Massimo Frantarelli
@mrfrantarelli.bsky.social
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Military observer. (Mostly Ru.)
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Project 23550 ice-class patrol ship “Ivan Papanin”(400). Project 1155 Udaloy-class destroyers “Admiral Levchenko” and "Vice Admiral Kulakov"(626). Severomorsk. Photo by A. Guryev (Jan. 10)
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On this day 13 years ago, the Project 955 Borey-class SSBN K-535 Yuriy Dolgorukiy joined the Russian Navy. The submarine is currently undergoing scheduled (medium) repairs in Severodvinsk. The video shows an emergency surfacing maneuver(K-535). Video by "Russian U-boats&ships"
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In 2025, as part of one of the exercises,Tu-142MK ASW aircraft crews performed a special flight to a remote area of the Arctic, during which they refueled for the first time in the airspace of the Arctic Ocean and the North Pole. The total flight time was about 30 hours.
tass.ru/armiya-i-opk...
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Project 21631 Buyan-M class corvette. Project 22800 Karakurt-class corvette. Project 887 Smolnyy-class training ship "Perekop"(310). Project 1331M/Parchim II class corvette. Frigate «Admiral Grigorovich». Leningrad Naval Base of the Russian Baltic Fleet, Kronstadt. Photo by R. Razgulyaev(~Jan. 8)
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✈️ Ilyushin Il-38 ASW aircraft, b/n "16" red; ~ Severomorsk, Murmansk Region. 📹MoD RF (2026)
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/Jan. 7/«Afrikanskaya initsiativa»: The Ropucha-class landing ship "Aleksandr Otrakovskiy" arrived at the port of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea .
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Project 08851 Yasen-M class SSGN K-571 “Krasnoyarsk”(probably). Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky/ Kamchatka peninsula. Photo by P. Bezdelev(🗓️recently)
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Project 1155 Udaloy-class destroyer "Severomorsk". 🗺️Strait of Dover/English Channel. 📸 FB- "Dover Strait Shipping - FotoFlite" (Jan. 5)
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Project 08851 Yasen-M class SSGN K-561 "Kazan". Zaozersk, Zapadnaya Litsa. Photo by MoD RF (🗓️2026)
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Project 08851 Yasen-M class SSGN K-561 "Kazan". Zaozersk, Zapadnaya Litsa. Video by MoD RF (🗓️2026)
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Project 20385-class corvette “Gremyashchiy”. + Project 775/III Ropucha III-Class landing ship “Peresvet”. Project 1155 Udaloy-class destroyers. Photo by MoD RF (Jan. 2026) Vladivostok.
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Project 1155 Udaloy-class destroyers "Admiral Levchenko"(605) and "Vice Admiral Kulakov". Project 11711 LST “Ivan Gren”. Project 956A Sovremenny-class destroyer "Admiral Ushakov". Project 22350 Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate . Severomorsk. Photo by A. Guryev (Jan. 1)
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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)
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Project 1124М Grisha-class corvette «Yunga»(113). Severomorsk. Photo by A. Guryev (Dec. 30)
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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…
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Project 22800 Karakurt-class corvette . Project 956A destroyer “Nastoychivy”. Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region. /🗓️ Dec. 21/
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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/
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Project 887 Smolnyy-class training ship "Perekop"(310). Project 1331M/Parchim II class corvette "Kazanets"(311). Kronshtadt. Photo by A. Demidova(Dec. 28)
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Project 06363 improved Kilo-class SSK B-274 "Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy" . 🗺️ Vladivostok. 📸 MoD RF (Dec. 27)
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Project 877LPMB Paltus/Kilo I class SSK B-800 Kaluga. + ↖️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 20380 Steregushchiy-class corvette “Aldar Tsydenzhapov”. + 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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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)
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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)
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Project 22010 oceanographic research vessel "Yantar". Kola Bay/Severomorsk. Photo by A. Guryev (Oct. 2025)
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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.
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Project 971M Shchuka-B/Akula class SSN K-328 "Leopard". /factory sea trials?). 🎥"Russian U-boats& ships"(🗓️Dec. 2025).
