A source in the Russian defense sector told TASS on April 23, 2018 that Russia’s Defense Ministry and the United Ship-Building Corporation had signed a contract on the repair of the country’s sole aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.

As Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Boris said earlier, the warship’s repairs are expected to be completed in 2020 and the aircraft carrier is planned to come into operation again in 2021. The Admiral Kuznetsov will be repaired at the Shipyard in Murmansk in northwest Russia.

The Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov is a heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser. As of 2018, it is the Russian Navy’s largest warship and its sole aircraft carrier. The Admiral Kuznetsov is part of the Northern Fleet and is the Russian Navy’s flagship.