Event 1142

{
  "category": "Kinetic",
  "confidence": "High",
  "country": "Estonia",
  "description": "Estonian Defense Forces Intelligence Center head, Col. Ants Kiviselg, stated that attacking Russia's 'shadow fleet'—a covert network transporting fossil fuels to circumvent sanctions—could become a new war tactic. These shadow fleets operate globally, complicating direct confrontations with Russia and limiting long-term tactical impacts. Kiviselg emphasized that while these operations are challenging to counter, targeted strikes could help disrupt the Russian energy supply chains and weaken the Kremlin's war efforts. This tactic would represent an evolution in hybrid warfare, focusing on economic warfare and maritime interdiction beyond traditional battlefields.",
  "event_time_utc": "2025-07-11T11:55:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Attacking Russia's shadow fleet, which transports fossil fuels while dodging sanctions, around the world could become a new tactic in the war, said Col. Ants Kiviselg, head of the Estonian Defense Forces' Intelligence Center.",
    "These shadow fleets operate globally and are difficult to target due to their covert nature and dispersed operations across oceans.",
    "Col. Kiviselg indicated that attacks on the shadow fleet could disrupt Russia's fossil fuel exports and thus its war financing.",
    "The admiral said: 'Russia’s strategy objective in the war has not changed. The goal remains to continue economic warfare against Ukraine and the West and to maintain profits from fossil fuel exports.'"
  ],
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        "evidence": [
          "Attacking Russia's shadow fleet, which transports fossil fuels while dodging sanctions, around the world could become a new tactic in the war, said Col. Ants Kiviselg, head of the Estonian Defense Forces' Intelligence Center.",
          "These shadow fleets operate globally and are difficult to target due to their covert nature and dispersed operations across oceans.",
          "Col. Kiviselg indicated that attacks on the shadow fleet could disrupt Russia's fossil fuel exports and thus its war financing.",
          "The admiral said: 'Russia’s strategy objective in the war has not changed. The goal remains to continue economic warfare against Ukraine and the West and to maintain profits from fossil fuel exports.'"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
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  "schema_version": "v1",
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  "url": "https://news.err.ee/1609743567/edf-colonel-attacking-russia-s-shadow-fleet-could-become-a-new-war-tactic"
}

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  "source": "admin_quick",
  "tags": [],
  "url": "https://news.err.ee/1609743567/edf-colonel-attacking-russia-s-shadow-fleet-could-become-a-new-war-tactic"
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