Russia is believed to be behind dozens of hybrid attacks, like arson or sabotage, on NATO soil since the Ukraine war started.

The Cook Islands-registered oil tanker Eagle S is anchored near the ... But Western governments and sanctions experts say Moscow has resorted to using a so-called shadow fleet of hundreds of aging tankers of uncertain ownership and safety practices that ...

Estonian naval ships are taking part in stepped-up patrols in the Baltic Sea by NATO countries after undersea power and communications cables have been damaged in recent months

Read: What Europe fears] The Eagle S, however, apparently had a covert military purpose as well: Investigators discovered that the vessel was crammed full of advanced surveillance equipment, which used so much power that the ship suffered from periodic blackouts.

European Commission Vice President Henna Virkkunen emphasizes monitoring suspect ships to protect vital undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea. Following a series of incidents amid Russia-Ukraine tensions,

The “vintage tonnage” is the “shadow fleet” of second-hand oil tankers that were spared from the ship-breaking yards in 2022 because Russia lost its export market in Europe when it invaded Ukraine. There were plenty of potential customers for cut-price Russian oil in India and China, but no pipelines to get it there. It had to go by sea.

It evokes 17th-century pirate vessels flying the skull-and-crossbones, 18th century ships-of-the-line bristling with cannons, or even 19th-century clipper ships in full sail bringing tea to England and America.

The name is brilliant: "vintage tonnage". It evokes 17th-century pirate vessels flying the skull-and-crossbones, 18th-century ships-of-the-line bristling with cannons, or even 19th-century clipper ships in full sail bringing tea to England and America.

The investigators have turned up no indication that commercial ships deliberately dragged anchors in the area where the submarine cables lay on Moscow’s instructions, the officials noted

MOSCOW, January 16. /TASS/. EU countries need to protect submarine cables not only between their territories but also outside Europe, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said in an interview with Poland's Rzeczpospolita newspaper and several other European media outlets.

Security experts Erkki Koort, Marek Kohv and Meelis Oidsalu have cast doubt on a claim published in The Washington Post, which cited anonymous sources suggesting that security agencies investigating the damage to undersea cables in the Baltic Sea believe the incident was an accident rather than sabotage.

GWYNNE DYER The name is brilliant: ‘vintage tonnage’. It evokes 17th-century pirate vessels flying the skull-and-crossbones, 18th-century ships-of-the-line bristling with cannons, or even