Russia plans to create a permanent naval base on the coast of Abkhazia (Georgian territory annexed by Russia). This information was provided by the so-called leader of Abkhazia. Georgia called such plans a “gross violation of its sovereignty.” The BBC writes about this. “President” of Abkhazia Aslan Bzhania said: “We signed an agreement...

The Russian Navy has 186 combat-ready submarines and ships, which makes it the third largest in the world in size. This is stated in the report "Russian Fleet: Historical Transformation", which was prepared by the US Naval Intelligence Agency expert George Fedoroff at the request of the Pentagon. In the first place are the US naval forces, which ...

The NATO assessment and advisory group, which arrived in Odessa the day before, is developing a pilot project to restore the Ukrainian naval forces. After the annexation of Crimea, a significant part of the Ukrainian warships ended up on Russian territory, although the parties agreed to transfer the ships. A few months later, the ships that promised to return ...