"On September 22, the first representative of the series of the world's most powerful nuclear-powered icebreakers of project 22220" Arktika "will leave St. Petersburg for ice tests, and then to the city of Murmansk to sign the acceptance certificate," - quoted by RIA Novosti Baltic plant.
For the first time, the vessel will find itself in extreme conditions of the Arctic ice, it will have to "confirm the title of the flagship of the Russian icebreaker fleet."
In December 2019, the nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika passed stability tests.
As reported in Rosatom, the state corporation will lay the foundation stone for the Chukotka icebreaker next year.