On 06 Jan 224th SFS Il-76MD CANDID RA-78844 took off from Tver’ and is en route to K-Grad.

On 02 Jan 224th SFS An-124 CONDOR RA-82040 took off from Ekaterinburg and flew east with a possible destination being the Sukhoj Factory at Komsomolsk-na-Amur (yellow dot).

On 01 Jan Gelix Airlines Il-76TD CANDID RA-76373 flew from Novosibirsk Tolmachevo to Mineral’nye Vody (not Kuwait City). On 02 Jan it flew to Algiers DZA later flying south.

After a trip to Tehran IRN on 31 DEC Avikon Tsitotrans Il-76TD CANDID RA-76846 flew to Ufa RUS. On 01 Jan it departed and flew to Mineral’nye Vody later departing and it is currently flying over TUR. Another trip to DZA is possible.

The Russian flagged ship MATROS SHEVCHENKO that could be carrying yellowcake uranium to RUS is currently west of SEN.

On 31 Dec Iranian Government A321 EP-IGD IRAN02 (President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian) departed Tehran (THR) and flew south. Media reports that President Pezeshkian is visiting the city of Shahrekord. news.cgtn.com/news/2025-12...

On 31 Dec SFS An-124 CONDOR RA-82040 was tracked northbound over the Mediterranean Sea.

After a recent trip to DZA, on 31 Dec Avikon Tsitotrans Il-76TD CANDID RA-76846 departed Mineral’nye Vody and flew to Tehran IRN. It departed later and flew back to RUS. It is 31 Dec - get those deliveries done by midnight or you will turn into a тыква!

On 29, 30 & 31 Dec Ruby Star Il-76TD CANDID EW-383TH flew likely from Mineral’nye Vody to Tehran IRN. These flights could support the delivery of weapons, possibly fighter aircraft to IRN. The CANDID could deliver support equipment. Aircraft could be flown to IRN vice carried in an An-124 CONDOR.

On 29 Dec Gelix Airlines Il-76TD CANDID RA-76373 flew from Mineral’nye Vody to Algiers DZA later flying to Laghaout Airbase. It returned to Algiers later in the day and departed on 30 DEC and returned to Mineral’nye Vody.

On 30 Dec SFS An-124 CONDOR RA-82037 returned to Khmejmim Airbase SYR as RFF8500 from an unknown destination in Africa. It flew out of Khmejmim on 25 Dec as RFF405. I suspect it stopped in LBY on the way out (loaded) but not on the way back (empty).

On 29 Dec SFS An-124 CONDOR RA-82040took off from Novosibirsk Tolmachevo and flew to Mineral’nye Vody (after a stop at Ulyanovsk). On 30 Dec it took off and was last tracked over EGY headed south.

On 26 Dec Avikon Tsitotrans Il-76TD CANDID RA-76846 flew from Chita to Komsomolsk-na-Amur (Sukhoj Factory). On 27 Dec it departed and flew back to Chita. It took off on 28 Dec and likely flew to Mineral’nye Vody. The next flight could be to Africa and support further deliveries of aircraft.

On 26 Dec SFS An-124 CONDOR RA-82040 flew from Dushanbe and/or Bokhtar TJK likely to Ulyanovsk. On 28 it took off and flew to Novosibirsk Gorodskoj Airport (Sukhoj Factory). This will likely connected with the delivery of aircraft to a foreign country (probably in Africa).

After a flight to Isfahan possibly to support the delivery of aircraft to IRN, on 25 Dec Gelix Airlines Il-76TD CANDID RA-76373 flew to Novosibirsk Tolmachevo. On 27 Dec it flew from Tolmachevo to Novosibirsk Gorodskoj returning to Tolmachevo after four hours.

After its latest trip to Algiers DZA Gelix Airlines Il-76TD CANDID RA-76360 took off with a flightplan for Fujairah UAE, but did not appear to go there. For a bit tracking appeared that it was on the ground in northern TUR (maybe it landed and took the highway for a bit?).

Red Wings Tu-214 RA-64518 RWZ018/WZ18 returned to Moscow (DME). I still think the reason for the diversion to Ramon was an inflight emergency (although there was no 7700 squawk) that could be best dealt with at Ramon.

