The Russian Carrier Task Force has been sighted in the Moray Firth this morning (9th Feb). The Royal Navy Fleet Ready Escort has been sighted shadowing the vessels.
Conditions on HF have been very poor with no Morse readable from RAL65 (Kama) that is currently with the Task Force off Scotland.
Tanker Lena, previously with the Task Force, is returning to the Baltic and Tanker Ivan Bubnov is still heading east in the Mediterranean with a likely destination of Tartus, Syria.
Ivan Bubnov deployed from the Black Sea to refuel the Task Force in the western Mediterranean.
9 February, 12 GMT
Lena
8345 RMP DE
RKO81 09121 99565 10074 22212
56.5N 07.4E Heading North East at 11-15 Knots
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9 February, 00 GMT
Ivan Bubnov
5129 RCV DE
RCJG 09001 99349 10307 22222
34.9N 30.7E Heading East at 6-10 Knots
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