Sweden Steps Up Search For 'Crippled Russian Submarine' Making Mayday Distress Call Off Its coast -- Daily Mail
* Swedish ships, helicopters and troops are scouring waters off Stockholm
* Follows reports a Russian submarine ran into difficulties on secret mission
* Sources say a distress signal in Russian was intercepted
* Soviet submarine sightings caused security alerts in Sweden in the 1980s
* The Russian defence ministry denied the reports today
Sweden has beefed up its military presence amid reports of 'a crippled Russian submarine' off its coast.
In a throw back to the Cold War, Swedish ships, helicopters and troops are scouring the waters off Stockholm following reports that a Russian submarine might have had mechanical problems while on a secret mission in the archipelago.
The operation began after Sweden's ministry said it was given a reliable tip-off about 'foreign underwater activity' off the country's coast in the Baltic Sea.
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Sweden hunts damaged Russian sub: report -- The Local
Sweden: 3 credible sightings in submarine search -- AP
Sweden says credible reports of foreign submarine in its waters -- Reuters
Swedish Navy Hunts for Source of Underwater Signals -- New York Times
Sweden steps up hunt for ‘foreign underwater activity’ in Baltic Sea -- Washington Post
Sweden searches for suspected Russian submarine off Stockholm -- The Guardian
Sweden hunts for suspected Russian submarine in Cold War-style drama -- The Telegraph
Sweden military operation to find ‘foreign underwater activity’ -- Euronews
Sweden announces three credible sightings in submarine hunt -- Al Jazeera
Sweden deploys troops near Stockholm due to alleged underwater threat -- RT
No emergencies with Russian military ships - defence ministry -- ITAR-TASS
Russia denies submarine incident off Sweden -- BBC
Swedish military widen hunt for ‘damaged Russian submarine’, Moscow says all subs OK -- RT
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