OREANDA-NEWS The issue of the expediency of creating a new Russian marine aircraft carrier complex has been worked out. This was announced in an interview with Krasnaya Zvezda by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.

"The issue of the expediency of creating a promising marine aircraft carrier complex, the use of which will increase the effectiveness of solving various operational tasks, has been worked out," the military said.

In April 2023, Izvestia, citing sources in the Russian Defense Ministry, reported that the only Russian aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov heavy aircraft carrier under repair, would be armed with the latest Pantsir—M anti—aircraft missile and artillery complexes to replace the older Cutlasses.

In March of the same year, Kyle Mizokami, a columnist for the American magazine Popular Mechanics, stated that the heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov was theoretically a combat-ready ship.