Summary and Key Points: During the Cold War, there were discussions about hybridizing battleships and aircraft carriers into "battlecarriers." -The Soviet Navy attempted this with the Kiev-class ...

The Minsk was the second of four Kiev-class aircraft carriers built by the Soviet Union between 1970 and 1987. It was decommissioned by the Russian Navy in 1993, and eventually sold to China as scrap.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov branded Ukraine’s calls for an immediate meeting in the Normandy format in case of refusal to fulfill the Minsk ... Harry Truman aircraft carrier in ...