Russian spies allegedly infiltrated Romania among the refugees from Ukraine. The information appears in a CSAT report that talks about people allegedly trying to gather information about our country, military exercises and aid to Ukraine.
The report of the Supreme Defense Council of the Country, quoted by the mainstream media, shows that Romania was targeted by several spies who tried to gather information about our country. These people would have infiltrated among the Ukrainian refugees precisely because our authorities had a hard time figuring out who was fleeing the war and who had other goals in our country.
The report also reveals several objectives of these spies, such as obtaining defense and security information. There were also, says this report, attempts to obtain extremely important data about the aid that Romania offers to Ukraine.
Moreover, the people who infiltrated Romania would also have sought information about the military exercises from our country and the troops that are deployed in our country.
The CSAT report also talks about disinformation and wrong information about the Romanian Army, so that people believe that in the event of a conflict, the military would not be able to defend us. In addition, through the same strategy, the spies would also have tried to destabilize the opinion of the citizens about the leaders of the country.
The institution talks about a lot of vulnerabilities that Romania was exposed to as a result of this espionage operation. These include increasing military incidents, Russian cyber attacks and even sabotage of aid shipments to Ukraine.
Also, according to the report, the security climate in the extended Black Sea region continued to deteriorate due to the Russian Federation’s military aggression against Ukraine, which fundamentally changed the nature and stakes of the struggle to sustain democracy at the global level, according to the report.
The joint permanent bureaus of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies sent the report, approved by the CSAT on February 21, for analysis by the competent committees of the Parliament.
“In this context, our country continued the implementation of the measures included in strengthening NATO’s posture of deterrence, defense and increased vigilance on the allied Eastern Flank, by developing the capacities to respond to the current security challenges, as well as by actions to strengthen the country’s defensive capacity , simultaneously with the intensification of cooperation with the member states of the Alliance. In 2023, the activity of the Supreme Council of Defense of the Country (CSAT) was carried out in accordance with the priorities regarding the defense of the country, national security and collective defense and aimed at reducing risks and managing threats to national security, the security of the European Union and NATO allies” , says the letter sent to the Parliament by Klaus Iohannis.
The perspectives for the year 2024 outlined in the CSAT report highlight that “the aggression of the Russian Federation on Ukraine, the continuation of the conflict between Israel and the terrorist group HAMAS, as well as the maintenance of high conflict potential in the Middle East, the Taiwan Strait, the East China Sea and the South China Sea will favor further the political transformations of the major global actors, affecting international security, the political and strategic relations between the great powers and the regional security climate”.
“Romania will adapt its national security objectives and major lines of action to the new realities of 2024, but these will be, conceptually, synergistic with those arising from its status as a NATO member and a member of the EU, as a strategic partner of the USA. At the same time, Romania will continue to be a factor of stability in the region”, the report states.
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