Major Military Exercises Involving 10 Countries Start In Estonia

 

The extensive Siil 2022 exercises, with more than 15,000 military personnel from 10 countries taking part, begin today in Estonia.

This was reported by the Estonian Defense Forces, European Pravda writes.

About 7,100 reservists, 2,500 conscripts, 2,000 contract soldiers and 4,200 allied soldiers from 10 countries are taking part in the exercises. Hundreds of pieces of equipment are involved, including armored vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles, tanks, ships, helicopters and aircraft.

The purpose of the exercises is to test combat capability and evaluate international cooperation in response to various threats. A distinctive feature of the exercises will be an emphasis on regional cooperation.

The exercises will involve American, British and Polish missile systems, and the geography of the exercises will cover the territory from the Danish island of Bornholm to northern Latvia. The exercises will end on June 3.

At the same time, several more exercises are being held in and near Estonia. Latvia organizes the Namejs exercise, which, among other things, trains cross-border cooperation and joint command procedures with the Estonian Defense Forces.

As part of the Defender Europe exercise, the marines will interact with the Estonian military on Saaremaa, live firing will take place at sea. NATO Northern Division Headquarters will conduct Knight Legion exercises.

As Ukrainian News Agency reported, on May 15, Finland officially announced that it would apply to join NATO.

In addition, Russia is threatening to pull nuclear weapons into the Baltic if Sweden and Finland join NATO.

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Putin Announces New Military Exercises Held In 3 Countries

 

The countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) intend to hold large military exercises in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. They are scheduled for this fall.

The corresponding statement was made by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the CSTO summit, according to the Russian edition of RBC.

"A whole series of joint exercises of our organization in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan are planned for this fall," Putin said.

The leader of the aggressor country clarified that the purpose of the CSTO military exercises will be to equip the armed forces of the organization's member countries with modern weapons and equipment.

The Collective Security Treaty Organization is a military-political organization that includes Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

Recall that in early March, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Oleksii Danilov said that Vladimir Putin wants to involve the CSTO countries in the Russian war against Ukraine.

We also wrote that on April 27, the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that the CSTO countries refused to participate in the war against Ukraine.

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Russian Frigate On Fire In Black Sea Near Zmiinyi

 

A Russian frigate is on fire in the Black Sea near Zmiinyi island. Also, aircraft of the invaders are now circling over this area of ​​the Black Sea. This is reported by Dumskaya.

According to the publication, the explosion followed by burning occurred on board the Russian frigate of project 11356P of the Burevestnik type.

According to unconfirmed information, the Ukrainian Neptune complex hit the ship.

The publication does not indicate the name and number of the frigate.

MP Oleksii Honcharenko reported on Telegram that the Admiral Makarov frigate (number 799) was on fire.

As Ukrainian News Agency reported, on April 4, Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President Oleksii Arestovych said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine damaged the enemy frigate Admiral Essen.

Earlier, the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the port of Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia region, destroyed the Russian large landing ship Saratov, two more ships of the Russian Federation Caesar Kunikov and Novocherkassk were damaged during the attack of Ukrainian forces.

The funeral of the cruiser Moskva took place in Sevastopol.

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