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Russia’s Northern Fleet will not send nuclear sub to main Navy parade

Amid Baltic Sea NATO expansion and growing east-west mistrust, Russia has decided not to sail a nuclear-powered submarine from the Kola Peninsula to the annual high-profile naval parade taking place in St. Petersburg on July 30.

Barents Observer, By Thomas Nilsen, July 14, 2023

State-controlled TASS news agency quotes unnamed military officials confirming the non-appearance of Russia’s most potent naval assets.

“Nuclear submarines of the Northern Fleet will not take part in the Main Naval Parade 2023, unlike previous parades,” the new agency’s source said.

This is the first time since the current Navy Day format was established in 2017 that no nuclear subs from the Northern Fleet sail south to participate. ………………………………………………….

With Finland joining NATO in April and Sweden given the green light just ahead of this week’s NATO Summit in Vilnius, Russia is surrounded by NATO members in the Baltic Sea. Previous Northern Fleet subs at Naval Parade in St. Petersburg:

• 2022: Akula Vepr, Yasen Severodvinsk and Borei Knyaz Vladimir
• 2021: Oscar-II Orel and Akula Vepr
• 2020: Oscar-II Orel
• 2019: Oscar-II Smolensk
• 2018: Oscar-II Orel
• 2017: Typhoon Dmitry Donskoi

 https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2023/07/northern-fleet-will-not-send-nuclear-sub-main-navy-parade—

July 17, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Russia, weapons and war