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Finland Detects Strike on Russian Warship

Officials in Finland and Estonia described what they detected in Baltic waters, leaving key details of the attack still unresolved.

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Odd Inge Teige
Nov 12

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The Finnish Defence Forces said on November 12 that they had detected a strike on a Russian warship in the Gulf of Finland the previous day. A military spokesperson told Reuters that Finland was monitoring the situation and considered it stable. The spokesperson did not identify the vessel, say what struck it, or report a…

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