According to local police in Aalborg, re drone incursion into restricted airspace: - Observations started at 21:44 local (19:44 Z) - Observations of drones are ongoing, more than 2 hrs into incident. - More than one drone has been observed - Police have helicopters in the air

Shadow fleet tanker ESTELLA (GM) IMO 9308170 ex OCEAN JUPITER is 'not under command' for more than three days in the Arabian Sea appr. 150 NM south of Karachi/Pakistan.

Russian gunrunner CRYSTAL STPETERSBURG enr from St. Petersburg arrived at Nhava Sheva/India.

Russian gunrunner DIANA enr from Sabetta/Russia to Ust-Luga/Russia is approaching Skagerrak. bsky.app/profile/clau...

Three Russia-linked ships draw suspicion after drone threat at Copenhagen Airport The sanctioned Russian cargo ship Astrol 1, the Norwegian Oslo Carrier 3, and the Benin-flagged tanker Pushpa were in the vicinity and are now the focus of speculation.

Russian gunrunner ADLER has been towed into port of Oran/Algeria. bsky.app/profile/clau...

Russian cargo vessel ASTROL 1 slowed down significantly south of Gotland an had showed course deviations while proceeding north. The deviations might also just serve as distrachtion? bsky.app/profile/paxl...

Russian gunrunner RUSLANA is approaching the Turkish nuclear power plant Akkuyu. RUSLANA is enr from St. Petersburg/Russia, had a quick stopover at navy port Mers el Kebir/Algeria Sep17 and very likely took over some sensitive cargo from Russian gunrunner ADLER, that suffered technical issues.

So, after all the drones flying over essential infrastructure I had a quick dive into my data, searching for vessels that A - hire Russian crew which B - has navy background and/or also worked on known Russian gunrunners. Conclusion: A - it's worth having a long and deep dive B - see next post...

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Russian gunrunner ASCALON completed Suez Canal passage northbound, is now at anchor OPL Port Said/Egypt and being replenished by sketchy Bunker Tanker SEA ARGUS aka QUEEN MARIA IV.

Russian gunrunner LADY D departed from Ust-Luga, destination unknown.

Shadow fleet tanker BORACAY aka PUSHPA (BJ) IMO 9332810 departed from Primorsk/Russia, destination on AIS is Vadinar/India.

Two Iranian cargo vessels GOLSAN and AYSAN enr from Jebel Ali/UAE are approaching Benghazi/Libya.

Russian gunrunner ASCALON is rerurning to the Med from a far east journey and now passing Suez Canal northbound.

Russian journeys: Russisan crude oil tankers BELGOROD and KEMEROVO, both in ballast, are travelling thousands of miles in opposite directions...

There is a (new?) small circle spoofer east of Vysotsk and sort of remains of the big circle spoofer at the Finnish border.

Shadow fleet tanker SIERRA approached Suez south anchorage 16 hours ago and went dark on AIS. SIERRA is enr from Sikka/India in Ballast. @vesselspotter.bsky.social @pa.nton.cx

Reminder: Russian gunrunner BALTIC LEADER gone 'missing' on AIS for three months now.

Interesting article! Some of the same covered here as well: techjournalism.medium.com/exposing-the...

Russian research/spy vessel AKADEMIK NIKOLAY STRAKHOV departed from Murmansk and is now drifting appr. 20 NM west of Vardø/Norway, AIS displaying 'not under command'.

Two Russian tugs MIRAX and DIRAX enr from Tangier/Morocco to Kaliningrad/Russia diverted course and are now appr. 25 NM north of Schiermonnikoog/Netherlands.

Russian gunrunner SPARTA IV departed from Baltysk, destination on AIS Port Said.

Russian container vessel CRYSTAL STPETERSBURG enr from St. Petersburg to Nhava Sheva/India seems to be 'not under command' off Port Sudan. (Cave! Port Sudan spoofer..,)

What's wrong with Russian bulk carrier ENISEY, now loitering off Istanbul for ages, to be exact since JUN30... Any thoughts? bsky.app/profile/clau...

