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The deployment of a naval task group to Southeast Asia is likely to help Russia strengthen ties with countries in the region.
"The armed forces' jet fighters and warships met up with the submarine .... and are now following it," Sweden's armed forces said.
The Swedish military deployed fighter jets and a warship to shadow a Russian submarine after it entered the Baltic Sea on Tuesday and continues sailing toward a Russian port.
NATO's chief said on Monday that there is a "lone and broken Russian submarine limping home from patrol" in the Mediterranean Sea.
Ukraine’s naval drones have sunk warships, hit oil terminals, and even downed Russian helicopters and fighter jets over the Black Sea.
Critical undersea cables are being damaged in the Baltic. Who's behind the breaks is a mystery, but Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo sees a connection between the cuts and the Russian shadow fleet.
Russia is increasingly violating neighbors' airspace and menacing NATO throughout Eastern Europe and along the Baltic, but there’s one area where its strength is waning: the waters of the Mediterranean.
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Did Russia Just Suffer Another Submarine Mishap?
Russia has denied that its submarine is experiencing mechanical problems—but a Russian military blogger has speculated that it was forced to surface following a catastrophic fuel leak.
This was the latest event after a series of incursions by Russian military aircraft into NATO airspace in September, leading to heightened tensions between NATO and Russia.
The landmark journey from Ningbo to Felixstowe took half the time of traditional routes and came as China and Russia agreed an action plan to further develop transport through Arctic waters, where nuclear-powered icebreakers play a key role.
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) saw a decrease in airspace violations from China and Russia aircraft during the first half of Fiscal Year 2025 compared to the prior year. Japan scrambled fighter aircraft in response to airspace violations 265 times between April 1 and Sept.
Not so much The Hunt for Red October as a hunt for the nearest mechanic. Thus guffawed Nato secretary general Mark Rutte at the news that a Russian submarine had surfaced in European waters on its way back to northern Russia,