Russia has the largest icebreaker fleet in the world, Putin said

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia has the largest icebreaker fleet in the world, there will be new ships, and also expressed hope that in December the flag will be raised on the nuclear-powered icebreaker "Yakutia." "Russia has the largest icebreaker fleet in the world. This naturally: Russia is a northern country... In December, I hope, the flag will be raised on the nuclear-powered icebreaker "Yakutia" and it will become part of the Russian icebreaker fleet," the head of state said at the launching ceremony universal nuclear icebreaker "Chukotka". Putin recalled that Russia has 34 diesel icebreakers, seven nuclear icebreakers, and there will also be icebreakers "Yakutia", "Chukotka", "Leningrad" and "Stalingrad." "I'm sure we will conduct another such an event at the end of this year and we will raise the flag on another icebreaker “Yakutia,” he emphasized. Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the launching ceremony of the nuclear icebreaker Chukotka at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg via video conference. Icebreaker "Chukotka" is the fifth vessel (fourth serial) of Project 22220, which was built at the Baltic Shipyard by order of the state corporation "Rosatom". The vessel was laid down at the enterprise's slipway in December 2020.