The drills involve 16 NATO member states, more than 40 ships, 25 aircraft, and approximately 9,000 military personnel. The Latvian news agency LETA reported that NATO’s annual large-scale multinational military exercise, Baltic Operations 2025 (BALTOPS 25), officially began on Thursday. RELATED: Russian Navy Launches Baltic Sea Drills Amid Rising NATO Tensions The exercise aims to […]

The Zapad-2025 drills are scheduled to take place next fall on Russian and Belarusian territory. On Wednesday, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin announced that his nation’s joint military exercises with Russia and other member countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will be relocated away from the Baltic border in an effort to ease […]

During the drills, live-fire exercises will target enemy sea and air threats, including unmanned surface drones. On Tuesday, the Russian Navy began naval exercises in the Baltic Sea involving more than 20 ships, about 3,000 troops, nearly 25 aircraft and helicopters, and around 70 pieces of military equipment. Among the vessels taking part are frigates, […]

A criminal investigation into suspected serious sabotage has been launched, authorities said. On Sunday, the Swedish Prosecution Authority has confiscated a ship suspected of damaging un underwater fiber optic cable linking Latvia and the Swedish island of Gotland. RELATED: Europe: Sweden Confirms First Case of Mpox and Puts the Old Continent on Alert A criminal […]

This region is ‘a front in the collective defense against evolving threats,’ Defense Minister Pistorius stated. On Monday, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius inaugurated a new tactical headquarters for the Navy, which will serve NATO in the city of Rostock, on the shores of the Baltic Sea. RELATED: Ukraine’s Victory Plan to Drive NATO Closer […]