Russian gunrunner ESENIYA lifted anchor and is now moored at Dar es Salaam/Tanzania.

RF Navy Northern Fleet Vishnya-class intelligence collection ship Viktor Leonov (SSV-175), deployed since 1 April, completed four-day port call in unidentified Mediterranean Sea port (11-14 September) - previous port call was 10-24 August (unidentified port)

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Russian tanker VASILY LANOVOY enr from Ust-Luga to unknown destination diverted course off Portugal in westerly direction.

Russian gunrunner RUSLANA is crossing Bay of Biscay enr from St. Petersburg to Mersin/Turkiye (AIS: AKKUYU - nuclear power plant near Mersin) Wind WSW 24 kts Sea/swell 3 m from West

One hour ago Russian tanker KAMA stopped NE of TSS and is now drifting appr. 30 NM north of Brest/France.

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everything you need to know from an academic and legal perspective about false flag ships from the very best: Professor George Theocharidis, professor of maritime law and policy at Sweden's World Maritime University. I interviewed him for Windward's Trade Sense. youtube.com/watch?v=OCTn...

General cargo vessel OCEAN CARRIER 3 (NO) IMO 9366146 - very likely Russian crew - doing funny things in Biscay. Vessel is enr from Gemlik/Turkiye to Nordenham/Germany. Keeping an eye on vessels with likely Russian crew after recent espionage incidents like HAV DOLPHIN and SCANLARK...

Russian drones in Poland had additional fuel tanks to enhance their range. This is highly unusual and another indicator towards a planned nature of this incident.

I have to come back to bulk carrier XIN AN NING (CN) IMO 9407859 who cought my eye earlier this year spoofing and loitering off Oran/Algeria. Same thing happened again and XIN AN NING spent unusual time at Oran. Vessel is now enr to Russian weapon hub Conakry/Guinea. bsky.app/profile/clau...

Russian tanker BARENTS (IMO 9384447) changed name to JI SHUN, currently at anchor OPL Port Said.

In the Persian Gulf two Russian tankers became noticable: DIGNITY was loitering south of Bandar e Jask/Iran since AUG12, then at anchor east of Bandar e Jask/Iran. Went dark on AIS 20 hours ago. BELGOROF was loitering north of Muscat/Oman since SEP01. Went dark on AIS 3,5 days ago.

Russian gunrunner CRYSTAL VLADIVOSTOK is now at anchor off Bandar Abbas/Iran. bsky.app/profile/clau...

Russian gunnrunner ADLER and tug ROMA reduced speed significantly and diverted course, no limping along north of TSS, currently appr. 25 NM northwest of Oran/Algeria. bsky.app/profile/rfno...

Russian gunrunner LADY D is returning to the Baltic, currently off Tyborøn/Denmark. bsky.app/profile/clau...

Russian tanker KAMA (no IMO, no CS, class B transponder) popped up appr. 100 NM NW of Kristiansund/Norway.

Russian crude oil tanker AKADEMIK GUBKIN enr from Ust-Luga to Murmansk is drifting off Norway.

I was waiting for this to happen: Shadow fleet jumping from false flags to Russia. I believe this was the final chess move lined up. 🔥 sketchy.boats/9385142

Russian gunrunner DIANA is taking the northern route home, likely to Pevek/Russia. Quite a lot of traffic at Pevek, btw... bsky.app/profile/clau...

Russian gunrunner ESENIYA arrived at Dar es Salaam/Tanzania, last port St. Petersburg. ESENIYA took the southern route around Cape of Good Hope.

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Russian cargo vessel and suspect gunrunner FESCO OLGA, currently off Ulsan/South Corea is enr from Tianjin/China to Pevek/Russia.

Russian shadow fleet tanker PUSHPA enr from Vadinar/India to Primorsk/Russia is now passing Strait of Gibraltar westbound.

Russian shadow fleet tanker ESTELLA (GM) IMO 9308170 ex OCEAN JUPITER enr from Dakar/Senegal to Port Said/Egypt seems to have technical issues north of Pantellaria. ESTELLA is limping eastward, displaying 'not under command' on AIS.