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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
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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)
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✈️Tupolev Tu-95MS strategic missile carrier(with "Kh-101 cruise missile"). Probably Amur Region. 📷MoD RF (published today)
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Project 11540 Yastreb/Neustrashimy-class frigate “Yaroslav Mudryy”(777). Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region. Photo by Yu. Fradkina(this week).
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Massimo Frantarelli
The Barents Observer
24 days ago
"We. Are. Watching," says NATO as Russian spy ship "Yantar" sails along the north Norwegian coast
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'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.
https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/we-are-watching-says-nato/442629
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Project 11711 LST “Ivan Gren”. Project 1155 Udaloy-class destroyer “Admiral Levchenko”. Severomorsk. Photo by A. Guryev (Dec. 19)
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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)
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Project 1164 Slava-class cruiser "Varyag". ~Vladivostok. /Dec. 12/
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Project 08851 Yasen-M class SSGN . Severomorsk. Photo by A. Guryev (Date unknown, possibly Dec. 2025)
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Massimo Frantarelli
Droxford Maritime
27 days ago
🔺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.
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JSC “Dalzavod Ship Repair Center” (Vladivostok). Project 1155M frigate “Admiral Vinogradov”(Repair/Modernization). ❗🗓️Dec. 10, 2025
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Project 877EKM Kilo-class SSK B-806 “Dmitrov”. Kronshtadt. Photo by E. Kudryavtseva(~Dec. 10)
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Project 22800 Karakurt-class corvette «Burya». 🗺️Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region. Photo by "putniki dalnikh dorog"(Dec. 2025)
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Project 949A Antey/Oscar II-class SSGN K-410 "Smolensk", part of the 11th Submarine Division of the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet. Zaozersk, Zapadnaya Litsa. Video by "Smolensk Region" (December 2025)
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The Project 1155 Udaloy-class destroyer "Severomorsk" entered the Baltic Sea today. 📷 FB-"Under Broen"/Anders Dyhrberg Bruun.
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about 1 month ago
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JSC Kronstadt Marine Plant. Project 864 Vishnya-Class AGI ship SSV-175 "Viktor Leonov" repair/maintenance. The ship arrived in Kronstadt two months ago after completing its mission in the Mediterranean Sea. /Dec. 8/
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As it turned out, that day marked the beginning of preparations for the Admiral Ushakov destroyer's flag-lowering ceremony, which took place a couple of days later(Dec. 6), thus decommissioning the ship from the Northern Fleet.
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about 1 month ago
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Project 08851 Yasen-M class SSGN. Borey-A class SSBN. Project 1155 Udaloy-class destroyer. Severomorsk. Photo by N. Sosnovskaya (📺unknown)
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Project 22350 Gorshkov-class frigate. ~JSC PO Sevmash, Severodvinsk. 📷/📹"Gid Severodvinsk" (Nov. 30) Two other frigates of this project are in Severomorsk.
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about 1 month ago
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Project 956A Sovremenny-class destroyer "Admiral Ushakov". Severomorsk. 📷 A. Guryev (Dec. 2025)
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[Dec. 4]MoD RF: The crews of Tu-22M3 long-range supersonic missile carrier bombers (with the Kh-22 anti-ship missile) conducted training flights. Probably from the Belaya airbase, Irkutsk Region.
about 1 month ago
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Massimo Frantarelli
Droxford Maritime
about 1 month ago
🔺OOA activity - Breaking Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet Pr.22160 PS-417 “Viktor Veliky” VISID departed the Baltic Sea, 4 December 2025, escorting Russian COI tanker “General Skobelev”. ⚠️A notable first deployment for PS-417!
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Massimo Frantarelli
Droxford Maritime
about 1 month ago
🔺Missile firing activity - Breaking Russian Navy Northern Fleet conducted a missile firing event on the White Sea range, 4 December 2025. ⚠️Candidate shooter: NEWCON Pr. 885M “Perm” Kalibr certification firing. Image: Oleg Kuleshov
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Massimo Frantarelli
Droxford Maritime
about 1 month ago
🔺OOA activity - Update Russian Navy Baltic Fleet Pr.02980 class tug “Aleksandr Frolov” returned to Baltiysk, 4 December 2025, following escort of likely Black Sea Fleet Kilo class SSK B-265 “Krasnodar” to the Skagerrak. ⚠️B-265 remains under way & commenced operational deployment.
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