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Military News & Developments, Significant Air Activity, Conflict Crisis Areas (Open Source)

[Russian Forces Spotter @TiaFarris10]

🚨🚨🚨 BALTIC LEADER (IMO 9220639) is heading south once again.

After spending two days in Kaliningrad, the sanctioned 🇷🇺 Ro-Ro cargo ship has exited the Baltic Sea and is now sailing along the European coast, with no destination declared.

On October 22, a 🇩🇪 German Navy P-8A Poseidon (callsign GNY4569) reportedly conducted multiple orbits near the vessel off the Danish coast.

BALTIC LEADER has a history of transporting Russian military equipment to Africa, with previous calls at 🇩🇿 Oran, Algiers and 🇨🇬 Pointe-Noire.

Is another voyage to the Mediterranean and Africa underway? 👀

[BlueSky @AirSpecInt]

RAF

RC-135 Rivet Joint

ZZ664
RRR7223

From RAF Waddington, now probably on the return leg after an ISR mission around Kaliningrad

23-10-26 08:12 utc

[Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 @bayraktar_1love]

Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence @DI_Ukraine has released footage of strikes carried out by its Prymary unit over the past month against Russian military targets.

The targets hit included:

• 9K515 Tornado-S MLRS
• Buk-M3 air defense system
• Orion UAV
• Nebo-U radar
• Kasta-2E radar
• Two P-18 radars
• UAV assembly and repair facility
• Building housing personnel of the 4th Air Assault Battalion, 108th Air Assault Regiment

[Visioner @visionergeo]

BREAKING | 🇷🇺🇺🇦🇫🇮‼️‼️ A Russian military satellite, Kosmos-2612, reportedly approached within just 26 meters of the Finnish-American ICEYE-X36 satellite, which provides intelligence data to Ukraine, raising concerns over a potential attempt to disrupt Kyiv’s space-based reconnaissance capabilities.

Space technology analyst Giorgi Trishkin suggested that the satellites’ near-zero relative velocity could indicate a deliberate Russian maneuver designed to force ICEYE-X36 to adjust its orbit. Such evasive maneuvers could consume valuable onboard fuel, shorten the satellite’s operational lifespan, and potentially interrupt the delivery of critical intelligence to Ukrainian forces. RAND researcher Michael Bohnert described the Russian satellite’s close approach as a demonstration of force. However, Moscow’s intentions have not been independently established.

The incident highlights an increasingly important dimension of Russia’s confrontation with Ukraine and its Western partners. Satellite-based intelligence plays a critical role in monitoring Russian military movements, identifying targets, and supporting battlefield operations. Deliberate close approaches could threaten these capabilities without directly attacking a satellite, creating additional operational costs and raising the risk of dangerous incidents in orbit.

See the latest updates with us: @visionergeo

[BlueSky @AirSpecInt]

German Air Force:

P8 Poseidon
(Deployed to RF Lossiemouth-Uk)

Now returning back to Lossiemouth, after an extended mission to the Skagerrak area

21-10-26 13:10 utc

[BlueSky @AirSpecInt]

Surveillance Missions - Northern Regions:

RAF
P-8 Poseidon

Sweden Air Force
S102B Korpen

21-10-26 13:00 utc

[BlueSky @AirSpecInt]

Russian Baltic Fleet:

Replenishment Oiler and Tanker

Valentin Rykov
MMSI: 273251120

21-10-26

[BlueSky @AirSpecInt]

Surveillance Missions:

RAF
P-8 Poseidon
ZP806

Sweden Air Force:
S102B Korpen
102003

21-10-26 11:35 utc

[BlueSky @AirSpecInt]

Russian Baltic Fleet HQ - Kaliningrad:

Freq: 8737khz
Mode: Morse
Callsign: RMP (HQ)

Messages:

