A pilot in a Dutch F-16 looks on during a training mission with U.S. and British forces. April 2015. (photo: Ministry of Defense). (A pilot in a Dutch F-16 looks on during a training mission with U.S. and British forces. April 2015. (photo: Ministry of Defense))
Daily Mail: Russian 'intelligence operation bombards wives and girlfriends of Dutch fighter pilots with nuisance calls'
* Russians interrogated the women on the presence of the pilots, a report says
* They were berated repeatedly with nuisance calls during a Baltic mission in 2017
* Royal Netherlands Air Force deployed F-16s to the region as part of NATO
* Defence expert claims the harassment of soldiers partners is continuing today
Russian intelligence bombarded the wives and girlfriends of Dutch fighter pilots with nuisance calls while they flew in the Baltic, a report claims.
During 2017, the women were called and berated by men with 'Russian accents' about their other-halves' presence in the region, sources from the MIVD (the Dutch equivalent of MI6) told De Telegraf.
Phones rang repeatedly and questions are understood to have included, 'What do you think of it?' And 'Wouldn't it be better if he left?'
The Royal Netherlands Air Force deployed F-16s in NATO's Baltic air policing mission, which was heightened after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.
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Update #1: “Russians” threatening Dutch F-16 pilots’ family (NLTimes)
Update #2: Fighter pilots’ partners trolled by Russians back in the Netherlands (DutchNews.nl)
WNU Editor: Men with Russian accents? Russian is my first language, but when I speak English or French most people cannot figure out where I am from.
