NATO has intercepted Russian bombers and fighter jets over the Baltic Sea. French Rafale fighters deployed from Lithuania joined jets from Sweden, Finland, Poland, Denmark, and Romania to monitor the Russian flight on Monday.

The military alliance routinely scrambles fighter aircraft to intercept Russian warplanes that approach or fly near NATO airspace. NATO says the Russian planes it intercepts often fail to use their transponders and don't communicate with air traffic controllers or file a flight plan. NATO jets are sent up to identify them.

So that Tuapse would burn, the Caucasus would be covered with oil, the Black Sea coast would be contaminated with oil products? This is a big problem for Putin now, and he will keep silent until May 9.

Tensions between Romania and Russia have escalated following conflicting claims about dangerous sea mines driftin in the Black Sea. Officials in Bucharest and Moscow are offering sharply different explanations. Romania’s Ministry of National Defense ...

Russian drilling platforms in Caspian Sea struck, Ukraine's military says * Russia wants to capture Pokrovsk, other key Donetsk Oblast towns by end of April, Zelensky

Russia’s naval shortcomings relative to the United States and NATO have led it to invest heavily in asymmetric platforms. The Kremlin has faced similar issues with its main battle tanks and combat aircraft. The cost of these platforms is more than Moscow ...

April 7 (Reuters) - Crude oil exports from Russia's Sheskharis terminal in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk were suspended after a massive drone attack and a fire, two sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The terminal, which typically loads ...

Tankers transporting Russian oil through the Baltic Sea have begun avoiding Sweden's territorial waters after Swedish authorities started boarding vessels at sea to inspect documentation.