Russia is firing warning shots off the Isle of Wight |The Independent

Source: The Independent | 17 June 2026

[...] Last month, ACLED (Armed Conflict Location and Event Data) reported that Russia’s shadow fleet presented a sustained hybrid war threat at sea.

“The shadow fleet has been implicated in two main types of suspected hybrid activity: damage to undersea infrastructure and drone operations,” it wrote in its report, published on 22 May.

“For both, the large number of shadow fleet ships operating in the vicinity of incidents that appear to be linked to Russian hybrid activity, along with the use of masking tactics, make attribution difficult. Without proven intent or identified perpetrators, investigations are closed, with no consequences, and these activities continue.”

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