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Russian navy to receive 46 ships in 2022

Published : 13 Jun 2022, 00:13

  DF News Desk
This screengrab of footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry shows that frigate Admiral Gorshkov test-fires a Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile from the Barents Sea on May 28, 2022. File Photo: Xinhua.

The Russian navy will receive 46 warships and support vessels in 2022, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Nikolay Yevmenov said Sunday, reported Xinhua.

The global military-political situation requires Russia to have a strong and balanced fleet, Yevmenov said at a keel-laying ceremony for two diesel-electric submarines in Russia's second-largest city of St. Petersburg.

He reiterated President Vladimir Putin's desire for the Russian navy to maintain a share of modern ships of at least 70 percent.