The dangerous escalation of tensions in the Baltic and High North comes as Washington and its European allies prepare the ground for a further expansion of their involvement in the Ukraine war.
A United States Air Force B-52 bomber flew over the Gulf of Finland on Saturday evening, turning back before the island of Gogland, which is owned by Russia.
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