-Russia is pouring billions of dollars and decades of work into resurrecting a Kirov-class nuclear battlecruiser, Admiral Nakhimov, as the likely future flagship of its navy. -On the surface, the ship ...

Summary and Key Points: Russia’s Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruiser, a symbol of late Soviet naval power, has outlived its usefulness in the modern naval battlefield. -The remaining vessel, ...

Summary and Key Points: The Kirov-class nuclear-powered guided-missile battlecruiser, introduced in 1980 by the Soviet Navy, is the largest and heaviest surface combatant warship in service worldwide, ...

A major factory producing missile and aviation parts in the Russian city of Kirov was damaged in a Ukrainian Flamingo cruise missile strike that left six dead and dozens more injured, Russian and ...

The Russian Navy isn't exactly the biggest and baddest around — the country only has one aircraft carrier, and it's not functional, after all. Since the country invaded Ukraine in 2022, its Black Sea ...

Ukrainian drones operated by military intelligence (HUR) attacked the Zenit oil depot in Russia's Kirov Oblast on Aug. 28, a HUR source confirmed for the Kyiv Independent. The attack caused a fire at ...