Satellite Imagery Exposes Iran's Shadow Fleet Operations
New satellite imagery has uncovered the secretive operations of Iran's shadow fleet, revealing a complex web of hidden activities that traverse international waters. This groundbreaking visual evidence is just one piece of a larger strategic puzzle, where technology, finance, and transparency intersect to redefine security and commerce.
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If you're into OSINT, marine monitoring and/or TAK-based situational awareness systems, you might like my latest piece of Open Source software - an aggregated JSON file of all Shadow Fleet vessels with metadata and correct CoT type:
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France to target Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ with tougher penalties for ships sailing under false flag.
France plans to double jail terms for owners and operators of ships that fail to fly the correct flag or refuse to comply with orders to stop, according to a draft update to the country’s military planning law, in a move aimed at vessels suspected of transporting Russian oil in violation of Western sanctions.
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Russian FPV drone hits civilian bus in rush hour attack as strikes kill 9, injure 51 across Ukraine -- Counterattacking through the kill zone, Ukrainian troops brace for new Russian offensives -- Ukrainian partisans sabotage railway line in Russia's Belgorod Oblast -- Outdated treaties leave Ukraine exposed to wave of international arbitration by Russia ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/wednesday-april-8-2026/
Sweden boarded a sanctioned shadow fleet tanker. Then let it go.
The Flora 1 had taken up to six names and flown up to nine different flags.
Sweden couldn’t prove it spilled the oil.
#Sweden #ShadowFleet #Russia #WarInUkraine #Oil #Sanctions #Flora1
Ukrainian troops in Libya: a launchpad for Mediterranean strikes on Russian shadow fleet – RFI
RFI investigation finds more than 200 Ukrainian officers and technical specialists based across three Libyan sites, with Tripoli’s approval – and direct Mediterranean access.
#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #Libya #Mediterranean #Tripoli #DroneBase: #ShadowFleet #warfare #army #war #Russia #WarCriminal #invaders #occupiers
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RFI says Ukraine has 200 troops at three Libyan sites, including a drone launch facility – and links the base to shadow fleet tanker strikes.
Oil paralysis in Baltic: Russia loses over $70 million daily
Russia has temporarily lost the ability to supply oil through ports on the Baltic Sea
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/oil-paralysis-in-baltic-russia-loses-over-1775051904.html
#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #Leningrad #UstLuga #OilPort #BalticSea #ShadowFleet #oil #warfare #army #war #Russia #WarCriminal #invaders #occupiers
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Ust-Luga burning again: Ukraine is now hitting this Russian oil port every other day — the shadow fleet tankers that load here keep waiting offshore
Some drones entered Eatonia but were not intercepted, with a spokesperson noting that Russia’s use of electronic warfare to deflect Ukrainian drones was likely behind the crossings.
#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #Leningrad #UstLuga #OilPort #ShadowFleet #oil #warfare #army #war #Russia #WarCriminal #invaders #occupiers
#перемогаYкраїни
Some drones entered Eatonia but were not intercepted, with a spokesperson noting that Russia's use of electronic warfare to deflect Ukrainian drones was likely behind the crossings.
France hands the captain of a suspected Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker a one-year jail sentence.
A French court on Monday sentenced in absentia the captain of a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker to one year in jail for failing to comply with orders to stop his ship.
The vessel, which the French navy boarded in September before releasing the vessel, was thought to be transporting Russian oil in violation of sanctions.
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