RMEK DE RMP QTC 412 21 21 1029 412 BT (09:11)
49652 63037 72387 96847 96568
23702 20007 66826 95018 68191
10556 20481 73173 61195 07377
56282 31313 36203 31477 46737
21020 BT
(Callsign: RMEK-Unidentified)

REO DE RMP QTC 245 18 21 1030 245 BT (10:45)
12900 71840 24560 22429 02221
40657 47332 40372 58876 21881
29602 26569 16397 17072 10144
82402 30682 21017 BT
(Callsign: REO-Collective)

[BlueSky @AirSpecInt]

Surveillance Missions:

RAF
P-8 Poseidon
ZP806

Sweden Air Force
S102B Korpen
102003

21-10-26 11:00 utc

[BlueSky @AirSpecInt]

Falkland Islands - FIGAS:

Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 Islander

VP-FTS
VPFTS

Enroute to Qaqortoq-Greenland, from Reyjavik-Iceland.

Note: This air-frame has been at the Manufacturer Facility: Britten-Norman at Bembridge, Isle of Wight for major maintenance

This is a major, week long return, via the UK, Iceland, Greenland, Canada, North America, South America to probably Punta Arenas-Chile, then onto the Falklands

[BlueSky @AirSpecInt]

Ukraine-Russia War - Key updates:

21-10-26

[BlueSky @AirSpecInt]

Russian Baltic Fleet HQ - Kaliningrad: (RMP)

Freq: 8737khz
TOI: 07:06 utc

Message:

RBEX DE RMP QYT 4 QSX 6325 QWH 4944 AR (07:06)

Breakdown:

"Work MS-5 multiplex mode" (QYT 4)
(Multi-tone, multi-channel high-frequency (HF) Multiplex Data Modem System)

QWH (I am going to send on 4944khz) RMP
QSX ( I am going to listen to 6325khz) RBEX

Note: Tonal Data Signal seen on Freq 4944 khz

[BlueSky @AirSpecInt]

US Army:

ATHENA-R
ME-11B

NOREG
ARMY116

ICAO: AF8445

Training Mission out of Hagerstown

21-10-26 06:35 utc

[BlueSky @AirSpecInt]

Italian Air Force:

ATR P-72A MPA

MM62298
IAM4188

Operating out of Souda Bay-Crete, currently active to the SW of Cyprus and on the return leg

20-10-26 21:10 utc

[BlueSky @AirSpecInt]

RAF:

A400M Atlas (4)

Operating out of Celle, probable Air Mobility Exercise

RONIN01
RONIN02
RONIN03
RONIN04

Note: Celle is the Training and Exercise Centre for Air Mobility (Ausbildungs- und Übungszentrum Luftbeweglichkeit - AusbUebZLbwglk)

20-10-26 11:50 utc

[BlueSky @AirSpecInt]

Maritime Activity - North Sea:

20-10-26 11:30 utc

HMS Prince of Wales - Aircraft Carrier
IMO: 4907907
(Tentative)

HMS Dauntless
IMO: 4907751

Russian Baltic Fleet:
Valentin Rykov
IMO: 4750653

[BlueSky @AirSpecInt]

Maritime Activity - North Sea:

Russian:
Marine Tanker - Valentin Rykov (serial number 851) of project 03182

Royal Navy:
HMS Dauntless

20-10-26

[MAKS 26 🇺🇦👀 @Maks_NAFO_FELLA]

‼️ The Times: Satellite photos show construction of a large over-the-horizon (OTH) radar complex at Gvardeysk. It consists of three radiating arms of antenna masts, each roughly 500 metres long, in a star-like layout that is double-fenced.

This aligns with earlier Russian plans to site a Container-type radar in Kaliningrad for European coverage.

Kaliningrad is estimated to have storage facilities and delivery systems (notably nuclear-capable Iskander missiles deployed since around 2016, plus modernized storage) for up to about 100 warheads.

High-ranking Polish and Lithuanian sources told the Times they believe Russia has already begun deploying some.