An interesting piece of news was reported today regarding the EU's decision to participate in patrols and exercises against "Russian spy ship activities".
"The European Union is considering cooperative maritime patrols and naval exercises to counter the activities of Russian spy ships and protect critical maritime infrastructure," said European Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius.
The EU's latest maritime strategy, to be published today, includes a comprehensive action plan supporting annual cooperative maritime exercises within the EU and scaling up of military surveillance and the Coast Guard.
"After what happened with Nord Stream, [the EU needs] increased monitoring and protection [of] critical maritime infrastructure and ships from natural and cyber threats," Sinkevicus said.
The fairy tale is good but the "dragon" is Russia, and the program is the cooperation of ships of the Coast Guard and the Navies of the countries of the Union, against Russian warships and submarines everywhere in Europe.
Given the Russian naval base of Tartus in Syria, Russian warships, submarines, as well as Moscow's spy ships, move to a very large extent in the Eastern Mediterranean.
This means that the Russians are moving close to Greek territorial waters, especially south of Crete, but also in the Aegean.
In short, this raises the question of any possible involvement of our country in the "hunt for red October", as in the film of the same name.
The EU seems to have decided to get involved in monitoring operations of Russian ships sailing in waters around the old continent.
In this case, what could be the Russian reaction
The Russians are likely to increase their naval presence especially in the Mediterranean, for obvious reasons concerning NATO and its presence in the region.
However, the accumulation of warships and submarines carries the risk of an accident, as well as an increase in tension between Moscow and the EU countries, and all the consequences.
Reports of greatly increased Russian naval activity in the Mediterranean are mounting and paint a picture of Russian maneuvering and activity in the Eastern Mediterranean based on a specific scenario of tracking and "targeting" NATO forces in the region.
We remind you that the backbone of the Russian armada remains in the Mediterranean, in case of any possible conflict with the side of the United States and NATO.
If the escalation in Ukraine suddenly led to an attempted Western intervention, then Western warships would not be able to enter the Black Sea so easily, since they would first have to deal with the Russian fleet and aircraft from the Tartus and Khmeimim bases.
