Summary and Key Points: A fire broke out on the former Soviet Navy Kiev-class aircraft carrier Minsk, now located in China, leading to significant damage. The carrier, which has been deteriorating ...

The Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov is a perfect icon from the Soviet Union-era, aged, unreliable, and poorly ...

The Admiral Kuznetsov was meant to be the pride of the Soviet navy, but the USSR went out of business soon after it was ...

Originally, the aircraft carrier was designated as Tbilisi but was renamed Leonid Brezhnev and finally Kuznetsov to honor the Admiral of the ... A few months later, a fire started by a welding ...

Firefighters have extinguished a blaze onboard Russia’s sole aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov ... "At around 5 a.m. the fire was extinguished. The fire covered 500 square meters," the source ...

The fire aboard the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov broke out during repair works in Murmansk in December 2019. As the emergency services reported, the fire could have started due to the ...

The Admiral Kuznetsov of Russia is the only operational aircraft carrier, known for its steam turbine propulsion and the ability to accommodate various combat aircraft and missiles. The Liaoning ...

Russian officials admitted that they no longer can service Russia’s lone aircraft carrier following a recent sinking of a large floating dry dock. A collapsed crane has reportedly left a gaping ...

Russia wants to build its first nuclear-powered aircraft ... it smaller than US carriers but still larger than Russia's sole aircraft carrier, the steam-powered Admiral Kuznetsov, which suffered ...

Back in 2020, the Barents Observer, a publication specializing in Russian military news, identified two competing programs as being the keys to understanding post-Soviet Russian aircraft carrier ...

Russian officials admitted that they no longer can service Russia’s lone aircraft carrier following a recent sinking of a large floating dry dock. A collapsed crane has reportedly left a gaping ...