An Italian Air Force Beechcraft King Air 350ER SPYDR (reg. MM62300) was tracked yesterday operating south of Sardinia, in the same general area where the Russian frigate Admiral Flota Kasatonov and the fleet tanker Akademik Pashin were later identified while sailing westbound through the Mediterranean. While no direct link can be confirmed, the timing and location suggest Italian military authorities were maintaining close awareness of activity …
If they really were to cross the Strait of Gibraltar and leave the Mediterranean, it would be a further reduction of the already limited Russian naval presence in our seas.