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Italy busts Russian spy ring collecting data on Ukrainian air defense vulnerabilities
Italy dismantled a Russian spy ring collecting data on Ukrainian air defense systems, including Europe’s Samp-T and Italy’s Michelangelo Dome. A former Italian intelligence official, Gavino Piras, allegedly provided information to a Russian GRU officer, Mikhail Astakov, in exchange for cash payments.
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