Finland detects strike on Russian warship in Gulf of Finland

Finland’s military said it detected a strike on a Russian warship in the Gulf of Finland, while Ukraine’s Security Service said it had targeted a vessel named the Naro-Fominsk. The ship’s identity, the cause of the incident and the extent of any damage have not been independently confirmed.

The Finnish Defence Forces said they were monitoring the situation and that Finland faced no immediate military threat. The military also described security in the Baltic Sea as stable. Its statement did not identify the attacker or specify where or how the strike was detected.

Ukraine’s Security Service, known as the SBU, said the Naro-Fominsk was a Buyan-M-class corvette assigned to Russia’s Baltic Fleet. The agency said it carried out the strike during an operation targeting infrastructure near the port of Ust-Luga, in Russia’s Leningrad region. The SBU’s account of the attack and the vessel’s identity has not been independently verified.

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