"On August 20 at noon in Baltiysk, a solemn ritual of the first raising of the Navy flag of the Russian Federation took place on the newest Project 12700 Georgy Kurbatov PMO ship, built for the Navy at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard", - TASS reports the press service Baltic Fleet.

It is noted that "Georgy Kurbatov" replenished the mine-sweeping forces of the Russian Navy as part of the program for their re-equipment.

Earlier it was reported that as part of the camp gathering, the artillery units of the Baltic Fleet marines conducted exercises in conjunction with a regular unit of unmanned aerial vehicles.