Russia Has Only One Aircraft Carrier and It's On Fire (Again)

The flagship of the Russian Navy, the aircraft cruiser Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov – Moscow’s sole operational carrier – began to depart from her specialized and modernized drydock at the Zvyozdochka shipyard in the Barents Sea port city of Murmansk on Wednesday, ahead of planned sea trials that were expected to begin by the end next year. However, the warship will likely remain in port yet again after a “minor fire” had reportedly broken out.