Published 19:57 IST, April 12th 2022

Secret NATO group working in Odessa to monitor movements of ships in Black Sea: Reports

A secret base of the NATO monitoring group in one of the suburbs of Odessa has equipment that monitors the movement of ships in the Black Sea.

Reported by: Apoorva Kaul
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Amidst relentless military aggression by Kremlin troops in Ukraine, a secret monitoring group of NATO comprising officials of Romanian PMC has commenced work in Odessa. A source in Russian law enforcement ncy citing informants in Ukrainian troops confirmed development to RIA vosti. This comes at a time when Russian military action against Ukraine continues for day 48 with visuals of deaths and destruction in war-torn nation surfaced recently sending jolts across global powers. 

Russian law enforcement ncy's interlocutor has claimed presence of a secret base of NATO monitoring group in one of suburbs of Odessa, RIA vosti reported. secret base of NATO monitoring group has equipment that allows identifying "exact coordinates of any ship in Black Sea within a rius of up to 200 kilometres." According to ncy's interlocutor, specialists in monitoring group include employees of Romanian PMC rdstarsupport Group. 

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group aims to stop landing of Russian armed forces and provide location of Russian ships to Ukrainians for guiding ir Neptune missiles. As per news report, Russian troops, earlier last week, destroyed a centre for collection and training of foreign mercenaries near Odessa using high-precision bastion missiles. It is pertinent to mention here that NATO is unwilling to get directly involved in ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, including t declaring a -fly zone over war-torn nation. 

Russia-Ukraine war

Ever since ruthless military aggression by Russian forces in Ukraine, deaths and destruction has been a common sights in streets of ex-Soviet state. In latest update, Ukrainian Ministry of Defence on Tuesday, 12 April, stated that about 19,600 Russian troops have lost ir lives ever since onset of invasion. ministry has claimed that Russia has lost 1,946 combat armoured machines, 349 artillery systems, 111 MLRS, 732 tanks, 140 helicopters, 157 aircraft, 63 anti-aircraft warfare systems and 1,406 vehicles. According to ministry, 76 fuel tanks, 124 unmanned aerial vehicles, seven vessels including ships and boats, 25 special equipment and four mobile SRBM system of Russia have been destroyed in military aggression against Ukraine.

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19:43 IST, April 12th 2022