Overview

• The Vice-Admiral Kulakov has made its fourth transit through the Fehmarnbelt since late May under the 1857 Copenhagen Treaty.
• On July 14, the destroyer’s crew detected an unknown drone and deployed a possible new electronic jammer from the helicopter deck.
• Heavy weapons remained in travel position while machine guns on the bow, command bridge and helicopter deck were brought to readiness without firing.
• German and Danish security services monitored the encounter from a distance but did not intervene during the vessel’s passage through international waters.
• The ongoing patrols highlight the Fehmarnbelt’s role as a strategic corridor linking Russia’s Baltic naval bases to the wider seas.