Moscow Isn’t Rushing To Modernize Its Navy

The Russian Navy’s participation in the war against Ukraine has been mostly limited to the Black Sea Fleet and Caspian Flotilla. Yet, even with these limitations, Russia has still lost one of its five cruisers and several ships of other types during the conflict (see EDM, November 8, 2022). Together with reconsidering the roles and tasks of the Baltic and Northern fleets once Finland and Sweden finally join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, one would think these developments would force Moscow to exhaustively reconsider its approach…