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☆ A Russian drone unit is recruiting members of the Kremlin elite so they can 'sidestep' military service on the front, UK intel says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A military unit called "Bars Kaskad" is recruiting Russia's elite, the UK Ministry of Defence said. It likely allows recruits to "sidestep" usual service requirements "with guaranteed safety," said the MoD. AdvertisementA special Russian military unit is recruiting Russian elites, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. The unit is primarily involved in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations far from the front lines in Ukraine, likely allowing Russian VIPs to "sidestep usual military service requirements with guaranteed safety," the MoD said. AdvertisementAlexei Blinovsky was pictured serving with Bars Kaskad on April 16, per the MoD.

Persons: —, SERGEI SUPINSKY, Ruslan Leviev, Russian, Yelena Blinovskaya, Alexei Blinovsky, Vladimir Putin's Organizations: UK Ministry of Defence, MoD, Service, Russian, Russian State Duma, Putin United Russia Party, Getty Images, Conflict Intelligence Team, Guardian Locations: Ukraine, Russian, AFP, Kaskad

☆ Video of Russia's latest Lancet drone striking a US Bradley IFV shows how the weapon has been adapted to evade Ukrainian defenses
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia's newest Lancet drones appear to have found a way to evade Ukrainian defenses. This means the warheads detonate some distance away, rather than on impact. AdvertisementAdvertisementAn advanced version of Russia's feared Lancet drone appears to have a new way to evade Ukrainian armored anti-tank grids and anti-drone nets. Russian forces posted a video of a Lancet drone striking a Ukrainian combat vehicle by exploding several feet away from the target. While the advancements will put some Ukrainian vehicles at risk, the best-protected vehicles should still be able to fend off the attacks, Forbes said.

Persons: —, Russia's, Forbes, Bradley IFV, Bradley, Ukraine's Air Force Yurii Ihnat, LIGA.net, Lancets Organizations: Service, Conflict Intelligence, Intelligence Team, Armed Forces, Ukraine's Air Force Locations: Ukrainian, Russian, Donetsk, Ukraine

☆ Russia is promising prisoners a $31,000 payout if they get injured, soldier says. It's likelier than they realize.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementRussia is paying convicts as much as $2,000 a month if they fight in Ukraine, with a promise $31,000 if they are injured, a soldier said. The remarks were made by a Russian "Storm Z" soldier — the unofficial designation for units often made of formerly incarcerated fighters. But, it said, in reality they are staffed by Russia's worst soldiers — convicts and regular soldiers marked for punishment. The BBC also reported that the units are formed mostly of convict soldiers, or soldiers re-assigned there as a punishment.

Persons: —, dory, Vsevolod Vukolov, Olga Romanova Organizations: Wagner, Service, Sever, UK's Ministry of Defence, BBC, Storm, Team, Reuters, Wagner Group, Washington Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Russian

☆ Misbehaving Russian troops were tossed in 'pits' at military training grounds for up to a week at a time, a deserted soldier says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

So-called "torture pits" were dug at Russian military training grounds to punish troops, a report said. A former soldier told Important Stories and the Conflict Intelligence Team that misbehaving troops were put in pits for up to a week. The investigative report, published on Tuesday, cites ex-trainees at the Prudboy military training camp in the Volgograd Oblast and the Totsky military training ground in the Orenburg Oblast. The former soldier told IStories and CIT that one recruit died at the training ground after he was put in a pit. The report said that Sergei not only left the Prudboy training ground, but also the country.

Persons: —, Sergei, IStories, Viktor Organizations: Conflict Intelligence, Service, Conflict Intelligence Team, CIT, UK's Ministry of Defense Locations: Volgograd Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Russian, Prudboy

☆ 'They're just meat': Russia deploys punishment battalions in echo of Stalin
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +12 min

"Storm fighters, they're just meat," said one regular soldier from army unit no. He said he didn't know why the commander gave the order, but claimed that it typified how Storm-Z fighters were considered of lesser value than ordinary troops by officers. Three of the five Storm-Z fighters interviewed by Reuters, and the relatives of three other Storm-Z fighters, described nightmarish engagements that saw much of their squads wiped out. At a televised meeting with a small group of regular Russian servicemen, he said he was aware that two of their comrades, former prison inmates, had been killed in action. Three Storm-Z fighters said they were offered wages of about 200,000 roubles ($2,000) per month, though said they had been paid roughly half that amount, on average.

