Date: 05/12/2025 Executive Summary During 2025, reports have been made indicating the presence of uniformed, armed personnel (likely Russian-associated) aboard civilian vessels thought to be part of the vast Russian ‘shadow fleet’ comprising ageing, uninsured oil tankers and cargo vessels registered under flags of convenience and with deliberately confusing ownership structures. These uniformed personnel serve intelligence, surveillance, and command-and-control functions abo

Date:   25/11/2025 (16:30 UTC+01:00) Where?  Europe; Romania, Moldova,  the Netherlands, Lithuania. Belgium, Sweden, Germany What happened?  On 25/11/2025 , six Russian drones crossed Moldovan and Romanian airspace during a large strike on Ukraine. One crashed near the village of Etulia, with at least one drone tracked heading toward the Romanian border. Romanian air defence remained on alert after previous incursions. The Romanian MoD reported two drone incursions from Ukrai

Date:  24/11/2025 (16:00 UTC+01:00) Who?  Russian intelligence-gathering vessel Yantar (Project 22010 oceanographic vessel, ~108 metres, IMO 7524419); operated by Russian Ministry of Defence Main Directorate of Deep-Sea Research (GUGI); deployed by Russian Navy/intelligence agencies.   Where?  Not expressly given by the British government, but according to open source flight data and the approaches of two military aircraft, the location of the incident likely occurred north w

Incident Brief: Drone sightings in Belgium On 03/10/2025 , drones were spotted above the Belgium military base Elsenborn at the German border. Around 1.45pm, German authorities from the city Düren observed 15 drones.  On 26/10/2025 , Reports mention an overnight sighting of five drones above the military barracks of Kamp Koning Albert (Camp King Albert), Marche-en-Famenne.  On 28/10/2025 , another sighting of two drones was reported at Kamp Koning Albert (Camp King Albert),..

Date:  03/10/2025 What happened?  Soon, the second anniversary of the 2023 October 7th attack will take place on Tuesday, 07/10/2025. We...

Report date:  01/10/2025 What happened?  On 15/08/2025, Mali’s junta announced it had detained a French national accused of spying for...

Report date:   01/10/2025  Where: EU, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern airspace Who is involved: US military, US government, NATO...