Targeting French patrol craft that were in international waters seems like an aggressive action. But Moscow would likely claim this was self-defense.

And Romania allowed the deployment of NATO forces on its territory ... and Lithuania that separates the Kaliningrad region ...

Analysts say the return suggests that Moscow is preparing to evacuate one of its most valuable overseas bases.

Mystery still surrounds the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines linking Russia to Germany through the Baltic Sea in the fall of 2022, while an undersea cable linking Sweden to Estonia was damaged ...

KALININGRAD ... as well as deck helicopters Ka-27, and military transport planes Antonov-26," he said. The participating forces provide fire support for ground forces, destroy command centers ...

The press service noted that a special emphasis was on low-altitude flights along specified routes over rugged terrain in bad weather and amid countermeasures by enemy defenses KALININGRAD ...

The Russian ship Yantar was caught prowling UK territorial waters, equipped to sabotage undersea cables and conduct covert ...