Persons: Polina Nikolskaya, Maria Tsvetkova, who've, Wagner, Reuters wasn't, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Josef Stalin, Artyom, Shchikin, Vladimir Rogov, Rogov, Shchikin's, Z, Igor, they'd, we've, Christian Lowe, Pravin Organizations: REUTERS, REUTERS Acquire, Maria Tsvetkova LONDON, Convicts, Storm, Reuters, Kremlin, 237th, Intelligence Team, Institute for, Red Army, 291st Guards, Rifle Regiment, 291st, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Bakhmut, Russia, Russian, Ukrainian, U.S, Soviet, Mordovia, Zaporizhzhia, Geneva, France, Siberia

☆ The average amount of time it takes for a Russian mobilized soldier to die in Ukraine is 4 and a half months: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russian draftees killed in the war lasted an average four and a half months, per a new report. It used open source data on the deaths of 3,000 mobilized troops over the past year. AdvertisementAdvertisementConflict Intelligence Team analysts said the varying intensity of the fighting over different months heavily influenced the life expectancy of mobilized troops. Mobilized troops have repeatedly reported being sent to the front lines as cannon fodder or abandoned by their commanders. Almost 500,000 Ukrainian and Russian troops have been killed or wounded in the war, US officials said in August.

Persons: —, Igor, Dmitry Dadanov, Igor Dadanov, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Service, Conflict, Kremlin, The New York Times, Russia's Ministry of Defense Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Russian

☆ Russia's battered Black Sea Fleet is having another bad day after a Ukrainian missile struck its headquarters in Crimea
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia said its Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Crimea was hit by a Ukrainian missile on Friday. Intelligence and experts have said it's part of Ukraine's counteroffensive, and the goal is to make Crimea "untenable" for Russia. On Friday, Russia's Ministry of Defense said on the social media platform Telegram the fleet's headquarters in Sevastopol was damaged by a Ukrainian missile. The hit is the latest in a recent series of blows to Russia's Black Sea Fleet. Photos obtained by the Conflict Intelligence Team — an open-source intelligence operation — and shared by OSINT platforms like Oryx, showed the Kilo-class sub, a formidable element of the Black Sea Fleet, with a large hole in along the waterline.

Persons: —, it's Moscow's Organizations: Fleet, Intelligence, Service, Russia's Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Defense, Conflict, Kilo, Black Locations: Russia, Crimea, Ukrainian, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Sevastopol, Crimean, Rostov, Ukraine, Minsk

☆ Leaked photos said to be a Russian submarine hit by Ukrainian missiles show severe damages that look beyond repair
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Jake Epstein | Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Ukraine's attack on the Sevastopol shipyard last week left a Russian submarine in rough shape. New photos leaked to social media indicate the submarine may be beyond repair, a naval expert says. The attack damaged two vessels, including the Kilo-class attack submarine Rostov-on-Don, and was the latest in a string of assaults on the peninsula, which Kyiv has vowed to liberate from Moscow. It also published satellite imagery showing the damaged Sevastopol shipyard, with a zoomed-in view of the submarine. Britain's defense ministry cited open-source evidence in suggesting that the Minsk had "almost certainly been functionally destroyed."

Persons: submariner, Bryan Clark, Don, Clark Organizations: Service, Fleet, Conflict Intelligence Team, US Navy, Hudson Institute, Ministry of Defense, US Army Locations: Sevastopol, Russian, Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian, Black, Crimea, Rostov, Kyiv, Moscow, Ukraine, Minsk, Russia

CNN —A Russian general who reportedly served as the top military commander for Ukraine last year has died, according to Russian state media. Army General Gennady Zhidko died at 58 “after a long illness” on Wednesday, according to the state news agency TASS. Zhidko served as Russia’s Eastern Military District Commander between May and October last year. He was reportedly the overall theater commander in Ukraine during Moscow’s offensive against Lysychansk and Severodonetsk in the summer of 2022. Russia’s Ministry of Defense named General Sergey Surovikin as its new overall commander for operations in the war on October 2022.

