Russia in the Atlantic: Discovered alleged espionage sensors

According to a media report, several alleged Russian espionage sensors have been discovered in the sea around Great Britain. The British Navy found some devices on the seabed, while others were washed ashore, the British newspaper “The Sunday Times” reported. Army leadership and secret services suspect that the sensors should serve to collect information about the four British submarines that are equipped with nuclear missiles.

In the Atlantic, “a war”, said a high -ranking British military representative of the “Sunday Times”. “It is a cat and mouse game that has lasted since the end of the Cold War and is now heating up again.”

According to the newspaper, several unmanned underwater vehicles were also discovered near data cables in the sea. The government also has “credible information” that yachts of Russian oligarchs could have been used for reconnaissance missions in the sea, the report said.

In the Baltic Sea, important telecommunications and power cables have been damaged several times in February 2022 in the Baltic Sea- in the past few months. In several cases, there is suspicion that it is about sabotage by ships with connection to Russia. Experts suspect hybrid attacks against the West on behalf of Russia. Moscow rejects the allegations.

The tanker “Eagle S”, part of the Russian shadow fleet, is held in Finland, for example, for such suspicions since December. The NATO seas of the Baltic Sea have strengthened their naval patrols because of the risk of sabotage.

According to a media report, Swedish security forces are said to have apparently prevented a attack on Gotland. The water supply to the entire island could have been interrupted by sabotage if the alleged attempt to stop had not been discovered. The Swedish military assumes that the strategically important island in the Baltic Sea could be the goal of Russian attacks.