The ship that was hit during the strike on the 23rd wasn't Essen but Pytlivyy, a 1979-built Project 1135M Krivak II. Recognized by the two superfiring 100mm aft and the 533mm ChTA-53 torpedo tubes amidships and the space between the main mast and secondary mast that houses the FCR (Yellow).

There are two vessels potentially inbound to the Mediterranean: Admiral Grigorovich and Soobrazitelny. One of them might be doing escort duties for the merchant fleet while the other would replace Stoikiy from its nearly half a year station in the Med. (156 days since Nov. 1)

Vitse-Admiral Paromov (Small Tanker Project 03182) after its transfer from Kronshtadt to Murmansk. He would be operating under the Northern Fleet command now. 📸: kotlogradskyi @spectrecrouton.bsky.social @jjdroxford.bsky.social @thelookout.bsky.social @kaptainloma.bsky.social

A good article on the future of large vessels in the evolving theatre of unmanned warfare. But unmanned solutions does not fit one of the key roles of the two oceangoing fleets where a large ship (not this large though) is needed : The protection of the bastions in the event of all out conflict.

RF Navy Submarine Patrols in 2025 - Graph 1: chronological order; Graph 2: sorted by class - Admittedly, there are gaps; this should only be used as a starting part for further analysis - Data not available for Baltic Fleet or for Black Sea Fleet patrols within Black Sea

RF Navy ships and submarines deployed as of 1 January 2026

@jjdroxford.bsky.social @spectrecrouton.bsky.social @thelookout.bsky.social Small fleet tanker Valentin Rykov has started its state sea trials last Dec. 01, after a few test runs back in late October.

South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has launched the second of six offshore patrol vessels (OPV) on order by the Philippines, on 20 November 2025 in Ulsan 🇵🇭 🇰🇷 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Four years delayed due to many changes in the design, she is finally out of the shed. If Poseidon/Status-6 doesn't pan out as a second strategic strike weapon, GUGI would find some use of it considering the inherent design of it perfectly fits GUGI's core mission.

RF Navy Northern Fleet unidentified Akula-class nuclear-powered sub (likely "Gepard") departed port on 19 June and remains underway through today. Previous underway periods for "Gepard" in 2025: 23 February-7 March (13 days); 29 March-15 April (18 days); 20-27 April (8 days); 14-27 May (14 days).

Although for the auxiliaries it was a temporary shift in location, for the corvettes, it might have been a permanent move as back in March-April, the admin at Vladivostok and the RU Ministry of Transport imposed a restriction on small vessels leaving in and out of Ulysses Bay.

Russian Navy Submarine Fleet status as of August 2025 There are a lot of diesel sub movements and the curious case of the majority of the RU Pacific Fleet's Borei-A SSBN not being present in July 2025. Some subs would be moved to inactive due to no activity for ~3 years.

🔎🇷🇺Admiral Nakhimov As expected, Admiral Nakhimov is carrying out builder's sea trials in the Dvinsky Bay Caveats apply given the low resolution SAR imagery but she appears to be operating ~50km NW of her berth in Severodvinsk Source: @esa.int Date: 19 August 2025

At Yantar shipyard today, they laid down the fifth member of the Project 11711-class landing ship and the third of the improved Project 11711 class. @saturnax1.bsky.social @kaptainloma.bsky.social @jjdroxford.bsky.social

Project 22010-class oceanographic research vessel Almaz at Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad. She's the second ship of a ship class where Yantar is a member of. Her deployment would mirror her sister in that she would be supporting activities of the Main Directorate for Deep Sea Research (GUGI).

Project 22011-class Oceanographic Research Vessel "Vice-Admiral Burilichev" at Vyborg Shipyard after launching. This is an improved version of Yantar (Project 22010) and is named after Vice Admiral Alexei Burilichev, head of GUGI from 2005-2020.

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