Putin launches two new nuclear submarines

President Vladimir Putin, visiting the Far North, on Monday inaugurated two new nuclear submarines that will join the Russian fleet, and promised to continue to “increase the naval power” of his country.

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Both Krasnoyarsk and Emperor Alexander III have been under construction for nearly six years and represent Russia’s fourth generation of nuclear-powered submarines. They will join the Pacific Fleet stationed in the Far East.

“These redoutable ports, sans equipment in the lower category, are available in our marine service”, it is the most innocent M. Poutine on the day of a device on the drawer lever in Severodvinsk, near Arkhangelsk, in the Northwest.

“Work aimed at increasing Russia’s naval power will undoubtedly continue,” he added, while this country has been engaged for nearly two years in an attack on Ukraine and is targeted by an unprecedented wave of sanctions from the West.

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Putin promised to strengthen Russia’s naval presence “in the Arctic, the Far East, the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Caspian Sea.”

According to the Russian President, eight more nuclear submarines of various classes are being produced at Russian shipyards.

Since the start of the offensive in Ukraine, and in response to the military setbacks suffered by Russian forces there in 2022, Russia has begun to strengthen its army.

Parliament approved an increase in military spending in October, and in early December Putin ordered an increase in the number of Russian soldiers by 15%.