You want to see some wild photos? Check out our newest story about a Russian LNG-tanker in the Baltic Sea with heavy machine guns and fortified positions on top of the bridge. Crew lists show that Russian military and intelligence personnel are on board the vessel. Full story (in Danish):

The situation in the Baltic and the English channel is intensifying, and Ukrainians drones are hitting Russian tankers in the Med. But what's going on? Hidden recordings and radio coms from both NATO and Russian warships give a unique insight to the growing conflict. Full story (in Danish) here:

Russiske lejesoldater, militær- og sikkerhedsfolk har sejlet hemmeligt rundt i Danmark. Vi tegner her et billede af, hvem de e her: https://danwatch.dk/de-har-vaeret-i-krig-i-ukraine-og-syrien-nu-er-de-i-oestersoeen/

Putins mercenaries’ man the shadow fleet. Through fake job interviews and more than 2000 crew lists Danwatch and our international partners are now able to tell exactly when, why and where Russian mercenaries man tankers from the shadow fleet. Three articles out today. In Danish. Read here.

The container ship "Nora" sailed under false flag, but swiftly changed to Iranian when caught. Now it's been detained for almost a month and has been searched by DK officials in hazmat gear. Now it turns out all docs aboard are fakes. With @jakobbohr.bsky.social and @rozhdestvenskii.bsky.social

The mysterious container ship with Iranian ties carries forged certificates and a Russian-Iranian crew, according to documents obtained by Danwatch and the Dossier Center danwatch.dk/en/leaked-da...

It's been a while. I'm finally back at work and happy to share our newest piece on the detained Iranian tanker Nora, which is currently moored in Kalundborg for mysterious reasons. Leaked data shows it's crewed by Iranians and a single Russian and that all its papers are seemingly falsified.

Great piece by @cnn.com about PMC's on the shadow fleet in the Baltic Sea. Just goes to show our stories about Russians in umarked uniforms on board the ships is signs of a much broader operation. According to CNN, these people have connections to Moran Security. Full story:

Now also available in English: danwatch.dk/en/former-sp...

Stærkt arbejde af @jakobbohr.bsky.social ! Blandt de uniformerede folk ombord på russiske skyggeflåde skibe har han ID på en tidligere Speznats-leder. Endnu et stærkt indicie på, at skyggeflåden også bliver brugt til militære formål. Læs med her👇🏻 danwatch.dk/tidligere-sp...

A former leader of a Kaliningrad Spetsnaz-unit suddenly appeared in an unmarked uniform on a shadow fleet vessel in Oresund. Pilots have reported several sightings of these ‘little green men’ in the Danish straits, and now we’ve identified one of them. Full story in Danish:

Danish pilots keep reporting sightings of little green men aboard civilian vessels coming from Russia. Unfortunately the authorities don’t want to discuss these sightings. But a veteran pilot with decades of experience is willing to talk. Full story here: danwatch.dk/militaerunif...

JUST IN: Owners of Norwegian vessel linked to drone incident in Copenhagen used to work with Russian PMC, RSB Group. The company still employs a Russian general manager in Kaliningrad who has been personally endorsed by RSBs owner. With @glistrup.bsky.social danwatch.dk/droneangreb-...

Hybridkrigen er kommet til Danmark. Jeg har skrevet en analyse om de seneste såkaldte 'hybride hændelser' i denne måneds nyhedsbrev. Endnu engang tak til @pa.nton.cx for at hjælpe med lidt spændende data.

Great work by @vesselspotter.bsky.social as always

The Russian fishing vessel which experienced machine failure in Denmark this weekend crossed three different undersea cables while drifting. It stopped close to undersea gas infrastructure and close by Danish military intelligence hq and CPH Airport. Experts suspect spying. In Danish.

German police raided possible drone-spy-vessel Scanlark two days ago. The ship is suspected of having spied on German maritime infrastructure on the 26th of August. The same day Scanlark passed by a Danish naval base and The Great Belt Bridge before anchoring off Göteborg. (In Danish)

Russias special Arc 7 LNG-fleet is still getting serviced in Europe - in Denmark to be specific. 11 of the 15 vessels have been repaired in Danish Fayard since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. Read here (in Danish): danwatch.dk/dansk-vaerft...

Danish ship yard is servicing 11 Russian LNG carriers. Great reporting (in Danish) by @jakobbohr.bsky.social at @danwatch.dk

Good morning. The escort continues for WALL (German Coastguard Bamberg escording. F361 Iver Huitfeldt seems to be returning, while P520 Diana seems to have been positioned all night to pick up the escort for NIGHT GLORY. Both false flagged vessels are currently in international waters.

First day back at work after summer vacation. But I already started slowly last week with this story which shows that there's been several eyewitness reports of uniformed Russians on board shadow fleet-vessels photographing and filming critical infrastructure in Danish straits. Read it here:

Danish (maritime) pilots have warned the Danish authorities, that the shadow fleet “carry extra crew in military fatigues, present on the bridge and are vey actively photographing (among other things, passage under bridges)”. Great reporting by @danwatch.dk @jakobbohr.bsky.social

En russisk slæbebåd på dansk ankerplads og GPS-manipulation mod færger på Bornholm. Mange mærkelige ting foregår de her dage, men myndighederne ønsker ikke at fortælle os noget om det. Derfor har jeg skrevet et nyhedsbrev om de to spørgsmål, jeg ikke kan få svar på. Læs det her:

My numbers for 2025 are likewise confirmed by real world effects: GPS of Bornholm-ferries during Jun 13-16 was out of order. Confirmed by Danish mil intelligence. And they point to Russia Awesome article with more background by @jakobbohr.bsky.social danwatch.dk/faerger-udsa...

