Russian destroyer chased Bundeswehr frigate into Baltic Sea

The Russian ship escorted a German frigate from the coast of Norway to the Baltic Sea, causing concern in NATO.

The German Navy frigate “Bavaria” came under the close watch of the Russian destroyer “Vice Admiral Kulakov” while returning from exercises in the North Atlantic. Bild reports.

The “Kulakov” began to pursue the Bavaria from the coast of Norway to the Baltic Sea. At some point, the Danish frigate Iver Huytfeld, which had been escorting Kulakov to the Great Belt, approached it.

“This incident shows that we must also protect our ports from growing Russian threats as quickly as possible, in particular by protecting infrastructure, increasing investment in cybersecurity and converting bridges for tanks,” said Christoph Ploss, the federal government’s maritime coordinator.

Reference: The Russian destroyer “Vice Admiral Kulakov” is a 163-meter Udaloy-class combat ship armed with missiles, torpedoes and air defense systems. One of its main tasks is to detect and destroy submarines. Launched in 1981, the ship returned to service in 2010 after a large-scale modernization.

The day before, the Russians threatened “countermeasures” to pursue their “shadow” tankers in the Baltic Sea.