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/
Wagner, Redut, Moran, GRU, private and state security - the mercenaries on the shadow fleet come from a variety of Russian military instituions. They've fought in Ukraine, Syria and Mali before secretly going on board the shadow fleet.
But who are they?
Read the full piece here.
I wrote tanker by default - sorry! Container ship.
Now also available in English:
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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:
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.
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 mysterious container ship with Iranian ties carries forged certificates and a Russian-Iranian crew, according to documents obtained by Danwatch and the Dossier Center
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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.
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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...