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That Minerva Julie track is certainly interesting.. a week after Russia cuts the gas through NS1, a Russiann-linked oil freighter (that had just been added to
by mikeyouse 4y ago
That Minerva Julie track is certainly interesting.. a week after Russia cuts the gas through NS1, a Russiann-linked oil freighter (that had just been added to Ukraine's war sponsor registry (https://nazk.gov.ua/en/news/companies-from-the-nacp-list-of-international-sponsors-of-war-are-now-in-the-world-check-database-used-worldwide-for-reviewing-counterparties/ https://nazk.gov.ua/en/news/companies-from-the-nacp-list-of-...)) spends nearly a week loitering directly over the site of the explosions that would come 10 days later. Far more open source evidence for this theory than Hersh's, though that's not saying a ton.
- londons_explore 4y agoBut if they knew they were laying explosives, would they really do so with their AIS transponder on?
- brutusborn 4y agoYeah the comments arguing about missing ship data make no sense, of course the perpetrators would have tried to cover their tracks.
- lostlogin 4y agoWhat have you seen in previous Russian operations would make you think they wouldn’t? Competence has not been a hallmark for a long time.
- mikeyouse 4y agoIt was a commercial ship that had just left port in the Netherlands -- it feels like it'd be twice as suspicious if it spent a week adjacent to a shipping lane, in full view of other ships with its transponder off.