“Unidentified Dark Ships”. Which ships were found near the leaks in Sevpotok Wired: A few days before the emergency in Sevpotok, there were two ships whose location was closed 11/11/2022, 23:32

The first gas leaks in Nord Stream 2 in the Baltic Sea were discovered in the early morning of September 26, as a result of which up to 400 thousand tons of methane were released into the atmosphere – authorities immediately suspected sabotage of the international gas pipeline. As he wrote on Friday, November 11, the publication wiredThe new analysis he allegedly received shows that:

Two large ships with disabled sensors appeared in the area of ​​the leaks a few days before they were discovered.

Two “dark ships”, each 95 to 130 meters long, passed within a few miles of the Nord Stream 2 leak, according to an analysis by satellite data tracking company SpaceKnow. “We found several ships of significant size passing through the area of ​​interest,” says Jerry Javornitsky, CEO and co-founder of SpaceKnow.

“They had their signs turned off, meaning there was no information about their movements, and they tried to hide information about their location and general information from the world,” he said.

Wired writes that the discovery, made by analyzing images from several satellites, will further fuel rumors about the cause of the explosions.

“Many countries investigating the incident believe that the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines were damaged in a series of explosions, and many suspect that Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is continuing. The publication states that Russia denies any intervention.

Once SpaceKnow identified the ships, it reported its findings to NATO officials investigating Nord Stream events. Yavornitsky says the alliance has asked the company to provide additional information.

How were “black ships” discovered?

Yavornytsky said the company looked at 90-day archival satellite images of the area to find the ships. The company analyzes images from multiple systems to monitor roads, buildings and landscape changes.

In the weeks before the explosions, SpaceKnow detected 25 ships passing through the area, ranging from “cargo to larger multi-purpose ships.” Twenty-three of these were equipped with automatic identification system (AIS) transponders.

The material says that the two ships did not turn on the AIS and passed through the area a few days before the leaks in Nord Stream 2 were discovered.

Under international law, large ships are required to install and use AIS. This ship tracking system was created to help ships navigate and avoid potential collisions with other ships. When turned on, AIS will broadcast the ship’s name, location, course, speed and other information.

It is relatively rare for ships to turn off AIS transponders. The newspaper states that ships that “go into the shadows” are often suspected of being involved in illegal fishing or modern-day slavery.

On September 27, Nord Stream AG announced the “unprecedented destruction” of three strings of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 offshore gas pipelines the day before. Swedish seismologists recall that on September 26, they recorded two explosions along the pipeline route. TASS.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation initiated the initiation of a case related to the act of international terrorism. On November 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Gazprom had been allowed to inspect blast sites in Nord Stream and had found damage to gas pipelines. According to him, the results of the survey prove that the incident at the gas pipelines was an obvious terrorist attack.