The Air Force accompanied the passage of three Russian ships through national waters

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The Portuguese Air Force monitored the passage of three Russian ships through Portuguese waters on Monday and Tuesday, the air force announced on Wednesday.

In a statement, the Air Force said it “has been monitoring vessels flying the flag of the Russian Federation, having monitored three vessels in the past two days.”

On Tuesday, the The Air Force accompanied the Russian ship “Atlantniro” “while it was sailing outside the national Exclusive Economic Zone”heading south, facing the Coimbra area.”

“Despite having the configuration of a fishing vessel, this vessel is associated with research and investigation activities,” the note reads.

On Monday, September 2, the Air Force “monitored two additional Russian-flagged vessels as they crossed the nation’s Exclusive Economic Zone.”

“Number flight that lasted three hours and twenty minutesAir Force personnel accompanied the oil tankers ‘GENERAL SKOBELEV’ and ‘YAZ’, when they were sailing outside Portuguese territorial waters, heading north, and off the Portuguese coast between Figueira da Foz and Viana del Castillo. It should be noted that these two ships had already been monitored this year, also crossing the maritime space under Portuguese responsibility,” it states.

both The operations were carried out within the scope of missions related to the Fishing Activities Inspection and Control System. (SIFICAP), which “supports surveillance, inspection and control actions of fishing activities at the national level, with the Air Force being one of the competent and participating entities.”

This year, The Air Force has already carried out 15 surveillance missions against Russian-flagged shipsMore than 20 vessels from that federation have been identified crossing space under national responsibility, the statement added.