Russia's navy

Russia's navy has been preparing to target sites deep within Europe using nuclear-capable missiles, according to classified documents obtained by the Financial Times. These files reveal detailed plans for potential strikes as far from Russia as the west coast of France and Barrow-in-Furness in the UK.

Russia's navy carried out a live fire "exercise" in the Black Sea, Moscow's defence ministry said Friday, days after the Kremlin declared it would consider ships travelling to Ukraine through the waterway potential military targets.

Poland sees "unprecedented" Russian activity

WARSAW -- Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak says there has been "unprecedented" activity by Russia's navy and air force in the Baltic Sea region in recent days.

This is according to an Associated Press report.