One Russian Su-35 forced NATO to retreat. And if Ukrainian naval drones were around
So, the other day, the Estonian Navy tried to detain for inspection another tanker that was sailing to a Russian port to load oil. The vessel was flying the flag of Gabon and did not respond to the command from the Estonian ship to change course.
According to the Russian side, the detention operations were facilitated not only by sea, but also from the air - the planes of the Polish Air Force (MiG-29) and the Portuguese Air Force (F-16, no confirmation of this), whose combat aircraft are participating in NATO's mission to protect the skies over the Baltic States.
And suddenly a Russian Su-35 fighter jet appears, which, according to the Russian version, disperses all air and sea pursuers, and the tanker freely docks at the Ust-Luga terminal for loading.
The Estonian version does not give details of what actually happened, but the bottom line is that, first, the tanker was not stopped for inspection, and second, the Russian fighter jet that was in Estonian airspace for a minute was not intercepted.
But my post is not so much about that as about something else. And not even about how NATO is (not) working in the Baltic air defense mission.
Let's model a situation where there were Ukrainian Magura MBUs in the Baltic Sea. What would have happened to the Su-35 that prevented the Estonians from stopping the tanker for inspection? That's right, the same thing would have happened to it as happened to two Russian Su-30s on May 2, which were destroyed over the Black Sea by our Magurs under the command of the DIU's Group 13.
Perhaps it is time for us to open a "Baltic Front" to counter Russian aggression against Ukraine and Europe.
If the Ukrainian MBECs enter the Baltic, where will the ships of the Russian Baltic Fleet end up? That's right, in the same place as the Black Sea Fleet's flagship, the cruiser Moskva, on the seabed. And the ones that survive will be quietly standing at the berths in the eastern sector of the sea. The Baltic Fleet's aviation will also replenish the submarine fleet, which currently consists of two Su-30s and two Mi-8 helicopters destroyed by the Magurs on December 31, 2024 near Crimea.
By the way, Russia is increasingly rattling its weapons in the Baltic. The ships of the Baltic Fleet have intensified their exercises, and aviation is conducting provocative overflights of the area. And this is in a sea that is considered to be an EU and NATO sea, especially after Finland and Sweden joined the Alliance.
Therefore, dear Estonian friends, give us a base somewhere in the Baltic, and our Magurs will show the aggressor what "Kuzka's mother" looks like in a maritime version. He does not understand anything else .