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Map of the Arctic region showing the Northern Sea Route, in the context of the Northeast Passage, and Northwest Passage [1]. The Northern Sea Route (NSR) (Russian: Се́верный морско́й путь, romanized: Severnyy morskoy put, shortened to Севморпуть, Sevmorput) is a shipping route about 5,600 kilometres (3,500 mi) long.
As of 2012, Tartus is the Russian Navy's only Mediterranean repair and replenishment point, sparing Russia’s warships the trip back to their Black Sea bases through the Turkish Straits. [1] [needs update] As of 13 December 2024, following the fall of the Assad regime, Russia's continued military presence in the base remains uncertain.
Moskva was the only warship in Russia's Black Sea Fleet with the S-300F missile system for long-range air defense. While the ship did not itself fire missiles at land targets in Ukraine, it still provided anti-aircraft support to vessels that did, and the sinking prompted Russian ships, now less protected, to move further offshore. [20]
The Northeast Passage (blue) and an alternative route through the Suez Canal (red). The Northeast Passage (abbreviated as NEP; Russian: Северо-Восточный проход, romanized: Severo-Vostochnyy prokhod, Norwegian: Nordøstpassasjen) is the shipping route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, along the Arctic coasts of Norway and Russia.
Sailing ship ~200 Lost at sea in 1799 [8] Ryazan: Russian merchant fleet 1909 Passenger-cargo 3,500 Scuttled by German Navy while in Guam following the entrance of the United States into World War I in 1917 [9] SMP Novodvinsk: Northern Shipping Company 2008 General cargo 4,106 In active service Tibor Szamueli: V/O Sudoimport: 1979 Barge carrier ...
The ship, Yantar, is currently in the North Sea having passed through British waters. Mr Healey said this is the second time the Russian spy vessel had entered UK waters in recent months, noting ...
The Russian Ministry of Defence said a fire caused a munitions explosion, and the ship sank in stormy seas while being towed to port. [51] [52] Moskva is the largest warship to be sunk in combat since the ARA General Belgrano in the 1982 Falklands War, and the largest Russian warship to be sunk since World War II.
However, on March 16 the ship was shown entering Sevastopol with no obvious damage. [6] On 22 March 2022, a Raptor-class patrol boat was hit and damaged by an anti-tank guided missile. [7] A Russian warship on fire near Berdiansk on 24 March 2022. On 24 March 2022, a number of ships docked in the port of Berdiansk, Ukraine, were