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Booby-trapped ship arriving in Ust-Luga from Belgium was rigged in haste — expert

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Russian demining expert Alexey Malyshev provides an analysis of a booby-trapped ship arriving in Ust-Luga from Belgium. He suggests the explosives were planted in neutral waters by professionals working under time constraints and concludes that full vessel inspections are necessary for security.

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What happened

Whoever booby-trapped the ship that arrived in Ust-Luga from Belgium did so in haste, Russian demining expert Alexey Malyshev said.

Why it matters

"Apparently, the explosive technicians who mined the ship had to work under some sort of duress.

Common ground

They did not have enough time to weld <…> or disguise the explosives in any other way," said Malyshev, whose company ‘Setevaya Kompaniya’ employs a number of humanitarian demining professionals.

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Russian demining expert Alexey Malyshev provides an analysis of a booby-trapped ship arriving in Ust-Luga from Belgium. He suggests the explosives were planted in neutral waters by professionals working under time constraints and concludes that full vessel inspections are necessary for security.

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3 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Whoever booby-trapped the ship that arrived in Ust-Luga from Belgium did so in haste”
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The specific claim that the booby-trapping was done 'in haste' is attributed solely to Alexey Malyshev in a TASS report. While other sources (Meduza, Investigative Committee) confirm the presence of mines on a ship from Belgium to Ust-Luga, they do not corroborate the 'haste' or 'duress' assessment.
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web search NEUTRAL — Whoever booby-trapped the ship that arrived in Ust-Luga from Belgium did so in haste, Russian demining expert Alexey Malyshev said. "Apparently, the explosive technicians who mined the ship had to wor…
https://tass.com/society/2136337
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web search NEUTRAL — The tanker arrived at Ust-Luga on May 20 to take on cargo and was scheduled to sail onward to the Turkish port of Samsun. During questioning of the ship’s agent, investigators learned the vessel had a…
https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/05/25/fsb-says-ship-arriving-…
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web search NEUTRAL — A tanker ship that arrived in Russia’s Leningrad Region from the Belgian port of Antwerp had NATO-made magnetic mines attached to its hull, the Russian Investigative Committee has said.
https://rtrunews.com/russia/640535-nato-mines-gas-tanker/
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“Alexey Malyshev, whose company ‘Setevaya Kompaniya’ employs a number of humanitarian demining professionals”
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The provided web search results for 'Setevaya Kompaniya' refer to electric utilities and network coordination companies, not a demining firm. There is no evidence in the provided results linking Alexey Malyshev to a demining company by that name.
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web search NEUTRAL — Permskaya Setevaya Kompaniya is Electric Utilities in Russia that focus on provider business. Founded in 2003. They cover business area such as provider, electricity service, Perm, Russia.
https://www.twoinstitute.com/ent/permskaya-setevaya-kompaniy…
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web search NEUTRAL — Setevaya Kompaniya services 1,315,000 individuals and 1,435,000 legal entities and individual entrepreneurs. In the past, each contact was recorded in tables. Now, with each interaction, the BPM syste…
https://icl-services.com/eng/projects/setevaya-kompaniya-jsc…
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web search NEUTRAL — Webinar Recordings. RIPE NCC Academy. Certified Professionals.Yedinaya Setevaya Kompaniya Ltd. Address. D. 23, kashirsky travel, nagatino-gardeners.
https://www.ripe.net/membership/member-support/list-of-membe…
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“The bomb was camouflaged as an ordinary trash bag, which somehow got stuck to the hull.”
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The provided evidence confirms that magnetic mines were found on a ship from Belgium to Russia, but none of the provided search results explicitly mention the 'trash bag' camouflage. This detail appears to be specific to the original claim's source and is not corroborated by the other provided snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — An explosive (or explosive material) is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive
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web search NEUTRAL — 9 hours ago · The reactor dates back to the Soviet era, and the waste had been sent to Russia for further processing. When the ship passed through ...
https://www.facebook.com/ukrnewsfeed/posts/russias-fsb-claim…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 11, 2026 · It also may have been carrying an explosive remotely detonated thermo nuclear device???? ... waste from a decommissioned research reactor in ...
https://www.facebook.com/cnninternational/posts/a-russian-sh…
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