The Turkish government has prohibited the intended passage of two ex-UK Royal Navy mine countermeasures vessels to Ukraine via the Turkish straits of the Black Sea. According to a statement issued by the country’s Directorate of Communications on Tuesday, January 2, the government has closed the...
The Ukrainian Navy has taken delivery of a new armoured gunboat built by Kyiv-based shipyard Kuznia na Rybalskomu. Named after a city in northern Ukraine, Bucha is the eighth vessel to be constructed under the Project 58155 series of small armoured artillery boats (Malі bron’ovanі artilerіys’kі...
Offshore aspects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict have brought into sharp focus the rising profile of asymmetrical naval warfare, with uncrewed surface vehicles (USV) assuming a dominant role. Russia has deployed warships of its Black Sea Fleet in support of a three-pronged maritime strategy, focused on offshore blockade enforcement, the launching from seaward of land attack […]
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The Ukrainian Navy’s order of battle consists of a small number minor war vessels, but the extensive use of warhead-fitted unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) has greatly ..
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The Dutch Ministry of Defence has confirmed its plans to supply two Royal Netherlands Navy mine countermeasures (MCM) vessels as part of a military aid package for Ukrain ..
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Deliveries include dive boats for the UK Royal Navy and fast interceptors for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces. A California harbour operator welcomes a rebuilt patrol vessel ..
The Ukrainian Navy confirmed via social media earlier this week that one of its vessels was lost to hostile fire during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Russian militar ..
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Ivan Gren-class amphibious warship RTS Pyotr Morgunov (117) entering the Black Sea on Feb. 9, 2022. Photo by Yörük Işık used with permission
Russian forces may be approaching Odesa from land instead of sea, a defense official told reporters Friday.
Forces came up through Crimea and to the Ukrainian port city Kherson and are now moving toward the port city of Mykolaiv, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said during a briefing Friday afternoon.
Mykolaiv is not far from Odesa, Kirby said, which...
The major build-up of Russian land forces around Ukraine has received a great deal of media attention, but the accompanying accumulation of warships of the Russian Federa ..
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SAFE Boats International of Bremerton, Washington, has been awarded an US$89,717,984 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract for design, constructi ..