After having taken up residence off the coast of 🇨🇾 Limassol, the tanker 🇵🇦 LEO II is continuing her ship-to-ship transfer operations. Today, it is the turn of the tanker 🇵🇦 DUKE II, already involved in a previous operation, to take part.

After returning to dock on December 19, the 🇷🇺 Matros Shevchenko left the port of 🇹🇬 Lomé on the evening of December 25. Her filed itinerary states that she is heading to the port of Kavkaz in the 🇷🇺 Krasnodar region.

The 🇺🇦 SBU stated that it destroyed the only 🇷🇺 Russian Il-38N maritime patrol aircraft over the Black Sea just before the attack by a 🇷🇺 Russian submarine on Novorossiysk.

During the night of December 21-22, a drone strike hit 🇷🇺 Russian oil infrastructure located at the port of 🇷🇺 Taman, in Krasnodar Krai. The attack was carried out in retaliation for repeated 🇷🇺 Russian strikes on 🇺🇦 Odesa.

The Ro-Ro cargo ship 🇷🇺 ADLER dropped anchor on December 20, 2025, in 🇸🇪 Swedish territorial waters near Höganäs after reporting an engine failure.

On December 21, the 🇷🇺 Russian corvette STOYKIY and the tanker YELNYA made a port call in Pointe-Noire, in the 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo, for a friendly visit. The ships were welcomed by the 🇷🇺 Russian ambassador and representatives of the 🇨🇬 Congolese naval forces.

After a crossing maneuver between the 🇷🇺Russian submarine "KRASNODAR", escorted by the seagoing tug "ALTAY", and the Ropucha-class landing ship "ALEKSANDR OTRAKOVSKIY", the latter exited the Mediterranean, heading west through the Strait of Gibraltar on December 18, 2025.

For the first time, the 🇺🇦 Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) targeted a tanker belonging to 🇷🇺 Russia’s “shadow fleet” while she was in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea🌊.

On December 18, a 🇷🇺 Russian naval detachment consisting of the submarine “KRASNODAR” and the seagoing tug “ALTAY” docked at the Port of 🇩🇿 Algiers as part of a four-day visit.

🇺🇦 Ukrainian drones struck a ship overnight in the port of Rostov-on-Don during a nighttime offensive. The ship was reportedly the 🇷🇺 Russian oil tanker VALERIY GORCHAKOV (IMO: 8951293), which had recently arrived from the Black Sea and is believed to be affiliated with the "shadow fleet".

The 🇸🇪 Swedish Navy confirms that 🇷🇺 Russia is conducting a military protection operation for its « shadow fleet » in the Baltic Sea in order to circumvent sanctions.

The🇺🇦SBU (Ukraine’s Security Service) claims to have carried out a special operation at the🇷🇺Russian port of Novorossiysk, during which a🇷🇺Russian Kilo-class submarine was severely damaged using an underwater drone known as « Sea Baby ».

The🇪🇺EU continues to expand its list of sanctions against🇷🇺Russia through decisions published in the Official Journal of the🇪🇺European Union. Twelve individuals and two legal entities involved in🇷🇺Russian hybrid operations have been subjected to restrictive measures.

The alleged presence of🇷🇺Russian warships near the port of🇧🇯Cotonou at the time of an attempted coup would constitute a strong strategic signal.

🇺🇦Ukraine carried out its first strike on a🇷🇺Russian oil facility in the Caspian Sea, targeting the FILANOVSKY offshore platform using long-range SBU drones. At least four impacts were recorded, forcing the shutdown of oil and gas production across more than 20 wells.

A new tanker in🇷🇺Russia’s shadow fleet, the MT DASHAN (IMO 9299666), was attacked in the Black Sea by🇺🇦Ukrainian Sea Baby naval drones. She reportedly sustained critical damage, putting her out of service.

Departing from🇷🇺Saint Petersburg on November 26, her latest AIS status does not indicate any destination. The RO-RO ship🇷🇺ASCALON has been lingering suspiciously since November 8 south of Bournemouth, 🇬🇧United Kingdom.

Part of the “Yellow Cake” convoy has completed its desert crossing from Arlit and reached 🇳🇪Niamey. The convoy is currently reportedly stationary near 🇳🇪Niamey air base✈️. Can anyone confirm this information? Do you have any information about the convoy and its location?

🚨🚨🚨 EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS 🚨🚨🚨 Coming from the Baltic Sea, the submarine 🇷🇺KRASNODAR is currently sailing on the surface toward the Mediterranean; she is being escorted by the ship 🇷🇺ALTAY. What strategy does 🇷🇺Russia employ when it has her submarines sail on the surface? Do you know what her mission is?

