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Chief of the Norwegian Intelligence Service has talked to Dagbladet about the Russian unconventional campaign against NATO:

GRU tries to recruit local criminals via digital means. This is part of a coordinated effort to reduce support to/for Ukraine.

Director of the Police Security Service has also talked to Dagbladet, saying that they are investigating several cases of possible sabotage, without going into specifics.

According to the Dagbladet, there's at least 3 such ongoing investigations.

Saksamaa Nordrhein-Westfaleni liidumaal Troisdorfis asuvas Diehl Defence’i lõhkeainetehases toimus täna hommikul tugev plahvatus. Kaks meest sai raskelt vigastada.

Päästeteenistus kutsuti kell 9.32 välja tööõnnetuse tõttu, teatas Troisdorfi tuletõrjeülem Lars Gödel ajalehele Bild. Päästjad leidsid kaks tõsiselt viga saanud inimest, kes olid suutnud hoonest ise lahkuda. Neile anti kohapeal abi ja viidi siis helikopteriga haiglasse.

„Kõnealune hoone sai juhtumi käigus oluliselt kahjustada, mistõttu ei saanud meie operatiivjõud enam sinna siseneda,“ ütles Gödel. „Me ainult ühendasime lahti hoone elektriühenduse.“

Kohal on ka kriminaalpolitsei ja on alanud plahvatuse põhjuse uurimine.

Hoone kuulub relvatootjale Diehl Defence, millel on sellel territooriumil kaks tütarettevõtet DynITEC ja DynaEnergetics, teatas ajaleht Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. DynITEC toodab peamiselt sütikuid ja nendes kasutatavaid aineid.

Mai alguses toimus tulekahju Diehli tehases Berliinis, mis toodab relvi Ukraina jaoks. Tulega võitles 160 tuletõrjujat. Hoone varises aga täielikult kokku.

Juunis teatas Bild, et Saksa liiduvalitsus uurib kahtlusi, et selle tulekahju taga oli Venemaa. Kriminaalpolitsei usub, et tänane juhtum Troisdorfis oli tööõnnetus, teatab Bild.

Saksa julgeolekuvõimud hoiatavad ebakonventsionaalsete süütevahendite eest, mida tundmatud isikud saadavad pakkidena õhutransporditeenuste pakkujate kaudu.

On teada mitmeid pakisaadetisi eraisikute poolt erinevates kohtades Euroopas, mis teel adressaatideni mitmes Euroopa riigis põlema süttisid, teatasid Saksamaa põhiseaduse kaitse liiduamet (BfV) ja liidukriminaalamet (BKA) lennu- ja logistikafirmadele saadetud hoiatuses, vahendab ajaleht Bild.

Süttivad pakid saatsid teele eraisikud. Enamikul juhtudel ületasid transpordikulud kauba maksumuse.

Saksa julgeolekuvõimude hoiatus on seotud juhtumiga Leipzigis. Seal puhkes juulis tulekahju DHL-i logistikakeskuses. Balti riikidest saadetud pakk süttis ja süütas kaubakonteineri.

Saksamaa julgeolekuringkonnad oletavad Bildi teatel, et tegemist ei olnud tavalise tulekahjuga, ning kahtlustavad seost Vene sabotaažiga. Seejuures tuleb oletada, et saadetakse uusi süttivaid pakke. Asja uurimise võttis üle liidupeaprokuratuur Karlsruhes.

DHL teatas, et praegu on teada kaks juhtumit. Pakkides on elektriseadmed ja anumad vedelikuga.

DHL-i esindaja ütles, et reaktsioonina käimas olevale juurdlusele on ettevõte võtnud tarvitusele meetmed kõigis Euroopa riikides, et kaitsta oma võrgustikku, töötajaid ja ruume ning klientide saadetisi. DHL teeb täielikku koostööd võimudega.

A cargo vessel carrying 20k tons of Russian ammonium nitrate (Beirut explosion was from 2.7kt) has sought refuge under unclear circumstances in Tromsø, N Norway.

Police is investigating and has ordered the ship to leave.
6 hours ago a navy frigate docked alongside the ship.

According to newspaper Nordlys, the vessel stayed inside Vannøya north of Tromsø for several days before she on Sunday was escorted by two Norwegian tugs to port in Tromsø.

The Ruby sailed into Tromsø with own engines and it is It is not immediately clear what emergency the ship claims.

Norway updated its regulations on sailings and port calls by foreign vessels in 2018, requiring a 24 hours notice on vessel details include the content of the cargo.

Tromsø Port Authority has not replied to questions from the Barents Observer about which risk assessments were made up front of choosing the industrial port of Breivika and what information local authorities had in regards to the amount and content of the hazardous cargo coming from Russia.

Ordered to leave

Troms Police District says in a press statement Tuesday afternoon investigation is initiated aimed to find out the surrounding circumstances. Meanwhile, the Ruby is ordered to leave its current harbour and sail to a position where she can stay at anchor until repair is done.

