The Russian navy has practiced anti-submarine combat in both the Baltic Sea and the Arctic Barents Sea in consecutive drills, as its naval reinforcement in the two regions continues.
Russia’s military drills from all branches of the armed forces have increased this year, since Moscow was put under sanctions by the United States and the European Union over its interference in Ukraine. Its exercises in the Baltic and Arctic are particularly controversial, because Russia shares both regions almost exclusively with NATO member states.
Its Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad borders Poland on one side and Lithuania on the other, while the other four …read more
Source: Newsweek
