May 8 (UPI) -- Three Russian warships that were supposed to stay docked near St. Petersburg for a holiday celebration this week have instead turned up in the Baltic Sea, military authorities said Monday.
Latvia's military said the Russian ships -- purported to be the Liven 551, Serpukhov 603 and the Morshansk 824 -- were spotted in the sea on Sunday about a dozen nautical miles off that country's coast. Some reports said the ships got even closer.