๐ช๐ธ El Mundo (Xavier Colรกs), Sept 23: CIA reportedly warned Spain, France and Italy that Russia could launch Gerbera drones from shipping containers on merchant vessels in the Mediterranean. Sourcing: anonymous/unnamed, led by "a person close to Lithuania's Ministry of Defence." Linked to CIA Director Ratcliffe's Aug 25 Moscow visit.
๐ซ๐ท Macron, French TV, today, when asked directly:
Q: "We have read reports: published in the foreign press mentioning a possible Russian drone attack by sea that could target Europe, and in particular the south of France."
Macron: "We can deny that information. The CIA did not inform the French services of such an attack, and the Italian defense minister said the same thing."
๐ฎ๐น Italian defense minister Crosetto): denied, no such CIA warning received.
๐ช๐ธ Spain: no statement from defense or foreign ministry as of Thursday evening.
๐บ๐ธ CIA / State Department: officially denied.
๐ฉ๐ฐ Danish intelligence (FE): per TASS, Rutte aligned with FE's assessment that a Russian attack on NATO is impossible. This tracks FE's standing position โ its head, Thomas Ahrenkiel, has repeatedly stated Russia is conducting hybrid war (sabotage, jamming, airspace violations) but explicitly does not assess a regular military attack as likely: "Our assessment remains that Russia would not conduct a regular military attack." Ahrenkiel has also framed the fear narrative itself as the intended effect: "Russia wants us to believe that there's a threat of war hanging over us. They want us to live with that fear."
๐ท๐บ Putin, on this category of claims and Western fake news in general: called such statements "not just nonsense, but a provocation and disinformation aimed at deceiving the population."
๐ช๐ช Estonian MFA: called the broader speculation about a Russian attack on NATO unfounded.
๐ปIn less than 48 hours, every named party in the chain โ Spain, France, Italy, the CIA, the State Department, Denmark's own intelligence service, and Russia โ has either denied the specific claim or denied the broader "attack is coming" framing - but the goal of this psy-op has been achieved. Of all the Westoid "media" - how many will rebuf this idiotic story?
Exactly.
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