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Again, text PDB to 989-89-898. It's Wednesday, the 8th of October. Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker,

your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. First up, Ukraine says that it has

cracked the case of those drones that have been harassing northern Europe. The launch point for the

drones isn't some

Russian air base. According to Kiev, it's Russia's secretive shadow fleet at sea. I'll have those

details. Later in the show, U.S. envoys are in Egypt in an attempt to finalize the Gaza ceasefire

agreement, with pressure mounting on both sides to seal the deal.

But first, today's afternoon spotlight. For weeks now, we've been tracking those mysterious

drones spotted over Northern Europe, flying over energy facilities in Denmark and Norway and

Finland, and at times flying dangerously close to offshore platforms and military

installations. Governments have been struggling to pin down exactly where they're coming from,

until now. Ukraine says it has solved the mystery. President Zelensky claims that Russia is

using its so-called shadow fleet of oil tankers, not just to move sanctioned crude, but to launch drones

and conduct sabotage missions across Europe. In a statement following a briefing with his

foreign intelligence chief, Zelensky said, quote, currently Russians are using tankers not only to earn

money for the war, but also for reconnaissance and sabotage activities.

That accusation marks a major escalation in the information war between Moscow and

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