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The Northern Fleet (Russian: Северный флот, Severnyy flot) is the fleet of the Russian Navy in the Arctic. [ 2 ] According to the Russian ministry of defence: "The Northern Fleet dates its history back to a squadron created in 1733 to protect the territories of the Russian Empire , sea trade routes and fisheries in the White Sea ...
The Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command was the third largest military-administered district by geographic size. It contained four federal subjects of Russia: Arkhangelsk Oblast, Komi Republic, Murmansk Oblast, and Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
On 15 December 2014, the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy was removed from the Western Military District and the boundaries of its jurisdiction expanded to form the Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command. The new military command included Murmansk Oblast, Arkhangelsk Oblast, and numerous Russian islands in the Arctic Ocean. [6]
Leningrad Oblast 5th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade: Luga Leningrad Oblast 9th Guards Artillery Brigade. 26th Rocket Brigade. Pskov Pskov Oblast HQ, 76th Guards Air Assault Division. 234th Guards Air Assault Regiment 1140th Guards Artillery Regiment 124th Separate Tank Battalion 175th Separate Recon Battalion Cherekha Pskov Oblast
The warships are part of the Russian Navy Northern fleet and departed on May 17 on “a long voyage... to demonstrate the Russian flag and ensure naval presence in important areas of the distant ...
IRYNA BALACHUK - TUESDAY, 12 JULY 2022, 08:31 Russian occupying forces continue to conduct artillery and rocket strikes in order to capture villages and towns situated on the administrative border ...
Severomorsk is the main administrative base of the Russian Northern Fleet. The town is situated on the coast of the Barents Sea along the Kola Bay 25 kilometers (16 mi) northeast of Murmansk , the administrative centre of the oblast , to which it is connected by railway and a motorway.
Royal Navy tracks two Russian submarines in North Sea. Ben Mitchell, PA. July 22, 2022 at 10:15 AM. ... reported on the movements of the Russian Northern Fleet vessels. ...