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📡 🏹 🐙 We foresee, investigate and take action against new threats.

Currently monitoring the Tanker War II .

Partenaires : @debunkcafe.fr ; Le Phare (Telegram)
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👀🚢🇷🇺 Need expert eyes on 🛰 pics

So, 🇷🇺 tanker KAMA has joined cargos SPARTA IV & MYS ZHELANIYA and destroyer SEVEROMORSK.

But on 3 different 🛰 radar images since 13/01, a 5th, smaller trace appears along.side the convoy. No corresponding AIS.

Any idea what that (❓️❓️❓️) is? 👇 Mil ship?
👀🚢🇷🇺 Need expert eyes on 🛰 pics

So, 🇷🇺 tanker KAMA has joined cargos SPARTA IV & MYS ZHELANIYA and destroyer SEVEROMORSK.

But on 3 different 🛰 radar images since 13/01, a 5th, smaller trace appears along.side the convoy. No corresponding AIS.

Any idea what that (❓️❓️❓️) is? 👇 Mil ship?
January 15, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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German Coast Guard up close and personal with false flagged White Condor I in the German Bight
January 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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GRU and Wagner fighters served aboard the tanker Qendil, recently attacked by Ukrainian drones in the Mediterranean

Reporting by the independent investigative outlet Dossier Center and the Norwegian broadcaster NRK, citing ship documents, said the men were listed as “security guards” in the crew.
GRU and Wagner fighters served aboard the tanker Qendil, recently attacked by Ukrainian drones in the Mediterranean
Military personnel with experience in the special forces of Russia’s military intelligence agency (GRU) and the Wagner private military company (PMC) previously served aboard the tanker Qendil (IMO: 9...
theins.press
January 12, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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An excellent IMINT report by @SONARROW_OSINT confirms the destroyer SEVEROMORSK is escorting two vessels, MYS ZHELANIYA and SPARTA IV.
We are now awaiting OSINT confirmation of their destinations, potentially Libya and Syria, as noted by @kattyfun1.
Developments worth watching closely.
January 12, 2026 at 7:13 PM
🚨🇷🇺 Update: The convoy has passed the Strait of Gibraltar. It is currently sailing off the coast of Algeria, still escorted by the destroyer RFS Severomorsk.
January 12, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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U.S. Southern Command has released images of today's capture of the oil tanker #Olina in the #Caribbean Sea.
January 9, 2026 at 2:06 PM
🚨🇷🇺 A mysterious Russian maritime convoy enters the Mediterranean:

03 vessels involved:
🔸 🇷🇺 Cargo ship SPARTA IV (IMO 9743033)
🔸 🇷🇺 Cargo ship MYS ZHELANIYA (IMO 9366110)
🔸 🇷🇺 Destroyer RFS SEVEROMORSK

What is it carrying? Where is it heading? 🧵
January 8, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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In case you are looking for the IMO number of the second boarding of the day:
- 2026-01-07: US-sanctioned M SOPHIA (9289477) - VLCC supertanker laden with 1.8 million barrles of Venezuela crude oil. Had exfiltrated the blockade along with 15 other tankers right after Maduro's arrest. Her zombie identity is "VARADA BLESSING".
January 7, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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From Russian state media

Helicopter appears to be a Boeing MH-6M (or similar sub-variant) Little Bird, typical of USSOCOM
January 7, 2026 at 1:21 PM
🚨🇷🇺🇺🇸 The Russian oil tanker Marinera is reportedly in the process of being boarded by U.S. special forces in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

Background 🧵
January 7, 2026 at 1:20 PM
🚢🔥 2026: Tanker War II is upon us

Since the start of 2026, global tensions involving tankers have accelerated.

No longer mere commercial carriers, they've become strategic assets embedded in hybrid warfare.

Tomorrow: we analyze the latest developments in the Baltic, Black Sea and the Atlantic. 🐙
January 6, 2026 at 4:39 PM
🚨🇷🇺🔥 QENDIL... is heading back north since this morning

She may be reaching for her declared desination of Aliaga 🇹🇷. Probably to be repaired after the Ukrainian drone swarm attack.

Authorization finally obtained from Turkey? If so, it will be paid in cash...
December 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🚨🇷🇺🔥 QENDIL's route is no longer coherent with declared destination Aliaga 🇹🇷

Update :
🔸️ Putin confirmed death of Gen. Averyanov in the 🇺🇦 drone attack
🔸️ Spotted by radar on Dec-20 next to IBLEA (other shadow tanker... nice coincidence 👻)
🔸️ In the night of Dec-20-21, shows an erratic route: breakdown?
December 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🚨🇷🇺🇫🇷 According to a new CNN investigation, two Russian mercenaries were on board the BORACAY (IMO 9332810) during its boarding off the French coast. 🧵
December 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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The website shipinfo.net (and its iOS/Android apps) are registered to a Moscow-based company (Хардфор). If you register for an account, search for specific vessels, etc., remember that your search parameters and your IP are being shared with RF security services.

whois.domaintools.com/shipinfo.net
December 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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False flagged TAGOR having second thoughts about visiting the Baltic?
December 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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December 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🔎🇷🇺⛽️ Change in behaviour of Russian shadow fleet tankers: the beginning of a downgraded mode?

Since the start of what could be described as the "Tanker War II", a clear change has been observed in the navigation habits of Russian tankers belonging to the shadow fleet. 🧵
December 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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False flagged MANASLU entering the Baltic

sketchy.boats/9388027
December 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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False Gambia flagged "Desert Kite" aka "Fuga Bluemarine" exiting the Baltic.

🔥 sketchy.boats/9235725
December 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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🚨 Zombie-ship just passed through Danish waters.

The ship ARCUSAT (IMO 1095337) does not exist in the IMO GISIS database. It is a purely fictional ID.

Covered by Lloyds List here:

www.lloydslist.com/LL1155512/Fr...
December 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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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.
December 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
☢️ NIGER 🇳🇪: Trucks are missing from the yellowcake convoy in Niamey

Satellite images of the Niamey air base (📍13.4863, 2.1640) show fewer than fifty trucks, even though many more were reported.

Let’s break it down 🧵
December 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Something is going on with false flagged vessel “CHARIOT TIDE”.

Currently at anchor in German EEZ en route to Baltic.

First false Gambia flagged.

Now false Mozambique.

New false certificate found on a “marinegov”-group website.
December 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM