All news on the topic: Baltic Sea

Heavy machine guns have been mounted aboard a tanker that supplies energy to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, according to surveillance photos obtained by reporters.

Business owners in Jurmala — the Baltic region’s most famous resort city — are accusing local activist Romans Hains of using environmental complaints and regulatory pressure to systematically disrupt the operations of restaurants and beachfront venues during the most profitable period of the year.

Britain’s critical energy and communications infrastructure in the North Sea is dangerously exposed to possible sabotage by Russia-linked “shadow fleet” vessels, a defense expert has warned.

Sweden has selected France’s state-owned Naval Group to manufacture four warships worth around Skr40bn (€3.7bn).

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s decision last month to let the British military board ships of Russia’s so-called "shadow fleet" has had no clear impact on the number passing through UK waters, a Reuters analysis shows.

A Russian aircraft has been intercepted by Polish F-16 fighter jets during a reconnaissance mission.

On December 27, 2025, the sanctioned oil tanker Kira K was docked in the Russian port of Ust-Luga, deep within the eastern reaches of the Gulf of Finland.

Russian submarines are being secretly deployed alongside Moscow’s spy ship to map critical undersea infrastructure.

A Ukrainian man suspected of involvement in causing undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany in 2022 has been arrested in Poland, according to a spokesperson for the district prosecutor’s office in Warsaw.

Two German Eurofighter jets were scrambled on Sunday to intercept a Russian military aircraft above the Baltic Sea, as Estonia said it would call an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council after Russian planes violated its airspace.

NATO intercepted three Russian jets that violated Estonia’s airspace on Friday, the country’s foreign ministry and an alliance spokesperson said.

Sweden has reported a significant increase in satellite navigation failures over the Baltic Sea in the past year, according to new statistics published by the Swedish Transport Agency.

Russia’s so-called "shadow fleet" of oil tankers has started to avoid the English Channel, steering away from high-risk zones and traditional shipping routes.

War now feels dangerously close on Nato’s eastern flank after a Russian fighter jet tore into Estonia’s airspace.

British fighter jets intercepted Russian aircraft approaching NATO airspace on two occasions this week.

A long-planned exit from the BRELL power grid has the Baltic countries preparing for Russian retaliation.

Nato has launched a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea amid heightened fears of Russian sabotage and spying.

Cook Islands-registered Eagle S was carrying Russian oil in the Baltic Sea

Russia sent two Tu-22M3 nuclear-capable bombers over the Baltic Sea as Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited British troops in Estonia.

Germany’s Air Force confirmed in a post on social media this week that it had deployed fighters to intercept the Russian planes as they navigated over seas bordering NATO nations

Defense ministry plan had sparked alarm among NATO allies.