The 🇷🇺Russian ship MATROS SHEVCHENKO, operated by the company Crane Marine Contractor, arrived at the port of 🇹🇬Lomé on December 1, 2025. Already mentioned in several reports for suspicious activities, the ship also appears in the public War & Sanctions database (updated July 2025).

The🇵🇦LEO II is continuing her suspicious ship-to-ship transfer operations. For the past 3 months, south of 🇨🇾Cyprus, she has been serving as a transfer platform for other vessels flying various flags. Yesterday, she was again seen near two tankers: the 🇱🇷MILANO and the🇲🇭RES COGITANS.

A convoy carrying 1,000 tonnes of uranium from Niger leaves the Arlit site in Niger for Lomé, bypassing Benin and travelling along some of the most dangerous corridors in the Sahel. Map from @CapIvoire_Info

🚨🚨🚨 EXCLUSIVE PHOTO 🚨🚨🚨 After escorting the tanker 🇷🇺KAMA in early November, the frigate 🇷🇺BOIKIY was spotted departing the port of🇸🇾Tartus on November 28. Is she continuing to escort 🇷🇺Russian vessels linked to the « shadow fleet »? @mrfrantarelli.bsky.social @kaptainloma.bsky.social

The 🇷🇺Russian oil tanker MIDVOLGA-2, carrying sunflower oil to 🇬🇪Georgia, was attacked 80 miles off the 🇹🇷Turkish coast in the Black Sea.

On November 28, 🇺🇦Ukrainian SBU drones struck two tankers belonging to 🇷🇺Russia's ghost fleet in the Black Sea, the KAÏROS and the VIRAT. These tankers are considered an essential link in 🇷🇺Russia's oil export network despite international sanctions.

The🇷🇺Russian tanker VASILY LANOVOY IMO 9621601 is described as part of the🇷🇺Shadow Fleet and appears on 🇺🇸US, 🇬🇧British,🇪🇺European Union and 🇨🇦Canadian sanctions lists.

According to the cooperation agreement between Russia and Togo, formalized on November 19 during the Togolese president’s visit to Moscow, the two countries are now authorized to use each other’s military ports.

The AQUA TITAN is an Aframax-class oil tanker listed in Greenpeace's Shadow Fleet with the name PANTA REI 1. She currently sails under the Cameroonian flag, a flag of convenience increasingly used by high-risk oil tankers involved in sanctioned Russian oil logistics.

The SEAHORSE is a 🇷🇺Russian tanker sanctioned by the 🇪🇺European Union and the 🇬🇧United Kingdom, sailing under the 🇨🇲Cameroonian flag, and involved in oil operations destined for 🇻🇪Venezuela, a country that is also subject to sanctions.

After spending more than two months in 🇩🇿 Oran due to technical issues, the Ro-Ro cargo ship 🇷🇺 ADLER is preparing to cross the Strait of 🇬🇮 Gibraltar this morning. What does the track north of 🇲🇦 Al Hoceima indicate? An improvised repair? A refuelling operation?

Yesterday, the 🇷🇺 Russian spy ship YANTAR once again provoked the 🇬🇧 UK by directing a laser beam toward the cockpit of a POSEIDON P-8 maritime patrol aircraft of the RAF. ✈️

Russian oil prices have fallen to their lowest level in several years, a direct consequence of the 🇺🇸 US sanctions imposed on October 22 against 🇷🇺 Russian oil companies Rosneft and Lukoil. ⛽️

Last week, 🇨🇦 Canada announced new sanctions against the 🇷🇺 Russian shadow fleet. Foreign Affairs Minister and her 🇺🇦 Ukrainian counterpart presented these measures during a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in 🇨🇦 Ontario.

The 🇪🇺 EU is inviting 🇬🇷 Greece to step up its efforts against the shadow fleet that 🇷🇺 Russia uses to circumvent sanctions on oil exports.

🚨🚨🚨 EXCLUSIVE PHOTO 🚨🚨🚨 The 🇷🇺 Russian cargo ship ALEXANDER UDALOV arrived yesterday in Tartus in 🇸🇾 Syria, after carrying out a ship-to-ship transfer operation with the 🇵🇦 AMARILLO a few nautical miles from the port.

