

"Recent reports about the withdrawal of Dmitry Donskoy from the Russian Navy do not correspond to reality. "Then the specialists will have to assess the technical condition of the ship and the stock of nuclear fuel," the source said. Meanwhile, several unnamed sources in the shipbuilding industry and law enforcement agencies in the north of Russia offered conflicting information to TASS regarding the Dmitry Donskoy, following RIA Novosti's report.Ī TASS source in the shipbuilding industry told the news agency that a decision on the future fate of the submarine would be made no earlier than December this year. The submarine had been due to be phased out over the coming decades by the new Borei class of nuclear-powered strategic submarines, according to a report from The National Interest. Decommissioning of the submarine is an issue of five years, at least," the source said. "There are military training events planned for 2021 involving the cruiser. In January 2021, a military insider source told Russia's state-run news agency TASS that the Russian Navy had no immediate plans to decommission Dmitry Donskoy. It isn't clear why the two submarines were in the White Sea, close to Russia's northwestern coast. #OSINT #SubSunday /j3fbsCTWjR- H I Sutton June 26, 2022 These subs are ginormous, much bigger than anything in the West, even the US Navy's Ohio Classīelgorod is on trials. 2 largest submarines in the world, Belgorod (K-239) and Dmitriy Donskoi (TK-208) (TYPHOON Class) caught on surface in White Sea
