Category: Security policy

Sweden rejects Russian demand for transparency

Sweden rejects Russian demand for transparency

Gepostet von | 14 Oct 2022 | , , , , | 0

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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Deployment in the Baltic Sea

Deployment in the Baltic Sea

Gepostet von | 11 Oct 2022 | , , , | 0

It has been a week and it is still unclear what the extent of the leak is and who is behind it. The Federal Police and the German Navy are now being deployed to investigate the cause. Their task is to help "gain a picture of the situation". As far as we know, the investigation mission consists of three units. These are said to be the federal police boat "BP 81-Potsdam", a multi-purpose boat with a civilian crew from Eckernförde and a military minehunting boat from Kiel. Divers from the Federal Police or the Navy are said to have found the damage to the pipelines. Last week, the Federal Police issued a request for assistance. As the "Tagesschau.de"...

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Commander of the frigate "Schleswig-Holstein" hands over the baton

Commander of the frigate "Schleswig-Holstein" hands over the baton

Gepostet von | 10 Oct 2022 | , , , | 0

On Friday, 7 October 2022 at 9 a.m., the commander of the 2nd Frigate Squadron, Kapitän zur See Torben Jürgensen (46), handed over command of the frigate "Schleswig-Holstein" from Frigate Captain Andreas Mückusch (45) to his successor Frigate Captain Andreas Schmidt (41). Frigate Captain Mückusch took command of the "Schleswig-Holstein", also known as the "Sophie-X", in 2019. "My time in command of the frigate 'Schleswig-Holstein' was certainly the highlight of my 25 years of service as a naval officer. With shipyard time, operational training, deployment and several manoeuvre participations, I experienced an extraordinary amount with my crew. The six-month deployment in the Aegean was particularly formative, with the emotional highlight being the...

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