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Posted by Lars on February 2, 2026, 9:22:54, in reply to "Re: Number of polar-capable surface warships (Greenland)"
Yes, Russia has no icebreaking destroyers or frigates.
In addition to the new Project 23550 (Ivan Papanin) patrol ships, they have apparently still four old Project 97P (Ivan Susanin) patrol ships, which also have icebreaking capabilities. But according to Wikipedia, in case of two of those, the armament was removed. And these are very old ships...
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