Close monitoring of NATO and US movements in the Baltic Sea by the Russian military

According to the Fars News Agency International Group, media sources announced on Monday the close monitoring of NATO members’ naval exercise with Finland by the Russian armed forces.

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Finland’s navy announced in a statement that the first major naval exercise led by the country since joining It organizes NATO. This exercise will be held in the Gulf of Finland.

Russia has warned that if the NATO military alliance uses the territory of Finland, Moscow will take countermeasures. “Sergei Orzhonikidze,” the former deputy foreign minister of Russia, said that this exercise can be used as a practice for Finland to dominate the Russian islands in the Baltic in the event of a conflict.

based on Finland’s NATO membership risks a potential naval blockade of Kaliningrad, the report said. The Kaliningrad region has long been considered as a strategic region of Russia in case of conflict with NATO countries.

Finnish Navy has claimed that this exercise is of a defensive nature and similar to the exercises Last year. This exercise includes mine-laying, mine-sweeping and increasing experience among the members of the participating countries.

Johapka Rautava, Commander of the Finnish Navy, said: “This exercise is a demonstration of NATO’s interest and commitment to infrastructure protection.” It shows energy lines in the Baltic Sea. One of the notable points in this exercise is the absence of US military ships among the 30 participating ships in this exercise, including Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands, England and Poland. The Finnish Navy has announced the presence of its “F-18 Super Hornet” fighters in this exercise.

“Maria Zakharova”, the spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, recently said that if If the NATO military alliance uses the territory of Finland, Moscow will take reciprocal military measures. we do. We confirm that Russia will be forced to take military-technical retaliatory measures to curb the threats to our national security in this regard.”

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