Finnish military: attack detected on Russian warship in Gulf of Finland
Finnish forces observed an attack in the Gulf of Finland; timing and location may match an SBU claim against the missile ship Naro-Fominsk.
The Finnish military reported that it detected an attack on a Russian warship in the Gulf of Finland and said the situation in the area is currently stable.
"The Finnish Defence Forces observed an attack on a Russian warship in the Gulf of Finland. We are monitoring the situation," said the Finnish military's spokesperson.
Location and possible links to Ukrainian strike
An unnamed Finnish military representative told media that the incident was recorded near the Russian island of Gogland, about 40 kilometres south of the Finnish coast and 55 kilometres north of Estonia.
Earlier, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced it had carried out an operation that struck the Russian missile ship Naro-Fominsk, listed with a displacement of 850 tons. Given the timing and the location, Finnish forces may have observed the same event, but there has been no official confirmation that the vessel seen by Finland is the Naro-Fominsk.
In recent weeks Ukraine has been launching drones toward the northwestern Russian region that includes Saint Petersburg and the Ust-Luga port on the Baltic Sea — a key export point for commodities such as oil and grain.
Photo: press material from the event
