Russia cannot be global power without powerful Navy — Patrushev

MOSCOW, July 11. /TASS/. Russia cannot be a world power without having powerful military and trade fleets, Russian Presidential Aide, Chairman of the Maritime Board Nikolay Patrushev said in an interview with KP.RU.

"It is important to realize that without a powerful military and trade fleet, Russia will not be able to be a great power and will not survive under global geopolitical contest," he stated.

Over 140 Ukrainian drones taken down over Russian regions during day

Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 144 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over Crimea, the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Rostov, Smolensk, Tver, Tula, Moscow, and Krasnodar Regions, and the Black Sea

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