Russians form a mechanized battalion from the crew of the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier

20 September, 2024

Admiral Kuznetsov. Photo from open sources

The Russian Navy has formed a “Frigate” mechanized battalion from the crew of the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier.

This conclusion can be drawn from the reports of OSINT researcher moklasen in X.

The researcher drew attention to a message asking for help to find men from military unit 78987 on the social media Vkontakte.

It is known that the “Fregat” battalion was initially located in the Kharkiv region, but was later redeployed to the Pokrovsk sector.

Earlier, in August, it became known about the disappearance of sailor Oleg Sosedov from the crew of the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, who had gone missing on 23 July during the storming of the frontier village of Sotnytskii Kozachok in the Kharkiv region.

Oleg Sosedov. Source: moklasen/X

It turned out that Sosedov had also been from military unit No. 78987.

The Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, the only one in the Russian Navy, has been undergoing repairs for a long time.

The cruiser went under overhaul in 2017 after an operation on the Syrian coast. In October 2018, it was leaving the PD-50 shipyard of the 82nd Roslyakovo shipyard when it began to sink. The accident caused a crane to fall onto the cruiser’s deck and damage it.

Fire on the Admiral Kuznetsov cruiser, 2019. Photo from open sources

The ship’s repairs continued, but a year later, a large-scale fire broke out on the Admiral Kuznetsov. At least 6 people were injured.

The ship was supposed to be repaired until 2024, but it is likely to continue.

The Russians are also forming infantry units from the Aerospace Forces members.

According to Russian propagandist Ilya Tumanov, such units are involved in the battles for Kursk.

6 comments

  1. Hmm … sailors as land army soldiers.
    Quite frankly, it almost overpowers the mind to see how the mafia military leaders manage not only to lower the bar on incompetence and idiocy, but they also manage to mirror Nazi Germany’s methodologies.

    After the German navy and air force were rendered almost useless by the allies (western allies, btw) Hitler also formed infantry units from airmen and sailors.

  2. I think its a good idea, those who don’t have cancer from all that pollution and smoke etc. instead of sitting around drinking, wanking and bumming might as well join the fun.

    Why should it be only the army that get the wheelchairs?

  3. Talk about scraping the bottom of the barrell!
    Next they will throwing the children into the fire like the Hitler Youth.

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