Red Wings Tu-214 RA-64518 once again pretending to be Tu-214SR Communications Relay aircraft RA-64516 flew from Moscow to Tel Aviv ISL earlier today. It took off and appears to be having some sort of problem and is orbiting over southern ISL.

Il-76 CANDID belonging to Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS) have in my opinion been involved in spoofing and impersonated by drones. I believe this is evidenced by recent flights by Il-76TD CANDID RA-76362 ‘flying’ from Moscow (ZIA).

MATROS SHEVCHENKO left port in Lomé TGO. Its filed route claims that it is going to the port KZP. This is the port of Kavkaz located on the Chushka Spit in the Krasnodar Kraj region, on the eastern side of the Kerch Strait.

On 22 Dec Gelix Airlines Il-76TD CANDID RA-76360 flew from Moscow (SVO) to Bishkek KGZ (odd, but okay). It departed later and flew to Novosibirsk. On 24 Dec it took off and according to its flightplan it flew to Kuwait City KWT. NO! It likely flew to Mineral’nye Vody.

Recently Gelix Airlines Il-76TD CANDID RA-76373 made several flights to where I thought was Rasht IRN; however, I am now thinking they may have gone to Isfahan. On 21 Dec it was last tracked descending near Rasht but later allegedly flew from Kuwait City KWT back to RUS (likely to Ufa).

MATROS SHEVCHENKO is still in port in Lomé TGO. IF it is true that ROSATOM bought yellowcake uranium from NER and IF it was shipped to the port to be loaded onto the MATROS SHEVCHENKO, I assumed that it would be shipped to RUS for enrichment;

On 25 Dec SFS Il-62M CLASSIC RA-86572 RFF7245 took off from Moscow (CKL) and is again en route to Vientiane LAO. This aircraft flew to Vientiane on 30 Nov and 06 Dec. HO Ho Ho - more Christmas deliveries!

Last seen a month ago when it flew from Tver’ to Ulyanovsk SFS An-124 CONDOR RA-82040 RFF8529 reportedly took off from Chelyabinsk (probably not) and was last tracked over KGZ.

224th SFS An-124 CONDOR RA-82037 RFF8521 did a quick turnaround and late on 24 Dec departed southern RUS (Mineral’nye Vody?) and flew to Khmejmim Airbase SYR. It departed as RFF405 two and a half hours later and flew to al Khadim LBY. It is likely that we will see another flight south to Bamako MLI.

Who would have thought that reindeer could fly that high! I notice that he is not flying anywhere near RUS!

More spoofing by a charter airline aircraft: On 23 Dec Rada Airlines Il-62MGr CLASSIC EW-450TR flew from Minsk (MSQ) to Sharjah UAE and was spoofed flying over UKR.

On 12 Dec Avikon Tsitotrans Il-76TD RA-76502 AZ1924 flew from Moscow (VKO) to a location in southern RUS (Mineral’nye Vody?). On 13 Dec it was last tracked westbound over TUN with a likely destination being DZA. On 22 Dec it was again tracked over TUN eastbound as AZ1925.

On 22 Dec 224th SFS An-124 CONDOR RA-82037 RFF8500 was briefly tracked westbound over BFA possibly en route to Bamako MLI. This aircraft was last tracked on 20 Dec over LBY as RFF8521 so it did stop somewhere.

After departing Lomé TGO on 21 Dec 223rd SFS Il-62M CLASSIC RA-86572 RFF7259 flew to Khmejmim Airbase SYR later taking off on 22 Dec as RFF8524 and continuing on to Moscow. According to the flightplan it landed at (ZIA) but I think it more likely that it landed at (CKL).

223rd SFS Il-62M CLASSIC RA-86572 RFF7259 is airborne from Lomé and headed northeast.

IF yellowcake is being shipped to RUS and IF it is transported on the MATROS SHEVCHENKO, where will the ship sail – east or west? Below are four likely uranium processing facilities in RUS.

