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  • Humiliation for Putin as Russia 'looks set to SCRAP its only aircraft carrier after seven years of failed repairs'

    07/11/2025 3:43:02 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 56 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 7/11/2025 | OLIVIA ALLHUSEN and WILL STEWART
    Vladimir Putin's only aircraft carrier - the hulking Admiral Kuznetsov - is poised to be scrapped after seven failed years of repairs, say reports. Work on the jinxed ship, the largest in the Russian navy, has now been suspended despite the efforts to get it back in the water. News outlet Izvestia cites sources saying the vessel is likely destined for the scrapheap. Putin's 'Ship of Shame' is languishing in dock in grim Arctic port Murmansk, and has played no role in the war against Ukraine. Its crew were quietly sent to fight in the war instead. The 58,000-ton rust...
  • Russia not ‘satisfied’ with armed forces

    08/22/2003 9:19:38 AM PDT · by knighthawk · 4 replies · 247+ views
    The News International ^ | August 22 2003
    MOSCOW: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov on Wednesday criticised the Russian military’s level of combat readiness, saying that both he and President Vladimir Putin wanted to see improvements. ``Neither the president nor I am fully satisfied with the current state of combat-readiness in the Armed Forces,’’ the Interfax Military News Agency quoted Ivanov as saying. Ivanov singled out the navy in particular. ``We are going to do everything so that the departure of ships to the sea isn’t a special occasion, but becomes a regular occurrence,’’ Ivanov said. Russia’s navy has struggled to find funds to maintain its warships and...