Last Saturday, a Russian war ship, the Godsevaded the maritime controls of the Canal de la Mancha with a false identification. Thanks to satellite images, a group of researchers from the BBC He has managed to identify This corvette armed with guided missiles.
According to the Romanian media the ship traveled with two ships that are part of the baptized “Ghost Flot” of Russia. It is a network of oil companies whose property can be hidden and used to transport EU sanctioned oil products.
In statements collected by the environment, Dmitry Gorenburgresearcher at the Naval Analysis Center, affirms that this action aims to “deter Britain and other NATO states to try to address or seize these ships.” However, “the presence of a military escort Increases the risk of confrontation and greater escalation. “
In this way, it is known that the ship left Western Africa in June, where it participated in “A diplomatic mission”. “The corvette left the port without activating your automatic identification system (AIS)“However,” a ship traveling with the generic identification number 400000000 (a code that sometimes uses ships that want to alert without identifying emergencies) He was briefly seen near the Canary Islands. “
“The location corresponds to the time that the ship could have taken Boikiy In touring the 200 kilometers from Conakry (Guinea), “says the publication.
According to the disseminated information, upon his arrival at the Channel of La Mancha on June 20, he was located on the ship with his companions sanctioned by the United Kingdom: Sierra y Naxos. These had left India and had crossed the Suez channel.
“The three ships went to the Baltic Sea, where the Boikiywhich still moved under the false AIS signal, was recorded passing under the Gran Belt bridge in Denmark, “concludes the publication.
