Vladimir Putin has ordered his Pacific Fleet to launch surprise war games to test their readiness for a retaliatory nuclear strike on the West. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the ...

'The commander of the Pacific Fleet Sergei Avakyants has reached the retirement age [65 years] and was sent to a well-deserved rest with honours,' said a source in the defence ministry.

The Pacific Fleet's 55th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade and 40th Naval Infantry Brigade were particularly affected in the fighting, losing almost all their soldiers.

Putin FIRES Pacific fleet admiral in sign that Vladimir was furious military drills intended to send message to the West were a flop Putin sacked Admiral Sergei Avakyants, 66, the commander of his ...

Some of America's nuclear-powered, conventionally armed fast-attack submarines serve with the Pacific Fleet and are stationed ...

The entire Russian Pacific Fleet was put on high alert on Friday for snap drills that will involve practice missile launches in a massive show of force amid the tensions with the West over the ...

The Pacific Fleet drills started just before Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu arrived in Russia on Sunday and met with Putin, who hailed close ties between Moscow and Beijing.

Russia has launched its sixth – and presumed final – Project 636.3 submarine in its Pacific fleet, the Yakutsk, in St Petersburg. The submarine will largely be sent to work in the Russian Federation’s ...

Warships from the Russian Pacific Fleet are conducting anti-submarine exercises in waters off the country’s far eastern coast, Russia’s Pacific Fleet press service said on Thursday morning.

The third Project 636.3 Varshavyanka (Improved Kilo-II class) diesel-electric attack submarine was commissioned into the Russian Pacific Fleet on 12 October at St Petersburg. Laid down in November ...

The Pacific Fleet drills started just before Chinese Defence Minister Gen. Li Shangfu arrived in Russia on Sunday and met with Putin, who hailed close ties between Moscow and Beijing.