MOSCOW, May 13. /TASS/. Russia’s Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier is expected to dock for repairs on May 15-17, a defense industry source has told TASS.

"The aircraft carrier is expected to enter the dockage facility on May 15-17," the source said, adding that repairs are expected to take two months.

Earlier, a source told TASS the repairs would last until September. Another source confirmed this information, adding that the aircraft carrier is expected to be set afloat again in September. "The task now is to set it afloat until the ice forms, otherwise everything will be delayed until 2023," he said.

No official confirmation of this report by the United Shipbuilding Corporation is available to TASS at the time of the publication.