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18 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

 

 

Actually a big deal because shadow fleets are typically uninsured and not owned by the government. So, moving Russian oil becomes a big risk for companies to take. 

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5 minutes ago, Bevo said:

 

Actually a big deal because shadow fleets are typically uninsured and not owned by the government. So, moving Russian oil becomes a big risk for companies to take. 

Oh no. That sucks 

/s 

It's actually not easy to find and hit ships in the Black Sea that have their transponders off unless you have good intel (from NATO?) although the one hit by a mine could have been friendly fire.

 

5 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

It's actually not easy to find and hit ships in the Black Sea that have their transponders off unless you have good intel (from NATO?) although the one hit by a mine could have been friendly fire.

 

So you did not go over to her house.... 

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3 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

It's actually not easy to find and hit ships in the Black Sea that have their transponders off unless you have good intel (from NATO?) although the one hit by a mine could have been friendly fire.

More info, apparently pretty fucking far from Russia/Crimea. Ukraine ain't playing around and maybe hunting them as soon as they enter the Black Sea, which I guess means they do have help from NATO/Turkey. When they said "mine" it's possible they meant explosives attached to the ship. These tankers were headed to Russia.

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A second oil tanker has gone up in flames in the Black Sea. Both ships have been identified as the M/T Kairos and M/T Virat. The destination of both oilers is the Russian port of Novorossiysk.

Shortly after crossing the Bosporus north of Istanbul they were struck by USVs. Both ship are totally engulfed in fires and abandoned by the crews. It is only a question of time until they sink.

It appears that Ukraine has declared open season for Russian shadow fleet oilers.

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6 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

It appears that Ukraine has declared open season for Russian shadow fleet oilers.

I don’t think they need to take out 50 of them, just take out a couple and the owners of the other uninsured tankers will decide that whatever Russia is paying them is not worth the loss of their ship.

3 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

I don’t think they need to take out 50 of them, just take out a couple and the owners of the other uninsured tankers will decide that whatever Russia is paying them is not worth the loss of their ship.

I really hope you're correct. I certainly don't take issue with Ukraine making moves to help them stay alive, but I sure hate all this destruction to the environment. 

Stupid question, is there a way to track and penalize the companies that are supplying Russia with these black market shipments? 

8 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

I really hope you're correct. I certainly don't take issue with Ukraine making moves to help them stay alive, but I sure hate all this destruction to the environment. 

These were on their way to Russia so they weren’t full tankers.  Unless it was refined products but I doubt they’d be shipping that way.  

1 minute ago, atomheartbevo said:

These were on their way to Russia so they weren’t full tankers.  Unless it was refined products but I doubt they’d be shipping that way.  

I get it but but my question stands, empty oil tankers headed there for obvious reasons. Perhaps tracking them is too difficult, I was just curious if there was a more ecological friendly option that could be explored. 

8 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

I get it but but my question stands, empty oil tankers headed there for obvious reasons. Perhaps tracking them is too difficult, I was just curious if there was a more ecological friendly option that could be explored. 

Yeah. Putin could fucking end it. You think this is bad for the environment? Two ships in the black sea? hell I bet Russian offshore rigs leak  more than that. And maybe Ukraine by hitting them heading in was in consideration for the environment. Plus, these two  won't sail again, so win  win? 

Now consider all the spent explosives across farmlands and cities. Add the unexploded shit and landmines. That was caused by Putin. 

Wiki article on it. 

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to ongoing widespread and possibly serious and long-term environmental damage. The Ukrainian government, journalists and international observers describe the damage as ecocide.

Explosions inflict toxic damage along with physical destruction. Every explosion releases particles of toxic substances such as lead, mercury and depleted uranium into the environment. When ingested, explosives like TNT, DNT, and RDX, cause illness.[not verified in body]

Fights in heavily industrialised areas may lead to technological disasters, such as spills of tailings and fuel, that poison vast territories not only in Ukraine, but also in Europe and Russia. Destroyed buildings may release carcinogenic dust that remains hazardous for decades.[not verified in body] Heavy metals and chemicals may penetrate underground waters and poison water sources, killing life in rivers and water bodies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine

 

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typo and added Wiki link.

3 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Yeah. Putin could fucking end it. You think this is bad for the environment? Two ships in the black sea? hell I bet Russian offshore rigs leak  more than that. And maybe Ukraine by hitting them heading in was in consideration for the environment. Plus, these two  won't sail again, so win  win? 

Now consider all the spent explosives across farmlands and cities. Add to the the unexploded shit and landmines. That was caused by Putin. 

 

Jesus dude, I was just asking if there was any possible alternative and acknowledged my ignorance when asking. I even said I understood why Ukraine was doing it and that I didn't judge them for the action. Forgive my curiosity, I'll ask no more questions. 

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2 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

Jesus dude, I was just asking if there was any possible alternative and acknowledged my ignorance when asking. Forgive my curiosity, I'll ask no more questions. 

I am just responding. it is a good question, but really don't think there is much consideration on either side for saving species or the environment. 

1- Russia never has. 

2- Ukraine has to survive. 

Long term impacts are going to massive.

Just now, InkaUtexas said:

I am just responding. it is a good question, but really don't think there is much consideration on either side for saving species or the environment. 

1- Russia never has. 

2- Ukraine has to survive. 

