Finland Detects Strike on Baltic Sea Russian Warship

Finland's military said on Thursday its forces had detected "a strike" on a Russian warship in the Baltic Sea a day earlier, but that the security situation in the area remained stable.

It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties or what had caused the strike. Estonian media reported on Thursday that the vessel was a small Russian navy ship and that it later returned to St Petersburg.

"The Finnish Defence Forces detected... a strike on a Russian warship in the Gulf of Finland area and has monitored the development of the situation," a spokesperson for the Nordic country's military said in an emailed statement to Reuters.

Finland is not under any immediate military threat, the spokesperson added. The defence forces declined to provide further details about the location or timing of the incident, or how it was detected.

This story was originally published by MarineLink. Read the full story at MarineLink →