How the Belgian army left nothing to chance when it boarded a Russian oil tanker: this is how it went from minute to minute

93 soldiers, four helicopters, one ‘secret’ military dog ​​– a Mechelen Scheper – and a brand new drone. The Belgian army left nothing to chance during the raid on the Russian ghost ship Ethera. The mission was named ‘Operation Blue Intruder’. HLN reconstructs the raid from the very first preparations in January to the moment the ship is detained in Zeebrugge.

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