While the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is still struggling to find a positive outcome, the Italian navy has strange revelations on the spy techniques used by Russia in the Mediterranean.
Indeed, in an interview given to Corriere della will beAdmiral Enrico Credendino, commander of the Italian navy, said that his ships were the target of spy ships skillfully (or not) disguised as fishing boats.
“” “Off the Libyan coast, our units are almost always followed by a Russian spy ship, often disguised as a fishing boat, but in reality equipped with sensors and antennas.”Explains the high ranking for Italian daily.
And this, while the presence of Russia in the Mediterranean has reduced considerably over the past two years. According to the admiral, Russia had a fleet of fifteen warships and three submarines between 2022 and 2023, today, there would be “only”:
- a frigate
- a corvette
- an oil tanker
- and an intelligence ship
An old technique of the Cold War
But the fact that Russia uses fishing boats like spy ships is absolutely not new. Indeed, during the second half of the 20th century, Russia already used this technique to spy on Western forces.
So, we did not really expect it to be the case in the Mediterranean, but more in the Baltic Sea where an investigation dating from 2023, which you can find on Arte, said that Russia spied on Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland with this technique. Indeed, if the Nordic seas (from the north and Baltic) are more easily controlled and controlled by the Russian forces, this is not necessarily the case of the Mediterranean where the NATO forces are largely in the majority with in particular the important Turkish fleet.
However, with regard to the maintenance and information given by the Italian admiral, this could be brought to change. Indeed, Russia would like to have a naval base in Libya in order to carry out maintenance work on its ships and more in Baltic as is the case today.
This would constitute “a drama“For forces on the spot, according to Admiral Enrico Credendino, as this could strengthen the presence of Russia in the region and therefore leave the threat of an open conflict in the Mediterranean.
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