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The Swedish Coast Guard boards and seizes an EU-sanctioned Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Baltic Sea after the vessel caused a 12-kilometer (8-mile) oil spill off the coast of Gotland.
2026-04-3

The German Navy reportedly seizes the Panamanian-flagged oil tanker "Eventin", suspected to be part of the Russian shadow fleet, along with at least {{Euro}}43.3 million ($46 million) worth of cargo, in the Baltic Sea.
2025-03-21

NATO announces that it will increase its presence in the Baltic Sea in response to the suspected sabotage of Estlink submarine power cables.
2024-12-27

A Russian Navy warship fires warning shots at a German helicopter conducting a routine patrol over the Baltic Sea, forcing the helicopter pilots to make evasive maneuvers. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock condemns the incident as part of Russia's hybrid warfare against NATO.
2024-12-4

The Russian government denies accusations made by European governments of their involvement in sabotaging two submarine telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea as a means of hybrid warfare.
2024-11-20

Three separate spills are detected in the Baltic Sea following explosions in the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines in what appear to be acts of sabotage.
2022-09-27

A private Cessna 551 crashes into the Baltic Sea, off the coast of Latvia.
2022-09-4

Russian-led consortium Nord Stream AG says it has completed the construction of the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline in Germany's exclusive economic zone in the Baltic Sea. The U.S. had previously threatened to impose wider sanctions on the project if work continued.
2020-12-28

Russia says it intercepted a U.S. Air Force plane approaching its border over the Baltic Sea on Friday because the aircraft had turned off its transponder which is needed for identification. The Pentagon says the U.S. RC-135 was flying a routine route in international airspace when the Russian SU-27 fighter intercepted it in an "unsafe and unprofessional" way.
2016-04-30

Two unarmed Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 jets flew simulated attacks on United States Navy destroyer Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea on Tuesday, according to a U.S. official, who described it as one of the most aggressive interactions in recent memory. A Russian Kamov Ka-27 naval helicopter also made seven passes around the USS "Donald Cook", taking pictures of the warship.
2016-04-13