Event 39d37b70-27ee-4821-967a-f16f4a96511b

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Sanctions Country: Sweden Country: Russia

Source: https://cepa.org/article/russias-shadow-fleet-goes-rogue/

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Event Time

1y ago

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Created

1mo ago

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1mo ago

Summary

Headline: Russia’s Shadow Fleet Goes Rogue

Short Summary: Russian shadow tanker fleet operates suspiciously in Swedish waters, raising hybrid threat concerns.

Description

Russian oil tankers—operating as a 'shadow fleet'—have been observed loitering in Swedish waters. This activity, involving vessels that often disable transponders and avoid standard tracking, has raised concerns about clandestine operations and potential hybrid threats in the Baltic region, particularly around Sweden following its accession to NATO.

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Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers are loitering in the waters of Sweden, NATO’s newest member state.

The likely likelihood now is that some shadow-fleet vessels will be used (or are) to hide sensitive technical equipment, which Swedish security services say may already be present.

The Swedish Navy has confirmed that the shadow fleet is an issue…

In recent weeks, shadow vessels… have been seen in territorial Swedish waters just days before potentially suspicious incidents elsewhere in the Baltic.

Related URLs

https://cepa.org/article/russias-shadow-fleet-goes-rogue/

Source

https://cepa.org/article/russias-shadow-fleet-goes-rogue/

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