Russia commissions 3 new warships into its navy

STORY: Russia commissions 3 new warships into its navy SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 25, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the flag-raising ceremony STORYLINE: Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a flag-raising ceremony for three new warships that are set to join the country's navy, the Kremlin reported on Monday. The Admiral Golovko frigate will join Russia's Northern Fleet, while the Naro-Fominsk small-rocket ship and the Lev Chernavin minesweeper will serve in the country's Baltic Fleet, the Russian leader said during the ceremony he attended at the Severnaya Verf shipyard in St. Petersburg. "The commissioning of the newest ships into the fleet demonstrates that the shipbuilding industry is thriving," the president said, adding that it is now engaged in successful mass production of different classes of warships. The Admiral Golovko, a serial-produced frigate, is armed with Kalibr cruise missiles and was created with some of the most