Dec 5, 2019:
"The FBI is tracking 👉as many as 200 Russian operatives😟 in the United States, current and former officials say." h/t @DevinCow
"The FBI is tracking 👉as many as 200 Russian operatives😟 in the United States, current and former officials say." h/t @DevinCow
Dec 17, 2019:
1/ "The Russian🇷🇺 surveillance ship👀, named the Viktor Leonov, is now hundreds of miles off the Florida coast and east of the Bahamas🇧🇸 after moving in a southerly direction for the last several days." (more...) @ThomasS4217
1/ "The Russian🇷🇺 surveillance ship👀, named the Viktor Leonov, is now hundreds of miles off the Florida coast and east of the Bahamas🇧🇸 after moving in a southerly direction for the last several days." (more...) @ThomasS4217
2/ "In a bulletin posted Tuesday [Dec 17, 2019] morning, Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville warned that the Russian🇷🇺 spy ship👀 was operating in an 'unsafe manner,' including 'not energizing running lights while in reduced visibility conditions... (con't)
3/ ...not responding to hails by commercial vessels attempting to coordinate safe passage and other erratic movements.'"
Coast Guard offices in South Carolina [@LindseyGrahamSC] and Georgia [@100FrogLegs] also issued similar warnings in the last several days." (more...)
Coast Guard offices in South Carolina [@LindseyGrahamSC] and Georgia [@100FrogLegs] also issued similar warnings in the last several days." (more...)
4/ "A U.S. Navy destroyer, the USS Mahan, is shadowing the Russian🇷🇺 ship, a...defense official said."
"The Leonov🇷🇺, which typically carries electronic surveillance equipment and some weapons for self-defense...made headlines in 2017... (con't)
"The Leonov🇷🇺, which typically carries electronic surveillance equipment and some weapons for self-defense...made headlines in 2017... (con't)
5/ ...after being spotted off the coast of a US Navy submarine base in Connecticut in February [2017]👀 before making its way south. Then in March [2017], the Leonov was seen near the submarine base at Kings Bay, Georgia following a five-day port visit in Havana, Cuba🇨🇺." (more)
6/ "In a statement...a spokesperson for North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAAD) and United States Northern Command (NORTHCOM) said they 'closely track vessels of interest, including foreign military naval vessels such as the Russian ship Victor Leonov🇷🇺... (con't)
7/ ...in our area of responsibility.' 'We are aware of Russia's naval activities, including the deployment of these intelligence collection ships in the region,' the statement said. 'While we won't discuss specific measures being taken, NORAD and USNORTHCOM routinely... (con't)
8/ ...conduct air and maritime operations to ensure the defense of the United States and Canada🇨🇦." /end
