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Finland reports that a Russian Navy Baltic Sea fleet vessel trespassed on Finnish territorial waters in the eastern Gulf of Finland.
2024-07-26

North Korea launches a suspected ballistic missile towards Japan with the Japanese government warning residents in Hokkaido and Aomori prefectures to immediately seek shelter. It later landed in the Pacific. The launch comes after a series of balloon launches and placard protests from South Korea and various military exercises involving the US.
2022-10-3

Ukrainian Navy forces strike Russian Navy patrol boat "Vasily Bykov" with missiles in the Black Sea.
2022-03-7

Ukraine says that Russian Navy drills in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov have made navigation "virtually impossible", stating that the drills are part of a "hybrid war" against the country. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says that the Sea of Azov is completely blocked, essentially blockading Ukrainian ports.
2022-02-10

A pair of Tu-22M3 bombers are seen flying across Belarus amid large joint military drills and tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
2022-02-5

A video is shown of troops from the Armed Forces of Belarus and the Eastern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces conducting military drills and "combat cohesions" in Belarus amid ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
2022-02-2

The North and South Korean governments reinstate the Seoul–Pyongyang hotline after North Korea suspended the connection in early August, in protest against South Korea's military exercises with the United States.
2021-10-4

Indonesian palm oil tanker ship MV "Namse Bangdzod" vanishes in the Java Sea. The ship, with a crew of twelve, is theorised by rescuers to be the victim of piracy, a notion dismissed by the Navy.
2019-12-28

Russia withdraws a request to refuel three of its warships, including the flagship of the Russian Navy, "Admiral Kuznetsov", en route to Syria, at the Spanish port of Ceuta following NATO pressure on the Spanish government to not allow the warships to dock.
2016-10-26

News agency Interfax-Ukraine reports that armed pro-Russian men have taken over control of two airports, among which Simferopol International Airport, and raised the Russian Navy flag.
2014-02-28