Persons: Gennady Zhidko, Zhidko, Mikhail Degtyarev, “, ”, Sergei Shoigu, ISW, Sergey Surovikin, Surovikin hasn’t, Wagner Organizations: CNN, Army, Eastern Military, Tass, Intelligence Team, Russian Defense, Russian Armed Forces, Defense, Russia, Staff, Russian Federation, Eastern Military District, Russia’s Ministry of Defense Locations: Ukraine, Russia’s Khabarovsk, Moscow, Kyiv, Washington, Syria, Kharkiv

“This is the second train, there was one like it just before.”The video, seemingly filmed in late March, shows old Soviet tanks being transported, somewhere in Russia. Moscow has been known to bring out older military equipment from storage to help it prosecute the war in Ukraine, but these are different. The tanks are T-55s, a model first commissioned by the Soviet Union’s Red Army in 1948, shortly after the end of World War II. Soviet T-54/T-55 tanks form a threatening ring round the Parliament buildings in Hungary on November 12, 1956. T-55 tanks drive through the streets of Prague, capital of what was then Czechoslovakia, in 1968.

☆ Russia is dusting off antique tanks from the 1940s, monitor group says, as its losses mount in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia appears to be dusting off its T-54 tanks, first deployed more than 70 years ago. Images from a monitoring group showed the tanks moving through Russia closer to Ukraine. While other old tanks have been used by Russia in Ukraine, none have been as old as the T-54, the group said. Ukraine claimed that Russia lost 21 tanks in a single day earlier this month. And, as Russia faces these struggles, Ukraine is expecting deliveries of modern tanks from Western allies, including Leopard-2 tanks from Europe, Britain's Challenger 2 tanks, and Abrams tanks from the US.

☆ Россия направила 15 военных кораблей из Каспийского в Черное море
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-17 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +1 min

В Минобороны уточняют, что корабли направляются в Черное море для учений, который Каспийская флотилия проведет совместно с Черноморским флотом. Военные корабли в Черном море будут отрабатывать стрельбу по вражескому флоту и наземным целям, а также отражение ударов и постановку ложных целей, передает tvrain. Находиться в Черном море они будут до начала мая. Телеканал CNN сообщал со ссылкой на представителя Минобороны США, что таким образом Вашингтон намерен оказать поддержку Украине на фоне стягивания российской техники к совместной границе. В Кремле в ответ на сообщения об этом заявили, что перемещение российских войск по своей территории «не должно никого волновать».

Persons: nokta Organizations: CNN, Intelligence, Минобороны, Каспийская флотилия, Черноморский флот Locations: Черное море, волгодонский, Махачкала, Волгоград, КалачнаДону, Волгодонск, Семикаракорск, РостовнаДону, Турция, США, Вашингтон, Украина, Кремль, Россия

☆ Байден и Меркель призвали Россию отвести армию от границ с Украиной
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-15 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +1 min

Лидеры стран обсудили этот вопрос во время телефонного разговора, сообщил вечером 14 апреля официальный представитель правительства ФРГ Штеффен Зайберт, передает meduza. Меркель и Байден согласились, что «Россия должна сократить недавнее усиление войск, чтобы добиться деэскалации ситуации», цитирует слова Зайберта агентство Reuters. Ранее 14 апреля Россия и Украина одновременно провели учения. Как отмечает Reuters, российские военные провели учения перед прибытием двух американских военных кораблей в Черное море. Министр обороны Украины Андрей Таран сообщил 14 апреля, что Россия сосредоточила у границ 110 тысяч военных.

Persons: Джо Байден, Ангела Меркель, Штеффен Зайберт, Меркель, Байден, Зайберт, Андрей Таран Organizations: Reuters, Team Locations: США, Германия, Россия, Украина, ФРГ, Крым, Черное море, Донецкая, Луганская народные республики

☆ США и Британия подтвердили свою поддержку Украины перед лицом российской угрозы
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-11 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +1 min

