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  • Russian naval ship 'disguised' itself while passing through English Channel

    06/24/2025 10:54:10 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 12 replies
    BBC ^ | 06/24/2025 | Ned Davies, Joshua Cheetham & Matt Murphy
    A Russian warship disguised itself using a fake ID signal while travelling through the English Channel with two sanctioned oil tankers, a BBC Verify investigation has found. The Boikiy - a corvette armed with guided missiles - broadcast the fake ID code as it passed through the Channel on Saturday. On tracking sites it wrongly appeared as ships which have previously used that ID. BBC Verify matched the ID to the Boikiy by using satellite imagery, tracking data and a video of it passing under a bridge in Denmark. It travelled alongside two vessels known to be part of Russia's...