Might on show as two of Russia's largest warships join Chinese vessels in Baltic Sea

Might on show as two of Russia's largest warships join Chinese vessels in Baltic Sea

Two of Russia’s largest nuclear-powered vessels passed through Denmark's’ Great Belt straits on Friday and entered the Baltic sea to take part in the upcoming celebration of the Russian Navy in St. Petersburg.

Their arrival significantly boosts Russia’s traditionally small naval presence in the region amid heightened tensions with NATO.

Led by the flagship of Russia’s Northern Fleet, the nuclear-powered battlecruiser Petr Veliky, the naval grouping included another rare site: the last of Russia’s Soviet-built Typhoon-class nuclear missile submarines, the Dmitry Donskoi.
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