The latest sighting of another submarine and survey vessel took place Wednesday about 9 km from Latvia's border in the Baltic, inside its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
Armed Forces on 27 MAY in LV EEZ 5 nmi from territ. waters spotted RU Navy's Kilo-class submarine, and hydrographic survey ship GS-66.
— NBS (@Latvijas_armija) May 27, 2015
And on Tuesday the BAP scrambled jets into the air corridor over the Baltic to intercept an Antonov AN-26, which is a Soviet-era military transport plane.
Air Policing jets on 26 MAY in international airspace above the Baltic Sea near LV border identified RU AF 1x An-26.
— NBS (@Latvijas_armija) May 26, 2015
The current count of identified Russian military units active near Latvia's national territorial boundaries now stands at 51 so far this year.
