Správy od Militaire Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst

The Royal Netherlands Navy ship HNLMS Pelikaan recently transported 150,000 litres of drinking water from Curaçao to the port of La Guaira in Venezuela, destined for the regions affected by the earthquakes in June. Defence provided assistance at the request of the Venezuelan authorities.

Last week, the Royal Netherlands Navy's patrol vessel DSS Galatea escorted three Russian ships in the North Sea, the frigate Admiral Levchenko (Udaloy class), the cargo ship TME Sparta and the oil tanker General Skobelev. The three ships entered Dutch waters from the north.

Two Dutch Chinook transport helicopters were deployed from 15 to 21 August to help extinguish a wildfire in the Belgian High Fens nature reserve. They dropped water using Bambi Buckets, flexible water bags.

Last Saturday, 2 Dutch Chinook transport helicopters supported the local fire brigade in the Belgian Province of Liège in fighting a wildfire.

Since last week, air defence and command frigate HNLMS De Ruyter has been housing a multinational staff in order to be well prepared for a possible mission in the Strait of Hormuz.

The Russian hacker group Laundry bear has been found responsible for hacking Zimbra mail servers. A large number of defence companies, subcontractors, IT service providers and other organisations in Western countries fell victim to the hacks. The Zimbra hack did not result in any Dutch victims,…

HNLMS Van Amstel and HNLMS Den Helder returned to their home base in Den Helder last Friday. The two vessels had been deployed to the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1.

The Netherlands and the United Kingdom are to jointly invest in new amphibious transport ships. In addition, together with 10 NATO partners the Netherlands is investing in the replacement of AWACS radar aircraft, which monitor NATO airspace from NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen. The 11 countries are to…

Russian state hackers are adopting a new procedure in targeting individual Signal accounts: they steal Signal backups that contain stored messages and media files. US security services issued a warning regarding these new developments on 26 June.

HNLMS Groningen is delivering emergency aid in Venezuela, after the devastating earthquakes in the country. The disaster relief effort is taking place in coordination with the Venezuelan authorities and the United Nations.