The Russian spy ship hunts fire in the Mediterranean Sea, I heard about the sound version warning: “Please listen to me”

The man insists: Our ship is difficult, so keep a long distance, directs another ship on the radio.

He says: “A warship in your path.” “I am drifting. I’m not under it.”

The broadcast came, according to military officials, from a Russian spy ship, Keldin, where the ship full of intelligence collection was drifted temporarily for control off the Syrian coast on January 23, with fire and black fumes that rise from its smoker.

The Associated Press obtained the sound of broadcasting, in addition to the video and pictures that show the fire, three military officials collected by a ship from the NATO state, which operates nearby. Officials, from NATO, also spoke to AP, provided that his identity was not disclosed to discuss the transmission of the fire and radio that the Russian authorities have not publicly reported.

The sound provides an extraordinary peek into the Russian fleet of spy ships closely monitored by NATO countries due to fears that Moscow may sabotage Underwater cables And pipelines amid tensions on War in Ukraine. Although Keldin was in trouble, the secret ship did not respond to aid from the NATO ship.

UK last month Another Russian followerL set by a spy ship in the English channel. The Ministry of Defense said that Yantar “was arrested while hanging on the infrastructure under the surface of the critical sea” and that a royal marine submarine is close to the ship “to warn it was secretly watching every step.”

At that time, British Defense Secretary John Healy warned Russian President Vladimir Putin: “We know what to do.” Haley said that the royal naval submarine was authorized on the surface near Yantar “accurately as a deterrent measure” and “to clarify that we are monitoring every secret step”, ” BBC News mentioned.

Last month, The royal navy revealed In late December, HMS SOMRSET tracked a Russian marine group while sailing from the North Sea to the English channel, although the group remained in international waters.

Fire on board the ship temporarily

Keldin, 55, intelligence brings together NATO activities in the Mediterranean Sea and was working near naval exercises by a coalition member in Turkey before the fire, according to officials who spoke to AP.

They said that the fire was burned for at least four hours and that the Keldin crew removed the survival boats, although they did not put it in the sea.

Officials said that Keldin raised two black balls from its masts – a marine indication that the ship was no longer able to guide.

They said that the crew eventually regained control and that Keldin was still stationed and gathered intelligence from the Syrian port of Tartus, accompanied by a scatter and a supply ship. It is not clear the cause of the fire.

Carmlin Dmitry Peskov spokesman said he was not aware of fire on Keldin and did not say what the ship was doing at that time.

He rejected the suggestions that it reflects badly on the Russian marine readiness. “Evaluating the fleet condition based on the collapse of a specific ship or a specific malfunction,” said Peskov.

Retired Admiral Michelle Olhygharai, the former head of the France Center for Higher Military Studies, said that although Keldin regained the guidance, the fire highlights the logistical difficulties of Russia in preserving and the Baltic Sea.

Moscow is no longer able to use the Black Sea Fleet for the Mediterranean patrols because during the Ukrainian war, Turkey does not allow the passage of the Bosphorus, which connects the black seas and the Mediterranean.

“Maintaining this Russian fleet, especially in the Mediterranean, is very complicated,” said Olhygharai.

The sound picks up radio exchanges

The officials said that the sound collected by the NATO ship was a 75 -second radio exchange between Keldin and the shipping ship overwhelmed by Togo, Mila Mon.

AP also obtained a second record of conversations between the crew members on the NATO ship. In it, they can be heard to identify the stock exchange that it just watched as between Keldin and a Togolese ship. Military officials presented both records to the AP, which were unable to automatically approve.

Ship tracking sites that use data vessels are identified, located, quickly, trained, and Milala Moon from Tartus and began sailing north along the coast of Syria on January 23. Military officials said.

They said that Kelidin initially set himself to the moon of Mila as another family, the sky, then they asked to replace the channels to continue the conversation.

After switching, the man is heard in the English language, determining his ship as a warship.

“Mila Mon’s car ship, this is a warship in your path”, the sound can be heard, saying on the clip. “Please listen to me.”

Milla Moon asks for a clear guidance.

“I am drifting. I am not under driving,” he says.

Milad Moon replies that he will draw an external course before registration, “Welcome to you. Good hour. Goodbye.”