A strike on the merchant ship Aya in the Black Sea last month was likely a Russian pilot bungling his attack and using aged munition, the UK MOD said.

The merchant vessel Aya may only have escaped catastrophic damage because of a ‘detonation failure in an aging munition’

China’s Coast Guard claimed it entered waters of the Arctic Ocean for the first time as part of a joint patrol with Russia – in the latest sign of enhanced coordination between the two in a region where Beijing has long wished to expand its footprint.

Canada is working with Nordic countries to create a new Arctic security coalition that would exclude Russia and offer a place to coordinate on defense, intelligence and cyber threats.