May 30, 2020: Russia has finally completed the refurbishment of one of its oldest large surface warships, the 12,000 ton Moskva. This was the first of the Slava class cruisers and entered service in ...

Summary and Key Points: When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the Black Sea Fleet had 74 vessels, a Slava-class flagship cruiser, and overwhelming superiority against a Ukrainian Navy that had ...

Here’s What to Remember: The upcoming warship will not only be twice as large as the country’s Soviet-era destroyers, but substantially bigger than even the three Slava-class guided-missile cruisers ...

Three Slava-class cruisers are operating in and around the Aegean Sea Black Sea Fleet lead ship RTS Moskva is positioned in the Black Sea RFS Varyag and RTS Marshal Ustinov entered the Mediterranean ...

A Russian navy cruiser that was infamously cursed out by a brave Ukrainian soldier at the start of the war has been “badly damaged,” according to the Russian defense ministry. But just how Russia’s ...