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Crew members line up on board the Neustrashimy guard ship before the start of the Main Naval Parade marking Russian Navy Day in St Petersburg, Russia, July 30, 2023. /CFP
Russian President Vladimir Putin reviewed a parade of warships and nuclear submarines in St Petersburg on Sunday and announced that the Russian Navy would receive 30 new ships this year.
As many as 45 ships, submarines and other vessels took part in Russia's annual Navy Day event, which takes place in the Gulf of Finland and on the River Neva in St Petersburg. Around 3,000 navy personnel also took part in a parade on land, according to the Kremlin.
Putin, accompanied by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Head of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, inspected some of the ships from a launch boat on the Neva before making a speech.
"Today, Russia is confidently implementing the large-scale tasks of our national maritime policy and is consistently building up the strength of our Navy," said Putin. "This year alone, 30 ships of different classes are being added to the fleet," he said.
He made no substantive comments on the country's "special military operation" in Ukraine.
Four African heads of state attended Sunday's event and five other African countries sent representatives, according to the Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.
They were invited after a Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg, which concluded on Friday at which delegates discussed grain supplies and potential peace talks on Ukraine.
(With input from Reuters)
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