Now this is really interesting! 223rd SFS Il-62M CLASSIC RA-86572 RFF7259 took off from Kinshasa and is descending into Lomé TGO. Could this flight be connected with the alleged shipment of yellowcake from the Port of Lomé?

Another flight by a UI Il-76TD CANDID that went into Addis Ababa ETH on 20 Dec and returned to the UAE today.

Matros Shevchenko is back in port at Lomé TGO. It is possible that it will carry the cargo of yellowcake uranium to RUS and its return to harbor from being at anchor in the Gulf of Guinea could mean that the trucks carrying the yellowcake arrived at Lomé and it is now being loaded onto the ship.

After an earlier trip to an unknown location in Africa, on 20 Dec 224th SFS An-124 CONDOR RA-82037 RFF8521 flew from an unknown location in southern RUS to Khmejmim Airbase SYR. It departed less than three hours later and was last tracked over LBY. A destination further in Africa is possible.

On 20 Dec Il-96PU CAMBER Airborne Command Posts RA-96024 RSD107 and RA-96021 RSD109 are flying from Moscow (VKO) to St P-Burg (LED).

On 19 Dec Gelix Airlines Il-76TD CANDID RA-76373 took off from Moscow (ZIA) and after some spoofing to make it appear that it flew close to UKR it appeared to land in Rasht IRN. It later flew back likely to Moscow (although tracking shows it landing near Volgograd).

On 19 Dec Tu-134AK CRUSTY Airborne Command Post RA-65690 flew from Moscow (CKL) to St P-Burg (LED) and later north likely to Murmansk. I have been chasing this aircraft for 40+ years. In the 80’s it was used either by the Commander of the Group of Soviet Forces Germany or the Warsaw Pact Commander.

On 17 Dec 223rd SFS Il-62M CLASSIC RA-86572 RFF8523 flew from Moscow (CKL) to Khmejmim Airbase SYR. After refueling it flew to Brazzaville COG as RFF7259.

On 18 Dec SFS Il-96 CAMBER RA-96019 RSD508 took off from Moscow (VKO) and is en route to Cairo EGY. mid.ru/en/foreign_p...

A few places I always like to stop and say ‘Hej’ whenever I go out for a run. You never know who (or what) might be hanging about!

On 14 Dec Red Wings Tu-214 RA-64518 departed Tel Aviv as WZ18/RWZ018 and at 1418Z again spoofed itself as Tu-214SR Communications Relay aircraft RA-64516. It later switched back and broadcast its own information/Mode-S and landed at Moscow. This is a routine and in my opinion, intentional spoof.

VKS Il-76MD-90A CANDID RF-78664 has been busy in Dec. There have been flights to SYR and AFRICA, likely to Bamako MLI. This could be owing to end-of-year deliveries and/or troop rotations. Again I think it interesting that a VKS IL-76MD-90A is making these flights vice a charter airline Il-76.

On 13 Dec SFS An-124 CONDOR RA-82030 flew from an unknown location (possibly Ulyanovsk) to Novosibirsk Gorodskoj Airport. It took off later and flew east. It was next tracked on 14 Dec flying to a location in southern RUS.

There is more information on the An-22 COCK that crashed on 09 Dec. A video shows the aircraft breaking apart just before it crashed. I wonder if the plane crashed because it broke apart or did it break up as a result of the stresses on the airframe as it fell. www.youtube.com/watch?v=suns...

I am wondering if in some way this could be connected with the reported convoy of yellowcake uranium that is en route from NER to TGO and will pass through BFA. militarnyi.com/en/news/load...

On 08 Dec RUS Navy Tu-154B-2 CARELESS RF-85856 flew from St P-Burg to K-Grad Chkalovsk. It later took off and was last tracked eastbound. On 15 Dec it took off from K-Grad Chernyakhovsk and was last tracked flying south of Moscow.

On 14 Dec 224th SFS An-124 CONDOR RA-82037 RFF8476 flew from the Moscow area as RFF8476 and landed at Khmejmim Airbase SYR. It took off as RFF405 and was last tracked over LBY. On 07 & 08 Dec this aircraft as RFF8476 was tracked westbound over BFA and may have gone to Bamako MLI.