Mines on LPG Tanker Point to Dangerous New Front in Baltic War

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Mines on LPG Tanker Point to Dangerous New Front in Baltic War

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Russian security forces discovered magnetic explosive devices attached to the hull of a Liberia-flagged LPG tanker in the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga. This event is described by the Kremlin as a thwarted terrorist attack amid ongoing Baltic Sea regional tensions.

Russia's Federal Security Service announced on Monday that divers had discovered magnetic explosive devices attached to the hull of a Liberia-flagged liquefied petroleum gas tanker in the Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga, in what the Kremlin has described as a thwarted terrorist attack.

World Security Conflict Politics Shipping LPG tanker Baltic Sea explosives terrorism Russia Ust-Luga maritime security

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