Russia launches live-fire Baltic naval drills on Europe’s doorstep

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Russia launches live-fire Baltic naval drills on Europe’s doorstep
By AP Staff
Aug 2, 02:30 PM
A Russian Navy ship is pictured through a binocular as it passes near a German Navy Frigate on June 6, 2022, during the BALTOPS 22 Exercise in the Baltic Sea. (AFP FILE via Getty Images)

Russia’s Ministry of Defense said it began begun live-fire naval exercises in the Baltic Se a on Wednesday, ratcheting up tensions with nearby European nations that are already high over NATO and Ukraine.

Russia last carried out mass military exercises in the Baltic Sea in June, two months after Finland became NATO’s newest member. The drills took place at the same time NATO was holding its own Baltic Sea exercises.

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