Putin sends three warships to Latvian waters in the Baltic Sea in latest challenge to NATO
Three Russian corvettes picked up four nautical miles from Latvia on Sunday
Vessels were diverted from Victory Day parade in St Petersburg to Baltic Sea
They were detected a day before the arrival of US warship Carney in the region
Carney, armed with cruise missiles, forms part of NATO reassurance mission
By WILL STEWART
DailyMail.com
8 May 2017
Three Russian warships have challenged NATO by entering Latvia’s exclusive economic zone in the Baltic Sea, according to armed forces officials in Riga.
The corvettes – Liven 551, Serpukhov 603 and Morshansk 824 – were detected only four nautical miles from Latvian territorial waters.
It was the latest in a series of moves by Vladimir Putin’s naval forces seen as testing the response of the small Baltic state, a NATO and EU member.
The move on Sunday was linked today to the arrival in the Baltic Sea of US warship, USS Carney, with cruise missiles on board.
The three Russian vessels had been deployed to St Petersburg ahead of the country’s annual war commemoration on 9 May, known as Victory Day.
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