1155M frigate “Admiral Vinogradov”(Repair/Modernization).
❗🗓️Dec. 10, 2025
Project 1155M frigate “Admiral Vinogradov”(Repair/Modernization).
❗🗓️Dec. 10, 2025