Russian mooring/buoy tender detected near Latvian border

  • 2016-06-17
  • BNS/LETA/TBT STAFF/RIGA
The Kilektor-1, a Russian BS Sura class mooring/buoy tender, was spotted in Latvia’s exclusive economic zone in the Baltic Sea, 5.5 nautical miles from Latvia’s territorial waters on Thursday. The Latvian National Armed Forces said on Twitter that there was also the Serafim Sarovskiy motorboat on board the Russian vessel. Last year Russian military aircraft and ships were spotted near Latvia's border over 270 times, including more than 140 incidents involving Russian military airplanes and 130 incidents involving Russian submarines ...
 
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