“Servicemen in uniform and armed individuals have been spotted on tankers transporting oil from russia. Presumably they are employees of private security companies”, - said the head of the operational command of the Swedish Navy, Marko Petkovic, on the air of the Swedish TV channel SVT Nyheter, writes “DW Glavnoe” Telegram channel on December 17.
Earlier, various media outlets reported this information. Thus, on December 6, the Danish investigative portal DanWatch reported the presence on board one of the “shadow fleet” tankers in the Oresund Strait of people in camouflage uniforms, one of whom was a former special forces commander in Kaliningrad.
“However, it is now for the first time that the appearance of armed guards on vessels of russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ has been officially confirmed by one of the EU countries”, - emphasizes “DW Glavnoe”.