Long term impacts are going to massive.

I wasn't asking if Ukraine could track and punish the companies. I sure as shit wasn't asking if Russia would nark on themselves.

I was asking if the outside world, ya know, like NATO could track the freighters going in and butt fuck the companies that were helping Russia with funding efforts via black market oil shipments. A NOPE and why would have been fine. I don't know the world of naval ship tracking and acknowledge as much.

OK, I track this shit. So sorry for the response. 

Yes, IF they know they are at sea. Now who owns them? Who is selling and buying are the tricky parts. Once a ship turns off its transponder, and they are not supposed to do that, they  go dark. So only way to track is visual or if they communicate and NATO is listening. The shadow fleet is large and not only used/operated Russians. 

Finances can be tracked, but that is like finding a needle in the haystack. Have to know where to start looking. So buyers/sellers just create new entities they use for a few specific deals. A lot of these groups cut their deals in Dubai. 

One thing that happens, and there is a lot of evidence, is at sea transfer. So Ship A (under sanctions) runs out of Russia/Iran/Venezuela. The oil is already paid for. 

Once at sea they meet up with Ship B (not sanctioned), they transfer, and Ship B takes it to port. 

The hardest part of all this for the sanction busters are the  Ships. It is a pain to reregister every few trips, so they press their luck. It would be interesting to know the last port of call for these two ships. maybe not blow them up? Find the trends and follow the leads. 

Hope this is better than a NOPE. :)

 

Ships in question. There’s video and it was done in broad daylight

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 SBU's Sea Baby maritime drones struck two sanctioned tankers of the Russian shadow fleet, KAIRO and VIRAT, in the Black Sea. 

This was a joint operation of the SBU's 13th Main Directorate of Military Counterintelligence with the Ukrainian Navy. 

During the attack, the sanctioned vessels were traveling empty—they were heading to load cargo in the port of Novorossiysk. 

You donated to these drones back in the day

 

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Tankers still afloat, but yeah, it's going to really make a lot of companies/countries rethink the Black Sea.

Meanwhile, China is buying stakes in Russian defense companies

Financial Times

 

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@Armybrat and other fans of The Browning might get a chuckle out of this - out field testing a ground drone with an M2 and ran into a Russian troop transport (it probably survived, since the M2 didn't seem to have armor piercing loaded).

A Ukrainian ground drone armed with a Browning M2 machine gun engaged a Russian MT-LB in a direct frontal encounter on the frontline. According to reports, soldiers of the 5th Separate Assault Brigade were conducting tests of the unmanned ground platform during a mission on the front line when a Russian armoured vehicle unexpectedly appeared.

 

7 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

 

That is a really nice high level encapsulation of the broad aspects of this with some history and the future. It's something you can share with uniformed curious folks with no specific political team bias. Thanks for sharing. 

18 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

OK, I track this shit. So sorry for the response. 

Yes, IF they know they are at sea. Now who owns them? Who is selling and buying are the tricky parts. Once a ship turns off its transponder, and they are not supposed to do that, they  go dark. So only way to track is visual or if they communicate and NATO is listening. The shadow fleet is large and not only used/operated Russians. 

Finances can be tracked, but that is like finding a needle in the haystack. Have to know where to start looking. So buyers/sellers just create new entities they use for a few specific deals. A lot of these groups cut their deals in Dubai. 

One thing that happens, and there is a lot of evidence, is at sea transfer. So Ship A (under sanctions) runs out of Russia/Iran/Venezuela. The oil is already paid for. 

Once at sea they meet up with Ship B (not sanctioned), they transfer, and Ship B takes it to port. 

The hardest part of all this for the sanction busters are the  Ships. It is a pain to reregister every few trips, so they press their luck. It would be interesting to know the last port of call for these two ships. maybe not blow them up? Find the trends and follow the leads. 

Hope this is better than a NOPE. :)

 

I sincerely appreciate the education on the topic. Thanks. 

29 minutes ago, CHIEF said:

3,1,2,5,4

Y'all are slippin'.

CHIEF

But you aren't, you got that order exactly right.

18 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Senegal?  Ukraine not fucking around. Gonna deter a lot of companies and countries.

 

Damn, hate to see the Plimsoll line on that one.

11 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Damn, hate to see the Plimsoll line on that one.

So yeah, tankers getting shy about Russian ports  there’s another map showing some tankers in a port and then they were gone the next morning after the strikes a few days ago, but I can’t find it right now,

 

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19 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

 

Fuck that cunt

1 hour ago, pops said:

Fuck that cunt

He may be a real estate developer out of his depth and getting played, but he understands (Darth) Putin's negotiating strategy, although @Brisketexan may claim this strategy as his own.

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Hey man, we aren't quibbling over my shit. We're negotiating over your shit.

2 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

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Still mind-boggling how many officers they've lost.

The "other" cannot be Generals. Warrants? Commissars? 

51 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

The "other" cannot be Generals. Warrants? Commissars? 

Could be their version of warrant officers.  They have them

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_ranks_and_insignia_of_the_Russian_Federation#Other_ranks

If you click on the Russian words for warrant officer and senior warrant officer, it takes you to pages discussing their use, similar to how we use them.

Could also include officer cadets and maybe federal police officers.

12 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

 

I hope they dressed his ass down and told him what a fucking clown he is.  

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