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Russia's Fleet Forces Strike Targets in Baltic Sea as Part of Zapad-2025 Drills

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Joint strategic exercises of the armed forces of Belarus and Russia Zapad-2025 - Sputnik International, 1920, 16.09.2025
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Baltic Fleet forces carried out a joint missile strike with cruise missiles on naval targets in the Baltic Sea as part of the Zapad-2025 Belarusian-Russian military drills, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
"As part of the Zapad-2025 joint strategic exercise, the crew of the Stoikiy corvette, the crew of the Bal coastal missile system and the crews of Su-30SM multirole fighters of the Baltic Fleet naval aviation carried out the task of delivering a joint missile strike with cruise missiles at a target position simulating a detachment of warships of a simulated enemy," the ministry said in a statement.
Russian strategic Tu-160 bombers simulate cruise missile strikes at Zapad-2025 drills
Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin has headed to Russia to observe the active phase of the Zapad-2025 exercise. The Russia-Belarus strategic drills Zapad-2025 are set to conclude on September 16.
As part of the exercises, Russia deployed its operational-tactical Iskander-M missile systems in the Kaliningrad region, capable of launching nuclear missiles.
According to the Belarusian military, military representatives from 23 countries attended the drills, including three NATO members — Hungary, the US, and Turkiye.
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