Rocket tests

Russia began testing missiles with live munitions in the Baltic Sea yesterday, alarming Latvia, a member of Nato, which says the drills have forced it to partly shut down Baltic commercial airspace.

The Russian defence ministry said on Monday its Baltic Fleet, based in its European exclave of Kaliningrad, was preparing for routine training in the Baltic Sea, including live fire drills to practice hitting air and sea targets. “It is a demonstration of force,” Latvia’s PM Maris Kucinskis said.