Russian destroyer moves into the Baltic Sea - tensions before Baltops 2025!

Russian destroyer moves into the Baltic Sea - tensions before Baltops 2025!

Rostock, Deutschland - The maritime tensions in the Baltic Sea increase while international sea monks are preparing for upcoming maneuvers. The frigate "Bavaria" in Rostock is currently determined as a vanguard for the NATO maneuver Baltops. In the meantime, the Russian destroyer "Vice Admiral Kulakov" has taken the Baltic Sea. This shows the growing military pressure in a region that has often been the setting for military exercises in recent years, with the NATO maneuvers Baltops have been taking place annually since 1971

NATO units have to become direct contact with Russian ships after the latest developments. Russia has announced a large Seemanöver in the Baltic Sea, supported by aerospace forces, and plans to send 20 warships, 3,000 soldiers and 25 aircraft and helicopter into the maneuver. Loud KN-Online.de "Vice Admiral Kulakov" of the frigate "Bavaria" on its way to Warnemünde, while the Danish frigate "Iver Huitfeld" kept an eye on the Russian destroyer.

NATO marine exercises in Rostock

The NATO maneuver "Baltops 2025" starts on June 3 in Rostock. The exercise is coordinated for the first time from this city and includes 30 units from ten nations and around 3000 soldiers. There are also an American aircraft carrier, which is expected for early June in Warnemünde, as well as the year-round coordination of civil-military cooperation. The focus of the exercise is to increase the coordination and deterrent. The participant countries include Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Germany and the USA, as on ndr.de reported.

The practice area includes the Rostock overseas port, the naval base and the naval base. The required measures for the drone defense are particularly challenges, especially due to numerous sightings in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Previously, the air force had sent Eurofighter to identify a Russian military machine over the Baltic Sea.

international military presence

The situation continues to be complicated by the simultaneous Russian seasideane. Various weapons systems are installed on the “Vice Admiral Kulakov”, which was last in the Baltic Sea in the summer of 2021, including sea target aircraft, torpedoes and guns. The 163 meter long ship belongs to the "Udaloy" class of the Russian Navy. This convoy is also protected by the federal police, which is observed by the Russian destroyer and a convoy with a Russian corvette and two merchant ships.

In addition to the ongoing exercises and maneuvers in the Baltic Sea, simulations for the laid units are of immense importance. For example, the exercise "Roll to Sea" is held from August 18 to 29, in which the navy, together with civilian institutions, is chasing emergency scenarios at sea.

For further information on the Naval exercises Baltops and its background, please visit the website of the Federal Ministry of Defense at bundeswehr.de .