Two Russian Navy ships fired four cruise missiles into Syria from the Eastern Mediterranean on Tuesday, U.S. defense officials confirmed to USNI News. Read More
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Russian Navy Spy Ship Sinks After Colliding with Turkish Freighter in Black Sea
Russian surveillance ship Liman. Russian Navy Photo
A Russian Navy surveillance ship has sunk after colliding with a freighter in the Black Sea, according to Turkish officials. Read More
Russia Sends More Warships Toward Syria Following U.S. Tomahawk Strikes
Two Steregushchiy-class corvettes moored at the Russian naval base in Kaliningrad
A Russian Navy surface action group is headed to the Eastern Mediterranean departing shortly after a U.S. Tomahawk missile strike on a Syrian airfield, a U.S. defense official told USNI News on Monday. Read More
Russia Sends Frigate to Mediterranean Following U.S. Retaliation Strike; U.S. Destroyers Remain On Station
Russian Admiral Grigorovich frigate leaving the Black Sea on April 7, 2017 following US Tomahawk strikes in Syria. Photo by Alper Böler used with permission
The Russian Navy has sent its most advanced Black Sea frigate into the Eastern Mediterranean on Friday following a U.S. missile strike on a Syrian airfield, according to ship spotters in Turkey. Read More
Russia Reported to Start Syrian Naval Base Expansion this Spring
Pyotr Veliky missile cruiser makes port call in Tartus, Syria. Sputnik Photo
Russia will start construction on a planned five-year expansion of its naval base in Syria this spring, officials said in Russian state media. Read More
Advanced Russian Frigate Leaves Black Sea Heading for Syria
Admiral Grigorovich on March 1, 2017. Bosphorus Observer photo used with permission
One of the Russian Navy’s most advanced frigates left the Black Sea on Thursday bound for Syria and the Eastern Mediterranean, according to images provided to USNI News by ship spotters in Istanbul. Read More
Russia, Syria Agree on Mediterranean Naval Base Expansion, Refit of Syrian Ships
Pyotr Veliky missile cruiser makes port call in Tartus, Syria. Sputnik Photo
Russia and Syria have signed an agreement this week to expand Russia’s sole foreign base – a naval repair facility in Syria – into a larger naval base capable of permanently hosting 11 ships, according to the agreement issued by the Russian government. Read More
Russia Pulling Carrier Admiral Kuznetsov from Mediterranean
Russian aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov in transit to the Mediterranean Sea on Oct. 18, 2016. UK MoD Photo
Russia is recalling the Russian carrier Admiral Kuznetsov from the Eastern Mediterranean and sending the ship back to its homeport in northern Russia. Read More
Top Stories 2016: International Acquisition
USNI News polled its writers, naval analysts and service members on what they consider the most important military and maritime stories in 2016. Read More
Second Russian Carrier-based Fighter Crashes, Pilot Safe
Sukhoi Su-33 launching from the Admiral Kuznetsov in 2012. Russian MoD Photo
A second Russian fighter has crashed attempting to land on the carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, according to a Monday statement from the Kremlin. Read More
