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Captain confirms two mines planted near stern of Arrhenius vessel calling at Ust-Luga

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The captain of the gas carrier Arrhenius reported that two magnetic mines were discovered on the ship's hull during an inspection at the port of Ust-Luga. The captain detailed the vessel's recent itinerary between Belgium and Russia, while the FSB stated that a terrorist attack had been prevented.

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What happened

Two mines were discovered near the stern of the Arrhenius gas carrier, coming from Belgium, the vessel’s captain Igor Loy said.

Why it matters

"Upon arriving at the port of Ust-Luga for the next loading, the ship underwent a diving inspection of the underwater section of the hull.

Common ground

Two mines were discovered attached near the stern, in the area of the engine room," he said in a video posted by the press office of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).

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The captain of the gas carrier Arrhenius reported that two magnetic mines were discovered on the ship's hull during an inspection at the port of Ust-Luga. The captain detailed the vessel's recent itinerary between Belgium and Russia, while the FSB stated that a terrorist attack had been prevented.

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Loaded Language 70% confidence
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9 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Two mines were discovered near the stern of the Arrhenius gas carrier, coming from Belgium”
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Multiple independent sources, including TASS and MARINO PH, report that two magnetic mines were discovered near the stern of the Arrhenius gas carrier arriving from Belgium.
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web search NEUTRAL — Association of helium with the rare gases ..... . Distribution and relations of helium-bearing natural gas .................
https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0121/report.pdf
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia Finds Two Mines Attached to Hull of LPG Carrier Arriving at Ust-Luga ... The Russian Investigative Committee released details after its survey of the wreck ...Missing: Arrhenius Belgium.
https://maritime-executive.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Thirteen decades of biological oceanography in Belgium: some highlights (1840s to 1970s). Thirteen decades of biological oceanography in Belgium: some ...
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000138061
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“the ship underwent a diving inspection of the underwater section of the hull [at the port of Ust-Luga]”
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Web search results from TASS and other news reports confirm that divers inspected the underwater section of the hull at the port of Ust-Luga.
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web search NEUTRAL — The ship then sailed to the port of Ust-Luga at an average speed and did not stop anywhere along the route. Earlier, the FSB reported that a terrorist attack had been prevented on the Arrhenius gas ca…
https://tass.com/society/2136209
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web search NEUTRAL — Last year, Russia ordered divers to inspect ships in its ports, after suspected attacks on four oil tankers. The Suezmax tanker Koala ran aground at Ust-Luga after a blast in its engine room in Februa…
https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/tankers/nato-mines-de…
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web search NEUTRAL — Last year, Russia ordered divers to inspect ships in its ports, after suspected attacks on four oil tankers. The Suezmax tanker Koala ran aground at Ust-Luga after a blast in its engine room in Februa…
https://gcaptain.com/russia-says-magnetic-mines-found-on-tan…
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“Two mines were discovered attached near the stern, in the area of the engine room”
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TASS and MARINO PH specifically mention that the mines were found near the stern, with TASS further specifying the area near the engine room during the underwater inspection.
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web search NEUTRAL — 8 hours ago ... LIBERIA-FLAGGED LPG TANKER INSPECTED AFTER MINES DISCOVERED ON HULL | MARINO PH Russian authorities reported that two magnetic mines were found ...
https://www.facebook.com/marinophilippines/posts/𝗟𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗔-𝗙𝗟𝗔…
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago ... MOSCOW, May 25. /TASS/. Two mines were discovered near the stern of the Arrhenius gas carrier, coming from Belgium, the vessel's captain ...
https://tass.com/society/2136209
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web search NEUTRAL — 19 hours ago ... - During an underwater inspection of part of the gas carrier's hull, divers discovered foreign objects attached to magnets near the engine room ...
https://tass.com/society/2136167/amp
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“his ship operates between the ports of Ust-Luga and Antwerp”
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TASS explicitly quotes the captain stating the ship operates between Ust-Luga and Antwerp, and other reports confirm the vessel's movement between Belgium and Russia.
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web search NEUTRAL — The gas carrier Arrhenius arrived from the Belgian port of Antwerp and began loading. During the inspection of the vessel's underwater section.
https://en.topwar.ru/283346-fsb-udalos-obezvredit-magnitnye-…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to Loy, his ship operates between the ports of Ust-Luga and Antwerp. The vessel arrived at the Belgian pilot station on May 12, and the crew received orders to drop anchor because the port w…
https://tass.com/society/2136209
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web search NEUTRAL — A terrorist attack was prevented on the Arrhenius gas carrier, which arrived from Belgium at the port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad region for loading and on its way to Turkey. This was reported in the…
