The British Royal Navy warship HMS Defender approaches the Black Sea port of Batumi, Georgia, June 26, 2021. © Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia/Handout via REUTERS
BBC: Classified Ministry of Defence documents found at bus stop
Classified Ministry of Defence documents containing details about HMS Defender and the British military have been found at a bus stop in Kent.
One set of documents discusses the likely Russian reaction to the ship's passage through Ukrainian waters off the Crimea coast on Wednesday.
Another details plans for a possible UK military presence in Afghanistan after the US-led Nato operation there ends.
The government said an investigation had been launched.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it is investigating "an incident in which sensitive defence papers were recovered by a member of the public".
The MoD employee concerned reported the loss at the time, it said.
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WNU Editor: One set of documents discusses the likely Russian reaction to the ship's passage through Ukrainian waters off the Crimea coast on Wednesday. If true, my gut feeling when I first reported on the reason for this Russia-UK naval confrontation is correct .... it was a coordinated U.K. - U.S. operation to analyze and observe the Russian response to a UK warship transit in Russian waters (link here).
So the big question remains unanswered. Who left these documents at a bus stop? A disgruntled MoD employee? A Russian intel op?
Update: The Russian media is having g a field day with this story .... Classified British military docs allegedly found at BUS STOP considered how Russia might react to Crimea naval incursion – media (RT). More here .... ‘007 agents aren’t what they used to be’: Russian foreign ministry mocks ‘discovery’ of docs linked to UK navy’s Crimea incursion (RT).
Update #2: It looks like the person responsible for this intelligence leak has been found .... Senior MoD civil servant at centre of investigation into how sensitive military documents turned up at bus stop (SKY News).
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