Государственный секретарь США Энтони Блинкен побеседовал в субботу по телефону с министром иностранных дел Великобритании Домиником Раабом. Главы дипломатических ведомств обсудили ситуацию в Афганистане и подтвердили свою поддержку Украины перед лицом российских провокаций. Во время телефонного разговора с министром иностранных дел Франции Жан-Ивом Ле Дрианом и Хейко Маасом, главой МИД Германии, Блинкен подтвердил, что США неизменно поддерживают суверенитет и территориальную целостность Украины. Главы дипломатических ведомств подчеркнули важность поддержки Украины против «российских провокаций вдоль линии соприкосновения на востоке Украины, в оккупированном Крыму и вдоль границ Украины», сообщили в Госдепартаменте. Он находится примерно в 250 километрах от Украины, выяснила расследовательская группа Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT)nokta

Persons: Энтони Блинкен, Доминик Рааб, ЖанИвом Ле Дрианом, Хейко Маас, Блинкен Organizations: Intelligence, Госдепартамент, Голос Америки, МИД Locations: США, Великобритания, Афганистан, Украина, Москва, Франция, Германия, Крым, Воронежская область

☆ Conflict Intelligence Team: российские войска разбили лагерь в Воронежской области
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-08 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +1 min

Российские войска, о переброске которых к границе с Украиной стало известно в конце марта, сконцентрировались в полевом лагере в Воронежской области. Он находится примерно в 250 километрах от Украины, выяснила расследовательская группа Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT), передает meduza.io. Предположения CIT подтвердились спутниковыми снимками «Погоново», которые 8 апреля опубликовал корреспондент The New York Times, бывший расследователь Bellingcat Кристиан Триберт. На них видно, что в конце марта — начале апреля на полигоне появились палатки и «сотни единиц» военной техники, пишет он. В связи с этим CIT делают вывод о том, что диспозиция «носит скорее наступательный, чем оборонительный характер»:

Persons: Кристиан Триберт, Расследователи Organizations: Intelligence, Google, New York Times, Russian Army, Visual Investigations, Яндекс.Карт Locations: Voronezh, Ukraine, Украина, Воронежская область, Воронеж, Погоново, ЛНР, ДНР, Луганская область, Ростовская область

☆ CIT: Rusia îi transferă în Crimea pe „militarii din Pskov”, care sunt cunoscuți după Donbass-2014
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-05 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +1 min

Grupul independent de investigații Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT) a anunțat despre transferul la frontiera ucraineană al diviziei de gardă de asalt aerian 76, cunoscute drept „militarii din Pskov”. Anunțul a fost făcut pe site-ul organizației, anunță Novosti Donbassa. După ce am verificat numărul platformei prin intermediul serviciului gdevagon, am constatat că aceasta se deplasează de la stația „Cereoha”, Regiunea Pskov, spre stația „Simferopol-Gruzovoi”, se spune în mesaj. Regimentul de gardă 104 de asalt aerian este staționat tocmai în satul Cereoha, de unde a și pornit trenul din video. Serviciul de informații militare al Ucrainei a aflat despre faptul că Rusia s-ar pregăti pentru provocări la scară largă împotriva Ucrainei, inclusiv invazia în interiorul țării.

Persons: . Locations: Pskov, Regiunea Pskov, Simferopol, Cecenia, Ucrainei, Rusia, Federația Rusă, Ucraina

☆ Кремль прокомментировал «блуждание» российских войск с заклеенными номерами
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-05 | by ( Mld Media Srl | Степанов Георгий | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Официальный представитель Кремля Дмитрий Песков прокомментировал сообщения о якобы блуждании по Ростовской области российских войск с заклеенными номерами. «Никто не блуждал и не блуждает, и российская армия передвигается на российской территории в тех направлениях, в которых считает нужным, в том виде, в котором считает нужным для обеспечения безопасности», — сказал он. Песков подчеркнул, что Россия не представляет угрозы ни для одной страны мира, в том числе для Украины, однако «очень внимательно относится к своей собственной безопасности». Ранее пресс-секретарь российского лидера назвал ситуацию на линии разграничения в Донбассе пугающей и предупредил об опасности силового сценария из-за украинских провокаций. Расследовательская группа Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT) сообщила о переброске российских воинских частей в Ростовскую область.

Persons: Дмитрий Песков, Песков Organizations: Intelligence, РИА Новости, Минобороны, Народная милиция Locations: Кремль, Ростовская область, Россия, Украина, Донбасс, Киев, Москва, РФ, ДНР, ЛНР, Евросоюз (ЕС)

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