The National Security Advisor of the Greek Prime Minister, Thanos Dokos, has fallen victim to a phone prank by the well-known Russian pranksters Vovan & Lexus.
“We ‘warned’ him that the Ukrainian Defense Minister has supposedly gone crazy, is not listening to the President and will continue to send drones to Greek waters to blow up Russian ships, as well as the yachts of oligarchs,” the pranksters said.
At the center of the controversy is Dokos’ reference to elections in Greece “which are approaching.”
The pranksters posed as Ukrainian officials, raising security concerns about possible drone operations near Greek islands, with Thanos Dokos talking about the elections and the “very significant problems” such an issue ould create for the Greek government.
The National Security Advisor appeared to express concern about the possibility of a “heated episode” in the middle of the tourist season, warning that such a development could have serious consequences for both the Greek government and Athens-Kiev relations.
According to news website dnews.gr, Thanos Dokos asked: “Is causing damage to a Russian ship worth costing Greece support?”
it is recalled that beginning of May, Greek fishermen had found an Ukrainian marine drone in a cave of the island of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea.
According to the pranksters, on behalf of his “Ukrainian colleague” – Rustem Umerov – we called the national security adviser of Greece. During the conversation we “warned” him that the Ukrainian Defense Minister had supposedly gone mad, was not listening to the President and would continue to send drones into Greek waters to blow up Russian ships, as well as the yachts of oligarchs.
Dokos, suppressing his panic, warned that a new incident would create very serious problems: “We understand the needs of the war, but we do not want it to be fought on our territory. We have elections soon, so the reaction of Athens will be very strong. He [the Ukrainian Defense Minister] must decide whether causing damage to a Russian ship is worth the cost of Greece’s support. And all the billionaires are already in Turkey.”
At the same time, the adviser admitted that Athens has already begun discussing an agreement with Ukraine on drones.
We also discussed the prospects for Ukraine’s accession to NATO and the EU. Thanos stated that at the moment the Europeans are more concerned with preserving NATO unity because of US policy. This is exactly what, he said, will be discussed at the upcoming Summit.
At the same time, the frightened official kept returning to the threat of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and warned of a rupture in relations if Ukraine finally decided to proceed with a new such adventure.
Video of the conversation in English
“Hybrid attack” and other excuses…
“This is a hybrid attack with penetration of security protocols, through the use of extremely advanced Artificial Intelligence technology,”
Citing sources at the Maximos Mansion of the Prime Minister dnews.gr reported that the prank has been described as “a hybrid attack with penetration of security protocols, through the use of extremely advanced Artificial Intelligence technology. A program is already underway to upgrade communications security, in a constantly evolving environment of hybrid attacks.
No leak of confidential or secret information occurred during the conversation,” the Prime Minister’s associates continue, adding: “Similar attacks have been carried out in the past on high-ranking European officials.”
While there is no official comment by the government or the spokesman, Skai TV announced that Thanos Dokos will have an interview with the private TV channel on the issue on Friday Prime Time News.
PASOK calls for Dokos’ resignation
“The government of the elite of New Democracy has been silent for hours about the unprecedented incident,” said main opposition party PASOK and called for the resignation of Thanos Dokos.
