MURMANSK, June 17. /TASS/. The Sevmash Shipyard in northwestern Russia laid down the Yasen-M-class multipurpose nuclear-powered submarine Murmansk, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.
"On June 17, 2026, the Sevmash Shipyard held an official ceremony to lay down the Project Yasen-M multipurpose nuclear-powered submarine cruiser Murmansk. The name to the nuclear-powered submarine has been assigned by order of Navy Commander-in-Chief Fleet Admiral Alexander Moiseyev," the ministry said in a statement.
Thus, the Russian shipbuilders launched the construction of the ninth multipurpose nuclear-powered missile-carrying submarine of the upgraded Yasen-M Project, it said.
Russia builds the world’s best nuclear-powered submarines and few countries can afford their construction, Navy Commander-in-Chief Fleet Admiral Moiseyev said after the keel-laying ceremony.
"Not every country can afford to build such ships, namely, nuclear-powered submarines. <…> We build the best ships, the best nuclear-powered submarines. This is the result of the huge, revolutionary, collective work of our entire country," he stressed.
