Thread by @dration

So what we know about LanaSator ATM🧵

1. The guards are ok. They were attacked with some kind of spray, were treated and look more or less OK now.

Source:

m.facebook.com/nikopeleshi/po…

2. Albanian MOD press-release states, that Lana was outside the perimeter of the plant with the FA🇺🇦 when the other person, MZ🇷🇺, attacked the guards inside the perimeter. Lana never personally attacked the guards and was not present at the scene.
Source: mod.gov.al/newsroom-2/567…

3. ATM (Sunday morning) Russian MFA is not officially notified about the incident.

m.rosbalt.ru/world/2022/08/…

4. Lana left Russia shortly after the war started and now resides in Tbilisi, Georgia. She is still a Russian citizen though.

(Source: Lana’s social media)

5. Lana’s twitter just in case (her main presence is in Instagram, though) @lanasator

@lanasator 6. Was the military plant abandoned? Yes and no. Lets do some light osint here. Lana &Co were caught at the Gramsh Mechanical Plant (Uzinën Ushtarake të Gramshit), that's in the Albania's MOD press-release

7. So, lets take a look at the plant itself. Its here: google.com/maps/place/Uzi… Looks like a very much working plant, isnt it?

8. Hmm, whats this? Looks lie a building without the roof. The plant is overgrown with trees, no vehicles that you'd normally expect in a working factory

9. But lets give a word to albanian Minister of Defence. So, the plant is not working, its pretty much what urbex explorers love

10. So here is the source that makes the picture a bit clearer mod.gov.al/newsroom-2/567…
Misha crossed the fence, Lana and FA stayed outside. Guards noticed Misha, he tried to run, they caught him and he did the stupidiest think he could - he gassed the guards.

11. A fun thing, two Chezh guys were caught today at another abandoned plant, the Polichan which Lana visited in 2019. instagram.com/p/BvLm1Z1AaOh/… also a known urbex destination urbextour.com/en/urbex-trave

12. And here is an article by @krastakrau from which we can learn that the “superguarded secret military base” was abandoned for 30 years and nothing of value was there reporter.al/2022/08/21/spi…

13. I can’t imagine any reason a spy would be interested in rusty 90s stuff inside the dilapidated military facility.
And I can perfectly see a reason why an Urbex photographer would love to visit the place & take photos. look at Lana’s Instagram, ffs, she loves abandoned places

14. Dear journalists, if you are interested in this story of 3 urbex bloggers/alleged spies (Ru and Ukr) that were arrested in Albania this Saturday trespassing the military plant, and would like to talk to their friends about them please DM me for contacts.
Plz RT for visibility