A media day on the flagship of the NATO fleet, the Royal Netherlands Navy frigate HNLMS Tromp, focused on NATO's increased presence in the Baltic Sea. Camera: VALDA KALNINA. FOOTAGE OF THE MEDIA DAY AT THE ROYAL NETHERLANDS NAVY FRIGATE HNLMS TROMP IN TALLINN,

Each month, the Russian military gains more tanks, ammunition, missiles, and drones. Production is increasing, and stockpiles are growing,” Freuding said. Freuding noted there is no clear evidence that Russia intends to attack,

NATO and its eight Baltic Sea allies say they are stepping up efforts to deter 'any attempts at sabotage' in the wake of a series of incidents that have damaged key undersea power and telecommunications cables.

Estonian naval ships are taking part in stepped-up patrols in the Baltic Sea by NATO countries after undersea power and communications cables have been damaged in recent months.

Estonia wants NATO members to start monitoring Baltic Sea infrastructure on rotation, similar to the air policing mission, following suspected sabotage of undersea cables. A dozen ships will be deployed to the region until April,

The move marks yet another step in the systematic military encircling of Russia by the US-led military alliance, which continues to back the far-right Ukrainian regime in a war aimed at inflicting a strategic defeat on Moscow and subjugating its territory to semi-colonial status.

The Baltic Sea operation in the region bordering Russia comes as European fears of sabotage mount after a string of disruptions to underwater cables.

Estonia on Thursday criticised the US decision to curb exports of chips used for artificial intelligence to some allies including the Baltic state as "thoughtless and harmful".

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 in October 2023. A gas pipeline connecting Estonia to Finland was also damaged in the same month, later blamed on a Chinese ship dragging its anchor.

It is one of three Estonian navy ships that are part of stepped-up maritime patrols by NATO countries after the Estlink-2 power cable and communication links between Finland and Estonia were ...