Six Russian Ships Active Near Nord Stream Sabotage Site According to Intelligence Source, OSINT Analysis
OSINT data helps corroborate report of Russian ships possibly being in close proximity to the Nord Stream sabotage site.
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Now that “t-online” have published the article we have been working on together for the past week and a half, I can finally share all the research behind it and details I had to leave out of my previous piece. “t-online” contacted me after an intelligence source had told them the names of six Russian naval vessels that were reportedly spotted in the vicinity of the Nord Stream sabotage site. With this information, I have spent the past week collecting and analyzing any open source information I could find in order to try to corroborate as much of their information as possible.
The Six Ships“t-online”s intelligence source supplied them with the names of six very specific Russian naval vessels which I will detail below:
Project 141S Rescue ship SS-750 carrying the AS-26 Project 1855 Priz Deep-Diving Rescue Vehicle
Project 503R Medium Intelligence ship, Syzran
Project 02980 Rescue Tug, SB-123
Project 02980 Rescue Tug, Aleksandr Frolov
Neustrashimy-class frigate, Yaroslav Mudry
Steregushchiy-class corvette
Timeline of Events
On September 19th, a large Russian naval exercise taking place in the Baltic began, involving a significant portion of the Russian Baltic Fleet. According to the Russian MoD the exercise involved more than 15 vessels and would take place at several locations exclusively inside the Russian EEZ by Kaliningrad. This exercise reportedly included a convoy escort aspect including the Yaroslav Mudry and two Steregushchiy-class corvettes. Through Russian MoD press releases, I have identified 17 vessels that reportedly took part in this exercise. There is however no mention anywhere of the SS-750, SB-123, Aleksandr Frolov or Syzran being involved the exercise in any way.
The 17 ships mentioned: Parchim-class corvette Aleksin
Parchim-class corvette Kabardino-Balkariya
Zubrclass LCAC Mordovia
Alexandrit-class minesweeper Aleksandr Obukhov
Sonya-class minesweeper Novocheboksarsk
Sonya-class minesweeper Pavel Khenov
Lida-class minesweeper Victor Sigalov
Karakurt-class corvette Sovetsk
Buyan-class corvette Zelenyy Dol
Karakurt-class corvette Odintsovo
Tarantul-class missile boat Chuvashiya
Tarantul-class missile boat Dimitrovgrad
Nanuchka-class corvette Livien'
Nanuchka-class corvette Passat
Steregushchy-class corvette Soobrazitelny
Steregushchy-class corvette Stoikiy
Neustrashimy-class frigate Yaroslav Mudry
It was also reported through Russian MoD press releases the Russian commando frogmen, likely from the 313th PDSS Detachment based in Baltiysk, were part of the exercise.
The publicized Russian naval exercises took place exclusively in the area marked red in the image above.
Follows detailed analysis and graphics ...
In conclusion, OSINT alone cannot solve the mystery of the Nord Stream sabotage or what these vessels were doing on September 21st-23rd, a few days before the explosions. It does however seem likely that the unusual events on these dates are somehow a key part of the Nord Stream sabotage mystery.
UPDATE: The AIS data for the Swedish warship that appears to have rushed to investigate something at the site of the NS explosions on September 22nd is no longer visible on MarineTraffic. If you search for the MMSI number on that date now, it now shows no data available. I won't rule out a strange bug or other weird cause, but the fact that it was still available on the 25th and then gone on the 26th, the day after this piece was published, is very odd.
https://oalexanderdk.substack.com/p/osint-analysis-six-russian-ships