Today is going to get interesting! Will Russia succeed in scaring off the NB8-allies promised action of stopping stateless ships? Or will Sierra be the first vessel that Denmark stops?

MARATHON has had another change of heart and is now heading north of the Shetland - she will soon be further north than when loading in Russia. Shown here are the tracks of other tankers in the area this month. MARATHON is not following any of the normal routes.

Something has caused MARATHON to change course (my guess - the shock of NZ sanctions). Vessel is now heading northwest - unsure it that means she'll be going around the north of the UK, or even further north around the Norwegian coast. I'd be grateful for advice from the locals!

Denmark failed to stop the sanctioned, stateless shadow vessel Marathon, and now the ship is doing everything it can to avoid The English Channel. Something caused her to change course. I wonder if it was the message below.

Løkke udtaler til TV 2: - Det spørgsmål skal du rette til de relevante danske myndigheder, som i det her tilfælde er Søfartsstyrelsen. Forinden det udtalte Søfartsstyrelsen til Danwatch: - Hvad angår udenrigsministerens udtalelse, henvises der til Udenrigsministeriet. Hvem skal vi spørge?

JUST IN from European foreign ministers: "We (...) have met today to address the challenge posed by the Russian shadow fleet." "If vessels fail to fly a valid flag in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, we will take appropriate action within international law." via.ritzau.dk/pressemeddel...

Place your bets...

Stadig intet tegn på, at Marathon / Udaya bliver stoppet for at sejle statsløst rundt i danske farvande. På trods af, at skibet snød forsvarskommandoen i sidste uge med falske oplysninger. Eksperter har ellers slået fast, at det er inden for skiven at stoppe statsløse skibe i uskadelig passage.

Flagless, sanctioned shadow tanker MARATHON / UDAYA managed to cheat the Danish Naval Command last week when it showed false flag-info to authorities who were approaching the vessel, the DMA tells Danwatch. Now Marathon is back and sailing straight towards Denmark. What happens next?

During this years annual gathering of public and politicians at Bornholm, all ferry’s transporting the thousands upon thousands of Danes to and from Folkemødet at Bornholm were targeted by spoofing. Civilian planes also reported issues when travelling through Danish airspace.

#Drone #Copter off #Skagen #Skaw #RoyalDanishNavy #RDN nearby #Shadowfleet #Tanker #SeaBeauty #IMO9806627 on its way to #Russia Class #ABS Flag #Panama Ins #WestOfEnglandP&I #Forsvaret #DMA #EMSA @maritimekiwi.bsky.social @jakobbohr.bsky.social @pa.nton.cx @auonsson.bsky.social

Mystery regarding Udaya aka Marathon (IMO: 9288746) increases. She was monitored by a Schiebel Camcopter S-100 drone* 6-7 hours prior to P521 Freja intercepting. If we had intentions of stopping her, why not do it as she spent 2.5 hours travelling through Danish waters?

Also notice the destination for this one. Claiming it's on its way to Croatia while entering the Baltic Sea. A strong pattern with shadow vessels - entering the Baltic while claiming their destination are EU-countries, but they always end up in the Russian ports.

Danish navy patrol almost made contact with sanctioned and possibly no-flagged shadow tanker Udaya, but turned around last minute. There's sort of military awareness surrounding the vessel but I'd be surprised if it doesn't just get to sail through.

Falcon also has her anchor hanging out ⚓️

The authorities informed me yesterday evening that they had no intention of stopping the vessel as it had Cameroon flag. I informed them that the flag is false according to @lloydslistdaily.bsky.social and that it expired in 2024 according to Equasis. Yet Falcon is continuing its journey.

Danish FM said Saturday that authorities are looking into possibly confiscating flagless tankers. Now Falcon, flagless LPG-tanker who hid it's AIS-signal for five days in the Gulf of Finland, is entering Danish waters. We asked the authorities if they will take action, but they did not reply.

My colleagues Thomas and @glistrup.bsky.social at @danwatch.dk just published this absolutely remarkable story on Russias secret nuclear program. One of the deepest insights to the modernization of their nuclear facilities I've ever seen - do yourself a favor and read the story. Amazing work by them

Wrote a bit about the fake anchor swings of FALCON christian.panton.org/posts/falcon/

Der foregår noget i Finskebugten lige nu, som du bør følge godt med i. En stor skygge har lagt sig over bugten, der har kyst til Estland, Rusland og selvfølgelig Finland. Handelsskibe, civile fartøjer og krigsskibe sejler ind i det russiske søområde, og så forsvinder de pludselig fra kortet.

Shadow tanker 'Jaguar', which Russia defended from Estonian coast guard with an SU-35, has left the Gulf once again and is now anchored almost directly above a telecom cable running between Estonia and Sweden. Noone else nearby according to MT, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's being monitored.

May the nation with the smallest merchant fleet, cast the first stone 🏴‍☠️ Cc: @jakobbohr.bsky.social

Her er en lidt længere tråd om Zenia Grynberg og Telegramkanalen Velinformeret. Som det fremgår af DR og Information i dag har Grynberg tegnet kontrakt med den russiske statsfond Pravfond om at drive Velinformeret som dansksproget "nyhedsmedie". (1/x)

UPDATE: Ro Marine, the fraud company being run from Saint Petersburg with a fake address in Oslo, has been sanctioned by the UK, but not the EU.

French intelligence ship designed for the collection of signals and communications beyond enemy lines travelling through Danish straits with no AIS. Maybe it's confirmation bias, but the calm Danish straits suddenly feel very hot. What I'm hearing is also that AIS in Baltics is messed up atm.

Shadow tanker Jaguar, the ship which caused the dramatic scenes between NATO-countries Estonia plus Finland vs Russia in the Gulf of Finland, is now being spoofed. I can't help but wonder what makes this specific vessel such a strategically important asset that Russia would scramble fighter jets?