Overview

• NATO Maritime Command on October 9 released photos of a French navy frigate observing a surfaced Russian submarine off Brittany.
• A NATO post on X pledged constant vigilance across the Atlantic without identifying the vessel by name.
• Russia’s Black Sea Fleet rejected reports of an emergency and said the Novorossiysk was transiting the English Channel in line with navigation rules after Mediterranean operations.
• The Telegram channel VChK-OGPU had alleged serious technical problems, including a fuel leak, and those claims remain unverified by independent sources.
• State agency TASS reported the Novorossiysk entered service in 2014 and belongs to a group of submarines capable of carrying Kalibr cruise missiles.