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A occurrence broke retired connected the flagship of the Russian Navy, according to section media reports.
The blaze started connected the Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia's lone craft carrier, portion it was docked astatine the Zvyozdochka shipyard successful the Barents Sea larboard metropolis of Murmansk, located successful the acold north-west of Russia, quality bureau Tass said.
An exigency services root told the bureau connected Thursday greeting that 20 radical had been evacuated, the occurrence was extinguished and that "there were nary casualties."
Alexei Rakhmanov, caput of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), which is overseeing renovation of the vessel, told RIA Novosti that the incidental occurred during repair work.
The Admiral Kuznetsov has been retired of work and successful adust dock for repairs since 2018.
The 43,000-tonne, 1000-foot warship has a unit of 1,300 and is equipped with anti-ship and aerial defence rocket systems. In November 2022, officials said repairs were connected docket and the vas would beryllium acceptable by the archetypal 4th of 2024.
In November Rakhmanov told reporters successful Moscow that "obstructions" were recovered successful abstracted sections of the vessel but "the enactment is connected schedule," and that "we volition bash everything to marque this happen."
The renovation is expected to springiness the vas caller combat imaginable and widen its operational lifespan for different 10 to 15 years, Naval News reported.
The vas has been the country of different mishaps. In October 2018 Russia's biggest floating adust dock, PD-50, sank, causing 1 of its 70-ton cranes to clang onto the ship's formation deck, causing a ample hole.
In December 2019 2 unit died and much than a twelve were injured pursuing a occurrence that started successful the clasp that besides caused an estimated $8 cardinal worthy of damage.
The task to repair the vessel has besides been beset by corruption. In March 2021 the manager wide of the shipyard overseeing the repairs was arrested for embezzlement of funds totaling 45 cardinal rubles ($606,300), Tass reported.
Russia's warfare effort successful Ukraine was dealt a large blow aft the Black Sea fleet flagship Moskva sank successful April aft it was attacked by Ukrainian forces.
Ukraine said it deed the vas with Neptune missiles, causing it to descend with the nonaccomplishment of up to 250 sailors. Russia denied the Ukrainian mentation of events, saying the vas sank aft a occurrence connected committee detonated ammunition.
Newsweek has contacted USC for comment.
Update 12/22/22, 6:39 a.m. ET: This nonfiction has been updated with further accusation and a caller headline.
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