A Russian cargo vessel, Vasily Shukshin, raised alarm by loitering near Taiwan's undersea communication cables for weeks. While it has since returned to Russia, the incident fuels growing fears of potential Russian sabotage targeting critical global infrastructure.
A Russian cargo vessel loitered above undersea communication cables in the Pacific for weeks, a map shows, as concerns grow over potential Russian sabotage.The Belize-flagged Russian cargo vessel, Vasily Shukshin, left Russia's Vostochnyy port on December 8, stopped for a short period of time in South Korea, before it loitered off Taiwan's coast on December 19, Ray Powell, director of Stanford University-affiliated maritime analyst group SeaLight, said on X , on Tuesday morning.
the mystery ship VASILIY SHUKSHIN has decided to depart—not south to Vietnam as it previously self-reported, but straight back north to its home port of Vostochnyy, #Russia.'The Taiwan Coast Guard told local media that the ship did not damage the nearby submarine cables and that it was monitoring its actions. Now, after being called out, the ship has decided to go back to Russia.
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