Category: Security policy

Pipeline mission completed

Pipeline mission completed

Gepostet von | 14 Oct 2022 | , , | 2

Sweden does not share findings The German Navy's minehunting boat "Dillingen", the multi-purpose boat "Mittelgrund" and the German Federal Police patrol vessel "Potsdam" have completed their mission in the Baltic Sea and are back in their home harbours. The joint operation following the request for assistance from the Federal Police focussed on the leaks north-east of the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm. According to information from SPIEGEL, a "Sea Cat" underwater drone was deployed. Divers from the German Federal Police and the German Navy were not deployed due to the water depth of 70 metres. Sweden had already inspected the crime scene south-east of the Baltic Sea island beforehand and also recovered evidence from the seabed. However, there were analysable images...

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Bulgarian special services investigate lorry explosion on Crimean bridge

Bulgarian special services investigate lorry explosion on Crimean bridge

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The Bulgarian counterintelligence service DANS (State Agency for National Security) in Sofia is investigating Russian allegations that the lorry blown up on the Crimean bridge came from that country. The previous Sunday, the head of the Russian investigative committee, Alexander Bastrykin, announced at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that the route of the lorry had started in Bulgaria and then passed through Georgia, Armenia, North Ossetia and the Krasnodar region. The Bulgarian investigation began immediately after the Kremlin published this information on the instructions of acting Prime Minister Galab Donev. The Bulgarian public prosecutor's office has also been informed. The spokesman...

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Sweden rejects Russian demand for transparency

Sweden rejects Russian demand for transparency

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Acting Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson on Monday rejected Russia's demands for transparency in the Swedish investigation into the gas leaks in the Baltic Sea last week. Russia had sent a letter to the Swedish government asking it to investigate the gas leak. This came after Sweden rejected Russia's repeated demands for more transparency. "In Sweden, investigations are confidential," Andersson said at a press conference on board a Swedish coastguard vessel in Karlskrona, southern Sweden. She added that in her country, investigations are confidential. According to Andersson, the Swedish authorities have no information that Russia is investigating the area.

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Federal Public Prosecutor General has begun investigations

Federal Public Prosecutor General has begun investigations

Gepostet von | 13 Oct 2022 | , , | 0

The German Federal Public Prosecutor General has opened an investigation into alleged "anti-constitutional sabotage" following reports of leaks from the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, which are widely attributed to Russia. The spokesperson for the public prosecutor's office announced on Monday that an investigation had been launched against persons unknown. The Federal Public Prosecutor General only gets involved in special cases. In this case, it is a matter that is "likely to jeopardise Germany's internal and external security" and represents a "serious attack on the energy supply", the spokesperson continued. However, final results are not expected in the near future. Meanwhile, special forces...

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Russian missile fire: revealing analysis in the NZZ

Russian missile fire: revealing analysis in the NZZ

Gepostet von | 12 Oct 2022 | , , | 0

In an interesting article, the Neue Züricher Zeitung of Tuesday, 11 October 2022, analysed the missile attack on Ukraine by Russian troops, with which the Kremlin is apparently retaliating for the sabotage attack on the Crimean Bridge near Kerch, which has not yet been attributed to Ukraine, and comes to very revealing conclusions, which are summarised here in brief. Firstly, the effects: in military terms, the failure of parts of the internet could affect the Ukrainian troops, otherwise it is striking that no damage to logistical or command facilities of the armed forces was publicised, but only civilian targets were affected. Fighter jets had not entered Ukrainian airspace.

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