The Portuguese navy escorted a Russian ship out of its waters on Wednesday after the vessel came within 22 km of the Portuguese coast.
Portugal’s defence minister Jose Pedro Aguiar-Branco said that the Russian ship was sailing in international waters for the purposes of “marine research”, before it began approaching Portugal’s own maritime economic zone.
This comes during a period of heightened tension due to numerous violations of European sea and airspace by Russian vessels and aircraft.
Last week Portuguese F-16 jets tracked two Russian Tu-95 bombers which flew from the Baltics all the way to Portuguese airspace before returning to northern Russia.
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Source: Newsweek
