On 26 February 2026, the Swedish Navy patrol boat HSwMS Rapp spotted an unmanned aerial vehicle launched from the Russian Baltic Fleet's intelligence-gathering vessel Zhigulevsk, which had been tracked by the Swedish ship while sailing on the Øresund Strait. The drone was approaching the port of Malmö, where the nuclear powered French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle was at anchor at the time.
On 26 February 2026, the Swedish Navy patrol boat HSwMS Rapp spotted an unmanned aerial vehicle launched from the Russian Baltic Fleet's intelligence-gathering vessel Zhigulevsk, which had been tracked by the Swedish ship while sailing on the Øresund Strait. The drone was approaching the port of Malmö, where the nuclear powered French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle was at anchor at the time.
Source: Wikipedia "Øresund drone incident" · CC BY-SA 4.0
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