INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Germanys defense minister voiced issue Thursday about a Russian freight ship shooting a signal flare towards a German military helicopter in
the Baltic Sea.The incident, which comes as the Ukraine war has greatly heightened regional stress, stimulates the traditional provocative
habits that we understand from the time of the Cold War, stated Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.AFP comprehends the event, which happened
recently, included the crew of a Russian freight ship firing red signal flares at a German helicopter without striking it.Pistorius did not
explain about the event but said In this case nobody was harmed and nobody remained in danger.We have actually repeatedly had incidents in
the Baltic where it ended up that Russian ships were shooting warning shots into the air or into the water, Pistorius told public
broadcaster Deutschlandfunk.While Germany can never ever exclude the possibility that such incidents would result in direct escalation,
Pistorius stated that German vessels and those of our allies are acting prudently and with foresight.They report these occurrences, they
react with de-escalatory measures and do not let themselves get taken in by such behavior, he said.Worries about sabotage in the Baltic Sea
were recently heightened after undersea information cable televisions were cut, with suspicion falling on a Chinese vessel.Foreign Minister
Annalena Baerbock also hinted at the most recent incident in comments on Wednesday in which she described helicopters from Germany
unexpectedly being fired upon by tankers.Germany is Ukraines second-biggest provider of military help and German officials have consistently
raised the alarm in current months about Russian hybrid warfare, consisting of acts of sabotage.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on
Thursday blamed the West for activating a brand-new Cold War, and cautioned it risked turning into an East-West dispute, the state-run RIA
Novosti news agency reported.In remarks to an OSCE top in Malta, RIA Novosti estimated Lavrov as saying that the West lagged a reincarnation
of the Cold War, just now with a much higher risk of a transition to a hot one.