🚨🚨🚨 EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS 🚨🚨🚨 Yesterday, I told you about the 🇷🇺 Russian tanker YELNYA, which, accompanied by the corvette STOIKIY, crossed the 🇬🇧 English Channel on her way to the Mediterranean Sea. 🌊

🚨🚨🚨 EXCLUSIVE PHOTO 🚨🚨🚨 On Friday November 7, the Russian tanker 🇷🇺 YELNYA transited the 🇬🇧 English Channel accompanied by the STOIKIY, heading south.

The Consul General of 🇷🇺 Russia in 🇪🇬 Egypt, Karen Vasilian, visited the BOYKIY, belonging to the Baltic Fleet of the 🇷🇺 Russian Navy, while she was docked in the port of 🇪🇬 Alexandria. ❓In your opinion, which ship will she escort next in the Mediterranean? 📸 by Karen Vasilian.

🚨🚨🚨 EXCLUSIVE PHOTO 🚨🚨🚨 Last week, we were talking about the 🇵🇦 LEO II, which was carrying out ship-to-ship transfer operations with the 🇱🇷 CHEM NICHOLAS and the 🇬🇲 SUNNY C. Apparently, yesterday she was moored alongside the 🇲🇹AGIOS NIKOLAOS IV, which is now coupled with the 🇲🇭 ATROTOS.

🚨🚨🚨 EXCLUSIVE PHOTO 🚨🚨🚨 The LADY MARIIA is a cargo ship flying the 🇷🇺 Russian flag, operating mainly between the Mediterranean Sea and the Baltic Sea.

🚨🚨🚨 EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS 🚨🚨🚨 Already suspected last week during several ship-to-ship transfer operations south of 🇨🇾 Cyprus, the OKYROE is a tanker flying the flag of the 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands, built in 2004, and currently waiting off the coast of 🇨🇾 Limassol.

🚨🚨🚨 EXCLUSIVE PHOTO 🚨🚨🚨 The 🇬🇲 SUNNY (IMO 9265756), a 20-year-old tanker, transited northbound through the 🇪🇬 Suez Canal yesterday, reportedly empty of petrol and likely heading bound for a 🇹🇷 Turkish port, according to her latest AIS position.

🚨🚨🚨 EXCLUSIVE PHOTO 🚨🚨🚨 The CHEM NICHOLAS, a 🇱🇷 Liberian-flagged oil tanker, was built in 2007 in 🇨🇳 China.

The 🇷🇺 tanker KOMANDER ran into trouble this morning in the Suez Canal. This “Suezmax” (a term referring to a vessel sized to transit the canal at or near the maximum allowable dimensions) temporarily blocked traffic following an engine failure, before being freed by the 🇪🇬 Egyptian tug MOSAED 3.

🚨🚨🚨 EXCLUSIVE PHOTO 🚨🚨🚨 “Shadow fleet” alert off the coast of 🇨🇾 Cyprus! Yesterday afternoon, the tanker 🇵🇦 LEO II, already involved in a ship-to-ship transfer operation in mid-September in the Mediterranean, was sighted south of 🇨🇾 Cyprus, moored alongside the ships 🇱🇷 CHEM NICHOLAS and 🇲🇭 SUNNY C.

🚨🚨🚨 EXCLUSIVE PHOTO 🚨🚨🚨 Having departed from Tartus 🇸🇾 on October 10, the weapons carrier SPARTA IV arrived this morning in Kaliningrad 🇷🇺, accompanied by the 🇷🇺🪖LST SHABALIN.

Yesterday afternoon, the 🇷🇺 PK-700 “GRIGORY PROSYANKIN” capsized in Sevastopol Bay during a handling operation. Despite the human toll (two dead ☠️ and around twenty injured 🤕), there’s little doubt that this multi-billion-ruble project has now, quite literally, gone overboard. 💸💸 📸 by local OSINT.

On October 15, 🇷🇺 President Vladimir Putin and 🇸🇾 President Ahmed al-Sharaa met in Moscow. As mentioned in the previous post, one of the many topics discussed was the handling of the “Tartus” issue.

The 🇪🇺 European Union adopted its 19th package of sanctions against 🇷🇺 Russia on October 23. This new series of measures mainly targets the energy sector and the shadow fleet used to circumvent Western embargoes. 🧑‍⚖️

🚨🚨🚨 EXCLUSIVE PHOTO 🚨🚨🚨 The cargo ship 🇷🇺 KAPITAN YAKOVLEV is currently drifting south of 🇬🇷 Crete. This ship, under 🇺🇸 US sanctions, is known for her active involvement in the diversion of Russian grain. She has declared her destination as the 🇹🇷 Turkish port of Gemlik.