EXCLUSIVE UPDATE: 🇷🇺🇸🇾 SPARTA loaded something in Tartus ! We thought SPARTA had unloaded equipment in Tartous. It now appears that she also loaded something. HD sat imagery shows an unidentified cargo being loaded onto the vessel. What is Russia trying to move out of Syria? @InsiderGeo

EXCLUSIVE: In a joint investigation by @InsiderGeo × @SONARROW_OSINT , we identified Russian military equipment being transported toward the eastern Mediterranean aboard the ANASTASIIA and YURIY ARSHENEVSKIY. New imagery shows the vessels now underway in the Mediterranean, while satellite imagery from August 13 and 20 captured the same shipment being prepared and loaded at the Russian naval base in Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast. The imagery shows multiple armored vehicles, including APCs/MRAPs, alongside logistics and support vehicles. The two cargo ships are travelling with the Ropucha-class landing ship ALEKSANDR SHABALIN. The convoy is now sailing south of Sicily and continuing eastward, attracting attention from the Italian military. According to @ItaMilRadar, an Italian Air Force P-72A ATR maritime patrol aircraft was monitoring the Russian naval group south of Sicily on September 10. We will continue tracking the convoy, which will likely reach its final destination in Tobruk, Libya, or Tartus, Syria.

🇷🇺 The Russian naval convoy spotted in the English Channel has now exited the waterway. The Ropucha-class landing ship ALEKSANDR SHABALIN, accompanied by the cargo vessels ANASTASIIA and YURIY ARSHENEVSKIY, departed Kaliningrad and continues sailing south. The convoy’s destination and purpose remain unknown at this time. Perhaps it’s carrying some much-needed military equipment to help Africa Corps with its little difficulties in the Sahel? 🤔

🚨🇷🇺🇸🇾 Russian convoy continues its journey toward the Eastern Mediterranean The four vessels were spotted in the Strait of Sicily on September 1: 🔸 SPARTA, Ro-Ro cargo ship 🔸 ADMIRAL LEVCHENKO, Udaloy-class destroyer 🔸 GENERAL SKOBELEV, oil products tanker 🔸 AKADEMIK PASHIN, replenishment oiler The convoy switched off its AIS shortly after passing Gibraltar. Port Said had been listed as the destination in AIS data before the vessels went dark, while Tartus or Tobruk remain possible destinations.

🚨🇷🇺🇸🇾 Russian convoy has just entered the Mediterranean sea The four vessels have been spotted south of Spain. 🔸 SPARTA cargo ship 🔸 ADMIRAL LEVCHENKO destroyer 🔸 GENERAL SKOBELEV and AKADEMIK PASHIN tankers The convoy switched off its AIS shortly after passing Gibraltar. AKADEMIK PASHIN had already used the same tactic last June, sailing through the Mediterranean with its AIS disabled. After two months of absence from the Mediterranean, Russia is back. The convoy still indicates Port Said as its declared destination, but Tartus appears to be the more likely destination.

EXCLUSIVE: New Russian naval convoy spotted in the English Channel. 🇷🇺 In a joint investigation by @InsiderGeo × @SONARROW_OSINT , we identified the Russian Ropucha-class landing ship ALEKSANDR SHABALIN operating alongside the cargo vessels ANASTASIIA and YURIY ARSHENEVSKIY after departing Kaliningrad. The SHABALIN has previously been linked to Russian weapons deliveries, notably to Africa, where it escorted SABETTA and MIKHAIL BRITNEV, two vessels previously tracked by us. 🇩🇰 HDMS FREJA (P521), a Danish patrol vessel, was also observed operating close to the Russian group, apparently monitoring the convoy’s movements. 🇬🇧 The convoy is also being shadowed by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker RFA TIDEFORCE. The destination and purpose of the Russian convoy remain unknown at this time.

🚢 🇷🇺 🇳🇬 The Russian Ro-Ro cargo ship PATRIA (IMO 9159921), sanctioned by the U.S an Canada, has been anchored off Lagos, Nigeria, since 21 July. Given the vessel's documented role in transporting Russian military equipment, its sustained presence in the Gulf of Guinea may reflect Moscow's ambition to establish a longer-term logistical foothold in the region. Could Russia seek to expand its security footprint into Nigeria's counterterrorism landscape while it is already struggling to achieve its objectives in Mali? 👀

🛰️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russian warehouse hit by a drone Satellite imagery shows the damage caused by Ukrainian strikes on Ozon warehouse in Enem, Republic of Adygea, Russia, on August 24. Following Wildberries, Ozon is now also facing a series of drone strikes targeting its warehouses !