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RF Navy Northern Fleet Gorshkov-class frigate "Admiral Golovko" transited from Severomorsk Naval Base to a nearby mooring location within the Kola Gulf by the afternoon of 2 August, departed that location overnight 2-3 August, and remains underway through today.

[2/2] Vitse-Admiral Kulakov departed Baltiysk on 31 July after a two-day port call, then operated in the southern Baltic, briefly returned to the Baltiysk area on 5 Aug, and finally departed the Baltiysk area by the 20:00 local hour on 5 August.

[1/2] RF Navy Northern Fleet Udaloy I-class destroyer Vitse-Admiral Kulakov conducted northbound transit of the Great Belt on 7 August

h/t @pa.nton.cx

For comparison, here is Vitse-Admiral Kulakov heading north on 4 June 2025 and today

Udaloy I Vitse-Admiral Kulakov

Over on X, one user posted that the Smolnyy crew was denied permission to disembark and visit the city. There is no official confirmation. If true, it could simply be a temporary hiccup caused by late submission of a country clearance request.

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SB-123 continues operating south of Gotland and Öland (6 August)

This handy chart shows that, after port call in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Oslyabya (joined by Obukhov-class mine countermeasures ship Petr Ilichev and Goryn-class salvage/rescue ship SB-521) will head northeast to next port call; no mention of Magadan, Admiral Panteleyev, or Sovershennyy

Plenty more photos here:

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...Sovershennyy...

...Admiral Panteleyev and her RHIB...

...Magadan...

Oslyabya moored behind Omolon bulk carrier (IMO 9118135 | MMSI 273411650)

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...the other ships moored in the south-central portion of the bay.

The RF Navy Pacific Fleet ships arrived in Magadan (Bukhta Nagayevo) as scheduled. Oslyabya was the only ship to moor at the terminal quay...

This recently posted image (date taken: unknown) clearly shows netting over the weapons handling pier when Dolgorukiy-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Aleksandr Nevskiy was there

RF Navy Baltic Fleet Smolnyy-class training ship Smolnyy arrived in Cape Town, South Africa

SB-123 continues operating south of Gotland and Öland (5 August)

Disappointing research effort by BO (yet again)...

- 16 (vice 14) Project 02690 floating cranes have been delivered to the RF Navy

- SPK-62150 is the sixth unit to be assigned to the Northern Fleet

[4/4] The first port call for this campaign will be Magadan (arrival at 15:00 local on 6 August). Subsequent port calls will include Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Anadyr, Provideniya, Severo-Kurilsk, Yuzhno-Kurilsk, and Korsakov.

[3/4] Overnight 2-3 August, Admiral Panteleyev, Sovershennyy, and Oslyabya conducted eastbound transits of the La Perouse Strait; there was no mention of Magadan or Alatau.

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[2/4] Ingul-class salvage/rescue tug Alatau is also supporting the ships' movements.

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[1/4] RF Navy Pacific Fleet Kilo-class diesel-electric submarine Magadan, Udaloy I-class destroyer Admiral Panteleyev, Steregushchiy II-class corvette Sovershennyy, and Ropucha I-class landing ship Oslyabya departed Vladivostok on 1 August for a 'Power in Truth' patriotic outreach campaign.

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Igor Belousov returned to Vladivostok Naval Base during the 09:00 local hour on 5 August

After a brief pause, SB-123 departed the Baltiysk area by the 14:00 local hour on 4 August and has returned to the previous operations area south of Gotland and Öland

Most Exercise MARITIME COOPERATION-2025 participants departed port during the 08:00-09:00 local hours on 3 August; PRC submarine rescue ship Xihu departed overnight/early morning; busy Sunday morning for one harbor tug

One month after arriving in Murmansk, Project 02690 self-propelled floating crane SPK-62150 (MMSI 273258270) was commissioned into the RF Navy and assigned to the Northern Fleet on 1 August; this is the sixteenth unit to be built for the RF Navy

Igor Belousov departed Vladivostok Naval Base during the 19:00 local hour on 2 August; all other Exercise MARITIME COOPERATION-2025 participants remain in port

Yevpatiy Kolovrat entered Avachinskaya Bukhta on 2 August after weeklong transit from Bukhta Konyushkova

RF Navy Northern Fleet unidentified Akula-class nuclear-powered submarine arrived in port on 1 August after two-week underway period (17 July-1 August)

- another Akula (possibly Gepard) remains deployed since 19 June