I can now tweet about this rare moment when we find ourselves in the middle of a spy movie scene. We were at the #NordStream explosions site, inside πΈπͺ EEZ, when a Russian vessel approached the area.
A Danish spy plane soon arrived.
Photo through a pair of binoculars. #osint
The Russian vessel was NEFRIT (IMO: 9297773) an Offshore Supply Ship that was built in 2004. She was there to conduct the Russian investigation of the site. The plane, likely a Bombardier Challenger CL-604 of the Royal Danish Air Force @RDAFRBLX. Here's the scene:
There were three more vessels nearby. Two Swedish ones and one Danish one, inside the Danish EEZ at a few miles' distance, if I'm not mistaken.
Paradoxically. None of them bothered us. We were there to film the impact area of the Nord Stream explosions with an underwater drone expert Trond Larsen of @BlueyeRobotics . The Russians luckily spent the day at a distance, calibrating their systems.
For more on this scene and our exclusive footage from the seabed of the Baltic Sea and the Nord Stream pipeline, watch our piece on @BBCOne and @BBCWorld . I'll also be tweeting some of our findings there, in the next couple of hours (or days).