Admiral Kuznetsov is an aircraft-carrying missile cruiser in Russian classification, which has served as the flagship of the Russian Navy, although she has been out of service since 2017. She was buil
Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov in 2017
Admiral Kuznetsov in the waters south of Italy with USS Deyo, foreground, steaming off her port side, December 1991
President Dmitry Medvedev inside the hangar bay, October 2008. Behind is the Kamov Ka-27 helicopter.
Admiral Kuznetsov, shadowed by British destroyer HMS York off the UK coast, en route to a Mediterranean cruise, December 2011
From September 2015 until December 2024, Russia conducted a military intervention in the Syrian civil war, following a request by Ba'athist Syria under Bashar al-Assad for support against the Syrian o
Russian military patrol in Syria
Preparation of an aircraft of the Russian Air Force for combat sorties in Syria.
Russian multirole fighter Su-30 at the Hmeymim air base.
A Russian air defense battery in December 2015. A Pantsir-S1 close-range defense system and two launch vehicles for S-400 long-distance flight missiles at Latakia.