Swedish authorities on May 3 boarded and seized a tanker in the Baltic Sea believed to be part of Russia's shadow fleet, the latest intervention targeting vessels suspected of evading sanctions and violating maritime law.

Russia is testing Europe’s limits in the Baltic Sea and creating an imminent threat for the continent, the head of the German navy has warned. Increasingly hostile actions by the Russian military, including low-flying combat ships and the sabotage of ...

NATO has intercepted Russian bombers and fighter jets over the Baltic Sea. French Rafale fighters deployed from Lithuania joined jets from Sweden, Finland, Poland, Denmark, and Romania to monitor the Russian flight on Monday.

The military alliance routinely scrambles fighter aircraft to intercept Russian warplanes that approach or fly near NATO airspace. NATO says the Russian planes it intercepts often fail to use their transponders and don't communicate with air traffic controllers or file a flight plan. NATO jets are sent up to identify them.

On the night of May 2, drones attacked the commercial seaport in Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast, causing a fire, and flights were temporarily restricted at several

Russia issues "last warning" to four NATO states over "bogus" accusations that they are allowing Ukraine drone access with fears that it could be a pretext for war in the Baltic