{"id":1280,"date":"2026-06-09T15:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/1280\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T15:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:43:08","slug":"russia-holds-naval-drills-in-baltic-sea-during-major-nato-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/nato\/1280\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Holds Naval Drills in Baltic Sea During Major NATO Exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOSCOW, June 9 (Reuters)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Russia\u2019s navy has conducted military drills in the\u00a0Baltic\u00a0Sea, practicing unguided missile launches, bombing runs and missile strikes, it said, as major U.S.-NATO exercises also took place in the region, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0NATO BALTOPS naval exercise<\/a>, which began on June 4 and runs until June 20, are the biggest war games in the\u00a0Baltic\u00a0Sea this year, bringing together some 20 vessels from 15 nations with around 6,000 personnel.<\/p>\n

Russia carried out its own drills from June 8\u20139 in and near its Kaliningrad exclave, involving around 10 military aircraft, including fighter jets and bombers, as well as two small missile ships, according to Interfax.<\/p>\n

Kaliningrad, located on the\u00a0Baltic\u00a0coast between NATO members Lithuania and Poland, has a population of around 1 million. It is heavily militarized and serves as the headquarters of Russia\u2019s\u00a0Baltic\u00a0Fleet.<\/p>\n

President Vladimir Putin\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0in late May that Russia had all necessary means to destroy any force attempting to attack Kaliningrad after Lithuania\u2019s foreign minister said NATO should show Moscow it could penetrate the exclave.<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Maxim RodionovEditing by Andrew Osborn)<\/p>\n

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