Overview

• Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate and Defence Intelligence of Ukraine allege they obtained classified technical diagrams, crew rosters, combat instructions and daily schedules for the Knyaz Pozharsky.
• The Knyaz Pozharsky joined the Northern Fleet’s 31st Submarine Division at Gadzhiyevo on July 24 and carries 16 Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles with up to ten warheads each.
• Ukrainian analysts say the stolen files reveal design flaws and routine-operation weaknesses across Russia’s Borei-A-class submarine fleet.
• No independent cybersecurity firm or Western agency has verified the hacking claim and Moscow has issued no official response.
• Days after the alleged breach, Russian and Chinese naval forces launched joint anti-submarine exercises in the Sea of Japan.