Putin oversees commissioning of new Russian navy warships

The newly commissioned vessels included a corvette, a minesweeper and the Generalissimus Suvorov nuclear submarine.

Vladimir Putin oversees the commissioning of new ships for the Russian navy via video conference (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool/AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw the commissioning of new warships and vowed on Thursday to further strengthen his country’s navy.

“We will speed up and increase the volumes of construction of ships of various projects, equip them with the most modern weapons, and conduct the operational and combat training using the experience received during the special military operation,” Mr Putin said, referring to Russia’s 10-month-old campaign in Ukraine.