Russia showed its navy muscle by displaying its latest frigates at a parade to mark its Navy Day on the Baltic Sea on Sunday.

The parade, involving more than 4,000 personnel, 43 warships and submarines, and 31 aircraft, was held near Saint Petersburg and nearby Kronshtadt. It shows the Navy is ready to fight back any aggressor, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during the parade.

The ships included the Admiral Kasatonov frigate, the Gremyashchiy-class corvette, the Kronshtadt submarine of project 677, the small Mytishchi and the Serpukhov rocket ships and the Ivan Antonov minesweeper.

The Navy Day is celebrated across Russia to honor "all those who at different times in history served Russia faithfully and loyally, and who continue doing this on its borders and far away from the homeland", Putin said.

By the end of the parade, amphibious Be-200 airplanes, an A-50 long-range radar surveillance aircraft, as well as Su-30SM fighter jets flew over the Neva River and the Gulf of Finland.

"Our Navy ensures security of the country, its national interests and can properly repulse any aggressor," Putin said.

This is guaranteed by unique weapons that Russia has, he said, "but the most important is that the courage and training standards of the fleet crews, loyalty to the St. Andrew's Flag (Russia's Navy Flag) and devotion to the Fatherland remain a special and lofty duty for them. The sailors stand to the end when they perform their combat missions", Putin said.

"At the time of bitter trials, the seamen are ready to give their lives for their ship, their people and the Fatherland," Putin emphasized, citing numerous examples of heroism by Russian sailors back in the 19th century, during the World War II and most recent examples, like the courage of the crew during the fire onboard a Russian submersible in the Barents Sea.

Putin pledged that the country has remembered and will always remember the feats of the Russian sailors, and he appreciated the seamen for seeking inspiration from heroic traditions, for their unity and strength, for bravery and courage, and for their service to the country.