spectre crouton

...transiting northeast in the English Channel

...transiting northeast into English Channel

...day 5 of lingering in the Bay of Biscay

RF Navy Northern Fleet ships (Severomorsk + Aleksandr Otrakovskiy + Pamir + Sergey Osipov) returned to Severomorsk during morning hours today after two-month (10 August-6 October) Arctic deployment

- group limited to operations in Barents/Kara Seas
- group never reached Laptev/East Siberian Sea

...Marshal Shaposhnikov, Gremyashchiy, and Boris Butoma transited south near Yonaguni Island and Iriomote Island on 5-6 October

www.mod.go.jp/js/pdf/2025/...

[2/2] Previous Kareliya (SSV-535) patrols:

- 27 March-14 July 2022 (110 days)
- 1 December 2022-31 March 2023 (121 days)
- 15 March-15 July 2024 (123 days)
- 9 November 2024-10 March 2025 (122 days)

[1/2] RF Navy Pacific Fleet Vishnya-class intelligence collection ship Kareliya (SSV-535) departed Vladivostok during early afternoon hours on 1 October, conducted a southbound transit of Tsushima Strait on 3-4 October, then transited south near Okinawa on 6 October

www.mod.go.jp/js/pdf/2025/...

RF Navy Northern Fleet Vishnya-class intelligence collection ship Viktor Leonov (SSV-175) arrived in port (likely Kronshtadt) after 187-day deployment (1 Apr-4 Oct)

- Mediterranean Sea port calls: 16-19 Apr; 28-31 May; 14-18 Jul; 10-24 Aug; 11-14 Sep
- southbound transit of Great Belt, 30 Sep

...traveled ~120nm to the north over past 24 hours, but still remains within Bay of Biscay

Now, this is how a tug tows (pushes) other tugs around!

In this case, four RF Navy Northern Fleet tugs heading north along the Neva River in August 2025

Archive image, undated

RF Navy Northern Fleet Yantar-class special-purpose research vessel Yantar departed port during morning hours on 1 October and remains underway through today

- vessel not broadcasting AIS
- previous underway period: 18-21 September 2025

...Vitse-Admiral Kulakov, underway since 21 September, was in/near Baltiysk by 14:00 local time today

- imagery confirms ship was underway [time of imagery unknown] in the vicinity of Baltiysk today

h/t @mtanderson.bsky.social

...lingering in Bay of Biscay since 1 October...

Uragan-class missile ship Burya conducted tests of Pantsir-M versus missile targets launched from land sites

tass.ru/armiya-i-opk...

...Marshal Shaposhnikov, Gremyashchiy, and Boris Butoma conducted southbound transits of the Tsushima Strait on 3 October

www.mod.go.jp/js/pdf/2025/...

RF Navy Udaloy-class destroyer (frigate) Marshal Shaposhnikov, Steregushchiy-class corvette Gremyashchiy, and Chilikin-class oiler Boris Butoma departed Vladivostok during the morning hours of 1 October for an Asia-Pacific regional deployment

...Russian media now reporting what we already knew yesterday: Severomorsk + Aleksandr Otrakovskiy departed Dudinka

tass.ru/armiya-i-opk...

Kurily (SSV-208) returned to Vladivostok on 30 September after 41-day patrol (20 August-30 September)

- previously conducted 77-day patrol (1 June-16 August 2025)

...Severomorsk + Aleksandr Otrakovskiy) departed Dudinka by midday on 1 October (day 53 of deployment)

Archive image, August 2023

Following a very brief port call, RF Navy Baltic Fleet Neustrashimyy-class frigate Neustrashimyy departed Baltiysk on 28 September and remains underway through 30 September

bsky.app/profile/spec...

After a brief return to the Mediterranean Sea, RF Navy Baltic Fleet Goryn-class salvage/rescue tug Yakov Grebelskiy (likely with Black Sea Fleet Kilo-class diesel-electric submarine Novorossiysk) is now heading north in the Atlantic Ocean

RF Navy Baltic Fleet Neustrashimyy-class frigate Neustrashimyy returned to Baltiysk on 27 September following 11-day (17-27 September) escort mission to English Channel

Stupinets-class?

...Stupinets near Saratov on 14 September

[12/12] ***Option 3*** (least likely; conspiratorial): Yakov Grebelskiy and Novorossiysk continue their return transit, but Yakov Grebelskiy is intentionally issuing false reports to disguise its true position.