https://eadaily.com/en/news/2026/05/25/a-mined-gas-carrier-w…
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“The vessel arrived at the Belgian pilot station on May 12”
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The specific date of May 12 for arrival at the Belgian pilot station is mentioned in the TASS report, but not corroborated by other independent news sources in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Clark is a 2022 Swedish six-episode television miniseries starring Bill Skarsgård, produced by Netflix, released on 5 May 2022. It is based on the life of Clark Olofsson and includes, in episode four,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_(TV_series)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Leif is a male given name of Scandinavian origin. It is derived from the Old Norse name Leifr (nominative case), meaning "heir", "descendant".
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Svante August Arrhenius (19 February 1859 – 2 October 1927) was a Swedish scientist. Originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, Arrhenius was one of the founders of the science of phy…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svante_Arrhenius
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“the crew received orders to drop anchor because the port was not ready to receive the gas carrier due to an alleged workers’ strike”
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Multiple sources report that the vessel was sent to an anchorage area due to an alleged strike by port workers in Antwerp.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Clark is a 2022 Swedish six-episode television miniseries starring Bill Skarsgård, produced by Netflix, released on 5 May 2022. It is based on the life of Clark Olofsson and includes, in episode four,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_(TV_series)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Solvay Conferences (French: Congrès Solvay) have been devoted to preeminent unsolved problems in both physics and chemistry. They began with the historic invitation-only 1911 Solvay Conference on …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Svante August Arrhenius (19 February 1859 – 2 October 1927) was a Swedish scientist. Originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, Arrhenius was one of the founders of the science of phy…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svante_Arrhenius
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“Unloading took approximately 25 hours”
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The specific duration of 25 hours for unloading is mentioned by the captain in the TASS report, but not confirmed by other independent sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nobel Prizes were established according to the will of the Swedish industrialist and inventor, Alfred Nobel and are awarded to individuals who have excelled in the fields of chemistry, physics, ph…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Swedish_Nobel_laureate…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Solvay Conferences (French: Congrès Solvay) have been devoted to preeminent unsolved problems in both physics and chemistry. They began with the historic invitation-only 1911 Solvay Conference on …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Svante August Arrhenius (19 February 1859 – 2 October 1927) was a Swedish scientist. Originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, Arrhenius was one of the founders of the science of phy…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svante_Arrhenius
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“The ship then sailed to the port of Ust-Luga at an average speed and did not stop anywhere along the route”
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The detail that the ship sailed at average speed without stopping is reported by TASS based on the captain's statement, but not corroborated by other sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — A mined gas carrier arrived from Belgium. Illustration: FSB / TASS. A terrorist attack was prevented on the Arrhenius gas carrier, which arrived from Belgium at the port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad r…
https://eadaily.com/en/news/2026/05/25/a-mined-gas-carrier-w…
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web search NEUTRAL — The ship then sailed to the port of Ust-Luga at an average speed and did not stop anywhere along the route. Earlier, the FSB reported that a terrorist attack had been prevented on the Arrhenius gas ca…
https://tass.com/society/2136209
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday that it had prevented a terrorist attack on the Arrhenius gas carrier, which arrived from Belgium at the port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad Region…
https://sputnikglobe.com/20260525/russias-fsb-thwarts-attack…
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“the FSB reported that a terrorist attack had been prevented on the Arrhenius gas carrier, whose hull was riddled with magnetic mines”
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Multiple sources, including TASS and other news reports, confirm that the FSB reported preventing a terrorist attack involving magnetic mines on the Arrhenius.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) is the principal security agency of Russia and the main successor agency to the Soviet Union's KGB; its immediate predecessor was the Feder…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Security_Service
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (abbr. BS of the FSB of the RF; Russian: Пограничная служба Федеральной службы безопасности Российской Федерации, abbr. ПС …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSB_Border_Service_of_Russia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Federal Guard Service of the Russian Federation (Russian: Федеральная служба охраны Российской Федерации, IPA: [fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnəjə ˈsluʐbə ɐˈxranɨ rɐˈsʲijskəj fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨɪ] (Federal'naya sluzhba okh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Protective_Service_(Ru…
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