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| More than 400 ships and submarines will be involved in the Ocean-2024 naval exercises |
| 2024-09-11 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] More than 400 warships, submarines and support vessels will take part in the Russian Navy exercise "Ocean-2024", the Russian Defense Ministry reported on September 10 on its Telegram channel. “The maneuvers, which will take place in the waters of the Pacific and Arctic Oceans, the Mediterranean, Caspian and Baltic Seas, will involve more than 400 warships, submarines and auxiliary fleet support vessels,” the statement said. The Ministry of Defense specified that more than 120 aircraft and helicopters of the naval aviation of the Navy and the Aerospace Forces, about seven thousand units of weapons, military and special equipment, as well as more than 90 thousand personnel will be involved. Also on September 10, the Russian military department reported that the Arctic group of the Northern Fleet had begun the Okean-2024 exercises, during which they would study possible combat zones, conditions for the use of various forces, weapons and technical means, and also practice special operations to block and destroy terrorists. The group includes the large anti-submarine ship Vice-Admiral Kulakov, the large landing ship Alexander Otrakovsky, the rescue tugboat Altai and the tanker Sergei Osipov. Related from regnum.ru US has imposed sanctions against Russian shipping companies and their vessels The United States has imposed sanctions against two Russian shipping companies and their ships, according to a statement from the US Treasury Department published on its website on September 10. In particular, the sanctions list included the companies OOO More Reka Servis from the city of Azov and OOO Optovaya Firma VAFA from Astrakhan. Restrictions were also imposed on three dry cargo ships of More Reka Servis, two dry cargo ships of VAFA and four dry cargo ships of MG-Flot, against which the US had previously imposed sanctions. In August, the US Treasury Department expanded anti-Russian sanctions by adding 400 individuals and legal entities in Russia and abroad to the lists. In addition, sanctions were imposed on some citizens of Belarus, Italy, Turkey, Liechtenstein and China, as well as on 46 Chinese companies. On September 10, the UK imposed sanctions on the Russian Aerospace Forces, the 924th State Unmanned Aviation Center, and the Military Transport Aviation Command. London also imposed sanctions on seven Iranian legal entities and individuals for allegedly providing assistance to Russia. As reported by the Regnum news agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly noted that anti-Russian sanctions have led to the opposite result. The West expected the country's economy to collapse, but it is growing and developing. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 I was going to mention tugboats, but you've got it Skidmark. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2024-09-11 10:01 |
| #2 "Break out the Glomar Explorer!" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-09-11 09:49 |
| #1 How many 'recovery tenders'? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-09-11 07:22 |