Russian navy in Baltic Sea drills amid major NATO exercises

Agencies MOSCOW

Russia's navy has conducted military drills in the Baltic Sea, practising unguided missile launches, bombing runs and missile strikes, it said, as major US-NATO exercises also took place in the region, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday.

The NATO BALTOPS naval exercise, which began on June 4 and runs until June 20, is the biggest war game in the Baltic Sea this year, bringing together some 20 vessels from 15 nations with around 6,000 personnel.

Russia carried out its own drills from June 8 to June 9 in and near its Kaliningrad exclave, involving around 10 military aircraft, including fighter jets and bombers, as well as two small missile ships, according to Interfax.

Zelenskyy in Estonia for summit meeting

Tallinn: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Estonia on Tuesday to attend a summit of Nordic and Baltic leaders and to meet with Estonian President Alar Karis, Estonian public broadcaster ERR reported.

Ukrainian strikes set off fires at oil facilities in Russia, Crimea 

Kyiv: Ukrainian forces struck oil facilities in Russia and occupied Ukraine, Ukrainian and Russian officials said Monday, as part of their campaign to make Moscow pay an economic cost for the war.

Ukraine's General Staff said Ukrainian forces had struck Russia's Krasnodar Krai region overnight, hitting the Grushovaya oil transshipment base near Novorossiysk. The complex is one of the largest transshipment hubs in southern Russia for oil and petroleum products.