Departure of two rescue tugs from Baltiysk suggests tug “Sergey Balk” may have broken down and a UI Kilo submarine that Balk was escorting may continue out-of-area to the Mediterranean Sea
No Danish patrol vessels (P52x) visible in the area - they normally operate with AIS active. Sergey Balk’s N-S flutter is only about 80 meters apart - suggests propulsion issues rather than searching for a SSK stuck on the seabed 38 meters below
Sergey Bslk now moving at 8kts SE
No Danish patrol vessels (P52x) visible in the area - they normally operate with AIS active. Sergey Balk’s N-S flutter is only about 80 meters apart - suggests propulsion issues rather than searching for a SSK stuck on the seabed 38 meters below