Politico:
COLD WAR 2.0 — RUSSIAN FIGHTER JETS AND A HELICOPTER REPEATEDLY BUZZ U.S. NAVY WARSHIP: The Wall Street Journal has more here on the aggressive Russian maneuvers in the Baltic Sea: “Russian warplanes and a military helicopter repeatedly buzzed a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Baltic Sea over two days this week, flying to within 75 feet of the warship, according to U.S. officials, a sign of potentially rising tensions despite Moscow’s recent agreement to hold new talks with the Western alliance.
“U.S. officials said the Russian military passes, by unarmed Su-24 warplanes and at least one Ka-27 Russian military helicopter, were unsafe, potentially provocative and could have caused an accident. Imagery of the incidents viewed by The Wall Street Journal show the Russian aircraft streaking within yards of the U.S.S. Donald Cook, then circling the bow of the ship in what a U.S. official said was an unmistakable attempt to harass the vessel and its crew.”
— RUSSIAN JETS MADE ‘SIMULATED ATTACK’ PASSES, writes Reuters: Two Russian warplanes flew simulated attack passes near a U.S. guided missile destroyer in the Baltic Sea on Tuesday, the U.S. military said, with one official describing them as one of the most aggressive interactions in recent memory. The repeated flights by the Sukhoi SU-24 warplanes, which also flew near the ship a day earlier, were so close they created wake in the water, with 11 passes, the official said. The planes carried no visible weaponry, the official said on Wednesday…
