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Putin
Another ‘Mystery Explosion’ Damages Tanker in Russian Port
Russia’s Ministry of Transport reported an “incident during loading and unloading operations” of the Eco Wizard liquid gas tanker on Sunday resulted in a “minor leak of liquid ammonia.”
July 7, 2025
Europe
Sweden Tightens Rules to Curb Russia’s Ghost Fleet in Baltic Waters
European governments frequently blame the vessels for damaging – deliberately or not – undersea cables, and for posing a maritime environmental threat.
May 31, 2025
War in Ukraine
OPINION: What it Would Mean if Russia Decided to Enter Baltic States
An imaginary, but not unrealistic, scenario of a sudden Russian attack on one or all of the Baltic countries leaves plenty to think about – politically, militarily and humanitarianly.
May 28, 2025
War in Ukraine
Nordics, Lithuania Plan Joint Purchase of Combat Vehicles
The CV90 combat vehicle is made by BAE Systems Hagglunds in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden.
April 22, 2025
Sweden
Tanker Suspected of Damaging Baltic Cables Allowed to Leave Finland
Finnish police suspect eight of the tanker’s crew of involvement, and three of them are still barred from leaving Finland.
March 2, 2025
Energy
Baltic States Begin Decoupling From Russian Power Grid
The Baltics – former Soviet republics that joined NATO and the EU in 2004 – have long prepared to integrate with the European grid but faced technological and financial issues.
Feb. 8, 2025
Russia
Denmark Steps Up Checks Tracking Russia’s ‘Shadow Fleet’
Several undersea telecom and power cables have been severed in the Baltic Sea in recent months, with experts accusing Russia of orchestrating a hybrid war against Western countries supporting Ukraine.
Feb. 6, 2025
NATO
Sweden to Send Warships, Surveillance Jet to Baltics to Bolster NATO Defense
The deployment follows suspected Russian undersea cable sabotages and marks Sweden’s first contribution to a NATO mission since it joined in March 2024.
Jan. 13, 2025
Black Sea Fleet
Ghost Ships - Has Moscow Overstated Warship Numbers for Naval Maneuvers
A Russian news outlet has said the actual number of warships in Russia is far fewer than the total of vessels the Kremlin said would participate in ongoing naval drills.
Sept. 12, 2024
Sweden
Vulnerability of GPS to Russian Jamming Highlighted Once Again
The finger of suspicion is pointing squarely at Moscow for the increasing number of reports of satellite signals to GPS navigation and TV systems being blocked or “spoofed.”
July 1, 2024
Air Defenses
US Deployed Mobile Nuclear-Capable Missile Launchers to Baltic Sea –Twice
The US has twice practiced the deployment of the US Army’s Typhon containerized vertical missile launcher by air to the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.
June 4, 2024