Putin Inaugurates Two New Nuclear Submarines Amid Ongoing Ukraine Conflict

The Russian President pledges to strengthen naval power, with eight more submarines in the pipeline as part of a strategic military expansion.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has inaugurated two new nuclear submarines, the Emperor Alexander III and Krasnoyarsk, at the Sevmash shipbuilding yard in Severodvinsk.
The Emperor Alexander III is part of Russia’s new Borei (Arctic Wind) class of nuclear-powered submarines, armed with 16 nuclear-tipped Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles.
The Krasnoyarsk belongs to the Yasen (Ash Tree) class of multi-purpose submarines equipped with long-range, high-precision missiles that can strike targets at sea and on land.
Putin has pledged to strengthen Russia’s naval power in strategic areas of the world’s oceans and announced that eight more nuclear submarines – three Borei-class and five Yasen-class – are being built.
This move comes amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, where Putin’s conventional forces are locked in a grinding war of attrition, and after Russian lawmakers approved record military spending in October.