News archive on the topic "Corvette"

The Ada-class corvette being built in Turkey for Ukraine is named after Hetman Ivan Mazepa, who defected to the Swedes. The corresponding decree of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky was published today on his official website. “In order to restore the historical traditions of the national army, perpetuate the memory of the outstanding Ukrainian statesman, Hetman of the Zaporozhye Army Ivan Mazepa, I decree: To assign the Ada class corvette to the Navy...

The promises of the commander of the Ukrainian Navy that the corvette being built in Turkey will be put into service in 2024 are too optimistic. Military expert Taras Chmut stated this on air on the Skrypin Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Chmut, the promises of Ukrainian commanders are worthless, as many examples have shown, for example, with the first Ukrainian corvette “Vladimir the Great”, which...

Ukraine expects to receive in April 2022 the hull of the ADA-type corvette, the construction of which began in Turkey. This was stated by the commander of the Naval Forces of Ukraine Alexey Neizhpapa, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the Ukrainian military leader, then Ukrainian shipbuilding enterprises will install a Ukrainian air defense system and other equipment on the ship. “We hope that in 2024 the Ukrainian Navy will have...

In Turkey, the first Ada-class corvette for the Ukrainian Navy was laid down at the naval shipyard in Istanbul. This was reported by the press service of the Naval Forces of Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the agreements, the corvette hull will be built in Turkey in 2022 and transported to Ukraine, and in 2024 it should be included in the Navy. “This is a landmark event for Ukraine and a significant impetus...

Ukraine is transporting parts of the hull of the unfinished corvette “Vladimir the Great” from the bankrupt “Black Sea Shipyard” in order to later assemble it into a frigate to replace the former Soviet patrol boat “Hetman Sagaidachny” operating as part of the Ukrainian Navy. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Andrei Taran, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the department’s press service, the corvette, the construction of which was announced under Viktor Yushchenko, is ready...

The newest Russian patrol ship "Pavel Derzhavin" approached the shores of the Odessa region, observing the departure of the American frigate "Hamilton" from the Ukrainian port. The local resource “Dumskaya” reports this, citing the press secretary of the regional maritime security department of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Natalya Gumenyuk. According to the official, the Pavel Derzhavin, armed with missiles, was located at a distance of approximately 30 kilometers from a location near Odessa...

The Russian Navy has been replenished with the newest corvette Gremyashchiy, capable of carrying Kalibr and Oniks cruise missiles. The ceremony of raising the flag on the ship was broadcast by the Zvezda TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The Gremyashchiy differs from its predecessors in its enhanced strike capabilities and air defense system. It is reported that the new ship has joined the Pacific Fleet. “This will be the first surface ship of the Pacific Fleet with Kalibr on...

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is once again trying to resume the completion of the Vladimir the Great corvette, announced back in the days of Viktor Yushchenko, which was repeatedly frozen due to a lack of money in the budget. The publication Defense Express writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the publication, plans for completing the corvette are wandering through the corridors of the Ministry of Defense. To complete the construction, it is necessary to allocate about six billion...

The corvette of the French Navy “Commandant Birot” entered the port of Odessa. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. It is expected that the ship will stay in the city until December 1, during which time it will be visited by cadets of the Naval Institute of the Odessa National Maritime Academy, and the ship’s crew will take part in the opening in the city of a monument to French pilots who died in the First World War...

Today in St. Petersburg, President Vladimir Putin took part in the laying ceremony of two serial frigates of Project 22350 - Admiral Amelko and Admiral Chichagov, intended for combat operations in the far sea zone. Then, in the presence of the head of state, the Minister of Defense and other high-ranking officials, the workers of the Northern Shipyard docked the hull blocks of the corvette (small patrol ship) of the Mercury project...

Ukraine will be able to complete the construction of its only Project 58250 corvette only as a patrol ship. Deputy Director of the Institute of World Politics Nikolai Beleskov stated this today at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Ideally, we can expect that this corvette will be completed and launched in a simplified version as a coast guard ship. This would be a rational decision. This…

Ukraine has actually abandoned plans to build corvettes for its naval forces, which were advertised back in the days of Viktor Yushchenko. Valentin Badrak, director of the Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Research, writes about this in today’s issue of the Ukrainian publication “Zerkalo Nedeli”. “The implementation of the expensive Corvette program has been postponed to a distant and very vague time frame: delivery of the lead ship is scheduled for 2022, and...

Kyiv, July 24 (Navigator, Mikhail Ryabov) - Ukraine has stopped financing the construction of a corvette for its Navy - the creation of the first ship in the series was announced under Viktor Yushchenko. This was stated at the hearings in the Verkhovna Rada by the acting Minister of Defense Ivan Rusnak, who was given a note from the audience asking him to inform about the fate of the corvette. Subscribe to news...