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Operating out of the port of Odessa, a civilian bulk carrier is being used as a forward operating base by Ukrainian military intelligence. The operation is being run by the GUR, with the involvement of Group 13.
Operating out of the port of Odessa, a civilian bulk carrier is being used as a forward operating base by Ukrainian military intelligence. The operation is being run by the GUR, with the involvement of Group 13. © Photos Intelligence Online/Photo editing and assembly: B. Gouttebroze/Indigo Publications

Spotlight | Russia, Ukraine
Ukrainian intelligence's 'Group 13' takes hunt for Russia's ghost fleet to the Mediterranean

Ukraine's GUR military intelligence is using a bulk carrier sailing out of Odessa as a covert operations platform. Specially configured for the deployment of naval drones, it can strike Moscow's ships in the Mediterranean being used to export sanctioned hydrocarbons.
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