Russian warning from Italian intelligence
The presentation of the report “Information Security Policy” for 2022 prepared by the Intelligence Department of the Italian Prime Minister and presented to the parliament took place in Rome with the participation of the Undersecretary of the Prime Minister Alfredo Mantovano, the Head of the Parliamentary Committee of Security and Intelligence Lorenzo Guerini and Head of the Security Information Department of Prime Minister Elisabetta Belloni. .
The report is claimed to aim to protect Italy’s security, political, military, economic and scientific interests within the ever-changing and developing threat scenarios, while the Russo-Ukrainian war, which started last year, represents a historic turning point and that this war has focused on the daily activities of organizations working for the provision of information. It is said to have had a profound effect.
The report stated that it was necessary for Russia to pause its operational activities to regroup and prepare, noting that Moscow has revealed its intention to continue the conflict until it reaches its main points, with the increase in the number of soldiers. up to 1.5 million in total, depending on the restructuring of the Russian Armed Forces.
In the report, “Moscow will not stop interfering in political dynamics and decision-making processes in NATO countries using topics such as cyber attacks, disinformation, blackmail, migration and energy, and resorting to coercive and manipulative methods far more than in the past.” Statements were included.
In the report, it was claimed that Russia controlled about 20 percent of Ukraine’s territory and more than 75 percent of its coastline as of early 2023, noting that Russian strikes damaged about 50 percent of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Ukraine.
The report also indicated that Russia and China, which are shown to be the main players in the hybrid threat in 2022, are waging an aggressive campaign against Western countries by manipulating the information channels of the countries they are targeting, from the acquisition of strategic assets to commercial exchanges. It was also stated that Western countries showed good resilience in the face of all this.
OTHER THREATS FOR ITALY
In the report, which states that the threats by some anarchist-rebel groups against Italy are of concrete and vital importance, it is stated that anarchist groups carried out 31 attacks in 2022.
It was also pointed out that the actions in support of the anarchist activist Alfredo Cospito, who declared a hunger strike for being in strict conditions of isolation in prison, and this issue led to a mobilization that revived the violent acts against Italy.
In the report, which indicated that irregular migratory flows to Italy increased, it was stated that the presence of rescue ships belonging to non-governmental organizations based in Europe in the Mediterranean increased the probability of accidents at sea, capsizing and therefore fatalities. . (AA)