Russian spy Pavel Rubtsov, arrested in in 2022 and included in a prisoner exchange on August 1, 2024 ( welcomed personally by Putin) has been granted access to secret documents on his own arrest shortly before his release.

The counterintelligence materials he was granted access to contained all the details of Poland's services operation against him.

He was allowed to study them for weeks in the heart of Poland's counterintelligence agency ABW - its Secret Chancellery.

Rubtsov gained access to files through regular motion for information on his own detention. Of course, as a foreign spy he could have been refused on the basis of national security. However, Poland's Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar @Adbodnar
decided GRU and the Kremlin needed detail knowledge on the operations of Poland's counterintelligence...

Four drilling machines used to explore the Per Geijer deposit in Kiruna have been vandalized. The damage was discovered on Friday afternoon and has been reported to the police by LKAB, which is responsible for the exploratory drilling at the site where iron ore and critical minerals have recently been found.

The vandalized machines, which are located in the forest, are used for drilling in the area. The perpetrators have cut water hoses and tires and emptied fuel cans. This must have happened while personnel from the contractor company that runs the drilling were inside the machines.

The security police

After the incident, LKAB strengthened the protection around the drilling machines and contacted the Security Police (Säpo). According to LKAB's press manager Anders Lindmark, this is because the location has strategic importance for the EU.

- LKAB has, together with other projects, applied to become a so-called strategic project according to the EU's strategy for critical minerals, says Anders Lindmark.

Russia is waging a "reckless campaign of sabotage" across Europe, the heads of MI6 and the CIA have warned in their first-ever joint remarks.

Polish security services have neutralized a sabotage operation organized by Russia and Belarus to destabilize Poland, Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said

He said saboteurs operating from Belarus in cooperation with Russia had infiltrated local and central government offices, including state-owned companies carrying out military contracts - Reuters.

"Belarusian and Russian foreign services ... had a specific goal - extorting information, blackmailing individuals and institutions and conducting actual cyber warfare," Gavkovsky said.

The operational goal - data theft for blackmail purposes - was failed, he said. The number of cyber attacks has doubled since last year, targeting Polish organizations and institutions, including logistics companies that make military deliveries to Ukraine, he said.

Drone alarm at Stockholm Arlanda airport for the third day in a row.

The thing about the increasing number and variety of hybrid incidents is that some you can prepare for but never for everything, which requires flexibility in responses.

Damaged fertilizer ship / floating bomb (depending on intentions) Ruby that got run out of Tromsø a week ago is:

A) Heading for Andöya military air/space base. ETA 5h

B) Have asked permission to go to Klaipėda, Lithuania for repairs.

From Russia with love.
WTH

FFI suspects that security tests have been sabotaged
This week there is a big safety test on Andøya. At the weekend, a cable was cut. It was probably not an accident, according to the Norwegian Defense Research Institute (FFI).

The cable was broken. There are many indications that this is not an accident, but a deliberate act, says FFI researcher Anders Rødningsby to Forsvarets Forum.

Even before the event started, researchers from the Norwegian Defense Research Institute (FFI) discovered that a cable to the jammer had probably been cut. A desire to signal and scare, says the professor.

What we do during the test is very relevant to the Norwegian Armed Forces, and is something you will certainly encounter in a sharp situation. We have seen a lot of signals being jammed or disrupted in previous conflicts and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, says Rødningsby.

Hull cracked, crew without papers, unlawful fuel and two notes on lack in safety.

Headlines from documents describing why RU fertilizer ship Ruby was detained for a week.

Not simply Andøya, but Naval Special Operations Command in Ramsund, Coastal Ranger Commando in Trondenes, F-35 QRA/P-8 MPA from Evenes, CG HQ in Sortland. This is quite the hub

RUBY Sep 14 : I am going to Klaipėda, Lithuania

Prime minister of Lithuania Sep 12: RUBY will not be allowed entry.

Awkward.

Fertilizer/bomb ship RUBY is moving in strong headwinds south, towards stated goal Klaipėda. Saga continues.

News from Lithuania: seems to be a deal where RUBY will unload her ammonium nitrate cargo somewhere else™ and only after that receive repairs in Klaipėda.

In Joensuu, Finland fiber optic cables and comms cut with bolt cutters at 6 different outdoor junction cabinets between 13-16th September. Affects one residential area.

Fiber optic cables and connections have been cut from six fiber optic equipment cabinets in Joensuu, the police informs. According to the police, the cables were apparently cut with side cutters between September 13 at 00:30 and September 16 at 10:00.

Connections are broken in the entire Kydö area of ​​Joensuu.

The police are asking for observations from the fiber optic cabinets and the immediate vicinity of the cabinets on Ojalantie, Halmetie, Liinatie, Hannulankuja, Huhtatie and Pellavapollu from the aforementioned period.

Bomb/fertilizer ship RUBY look like she has lost propulsion. She broadcasts "Not under command" on AIS.

She is right outside Bergen, home to important naval base Haakonsvern and a large part of Norway's oil/marine/fishing industry. Very convenient.

Weather is super calm.