A Russian missile 🇷🇺 killed at least three Ukrainian citizens 🇺🇦 on April 16 in Kyiv.
This was NO ordinary attack: it was initiated by volunteers using #OSINT 🔎.
Investigation on ☠️ KILLER COORDINATES 📍
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#Verification 📸🎥
#GeoLocation 🌍
#HowToOSINT 🧐
This missile strike in the east of Kyiv almost completely destroyed a warehouse.
Satellite imagery from @planet shows how the surrounding buildings were not damaged, indicating a precision bombing. 2/…
@planet 🇷🇺 The spokesman of the Russian army, Igor Konashenkov, stated that “a high-precision long-range aerial weapon had destroyed the production building of a tank factory in Kyiv (...)”. 3/…
@planet 🇺🇦 Photos on a Ukrainian news site showed three bodies at the site of the impact: gazeta.ua/ru/articles/ki…
Possibly even five civilians died. Ukrainian President Zelensky posthumously awarded five employees of 'the Kyiv armoured factory' a decoration. 4/…
@planet WHY was that warehouse hit❓
HOW was the location of the target determined❓
And WHO is responsible for these deaths❓
Our international team of journalists (@Techjournalisto, @ArchitMeta , @amra_dorjbayar, @AlbertoOlivie13 and @akhmxt ) used #OSINT 👇 fo find answers. 5/…
@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt On 7 April, nine days before the attack, the Ukrainian TV channel 1+1 broadcast a report on the military repair facility. 📺
Ukrainian TV viewers saw how confiscated Russian tanks were repaired and converted to serve the Ukrainian army 🪖. 6/…
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@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt The report only showed images of the inside of the warehouse. Therefore it did not immediately seem possible to determine the location. 🗺️🤔
BUT the video was eagerly shared on social media like Reddit (left) and on Russian VKontakte (right). 7/…
@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt And so the images ended up with voluntary Russian OSINT researchers: Rybar, an anonymous #Telegram channel with 500K followers.
Rybar means 'fisherman' and claims to be fishing for 'interesting information' through #OSINT. 🎣 8/…
@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt Two days before the strike Rybar posted it had found the location of the building📍: “This location is definitely worth sending several missiles to.” 🔥
We see screenshots of the 1+1-report 🟥, the location on satellite images 🟦, and even the exact GPS coordinates 🟩. 9/…
@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt This 👇 is how they could have found the location starting from the 1+1 report via #OSINT. 10/…
@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt Rybar claimed his part in the deadly attack: "On 14 April, our team located a military vehicle repair shop (...) During the night of 15-16 April, the installation was destroyed. It is perhaps the best confirmation of the practical usefulness of our work." 11/…
@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt The military impact of the rocket attack was limited. Experts call it a “propaganda attack”.
Footage shows that at least three armoured vehicles were present in the building when it was destroyed. The building had only space for a dozen vehicles. 12/…
@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt One of these vehicles was also present when 1+1 went there to shoot the report in tempore non suspecto.
If we compare visual elements in the video after the destruction of the building (incision) with a vehicle from the 1+1 report, they match (🟥🟨🟩). 13/…
@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt OSINT has a real impact on the battlefield.
🇺🇦Not surprisingly, Ukrainian rules for war journalists are strict. A decree forbids journalists, among other things, to publish "descriptions, images and symbols that identify or could identify military facilities". 14/…
@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt The owner of the warehouse, the Ukrainian military state company Ukroboronprom, also has a responsibility.
The journalist of 1+1 had to obtain permission to film in the warehouse from this man. 15/…
@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt So mistakes were certainly made on the Ukrainian side.
BUT without Rybar's OSINT investigation, the TV report might have slipped past the Russian army. 📍
Rybar says it has more than 150 volunteer #OSINT researchers. 16/…
@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt Rybar has published over 150 coordinates, including potential targets as aid collection points in Ukraine.
🚫It seems to violate the terms of service of Telegram, which prohibit “promote violence on publicly viewable Telegram channels”: telegram.org/tos 17/…
@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt Rybar receives donations via crypto-currency to an account number in Moscow. 🇷🇺 🤑
More info on the donations in this infograph by @Techjournalisto 👇 18/…
@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt CONCLUSION: Journalists, civilians and soldiers sharing sensitive info online can be dangerous. ⚠️
An OSINT army on the other side of the front is ready to point out targets. 📍
Documenting AND initiating acts of war: it can be done with the same #OSINT techniques. 19/…
@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt This investigation 👆 was TEAM WORK. 🤝🙏
Do me one favor, follow these amazing OSINT investigators: @Techjournalisto, @ArchitMeta , @amra_dorjbayar, @AlbertoOlivie13, @akhmxt and volunteers from @GeoConfirmed. 20/…
@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt @GeoConfirmed There is more… 🔜
Tomorrow PART 2⃣ of our investigation in a new 🧵 on this account (@brechtcastel). Stay tuned. 21/…
@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt @GeoConfirmed You can read our full report at @Cen4infoRes. 🙏 22/…
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@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt @GeoConfirmed @Cen4infoRes 📺Watch the full video of @vrtnws here: vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2022… 23/…
@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt @GeoConfirmed @Cen4infoRes @vrtnws And read the full investigation in 🇧🇪 magazine @Knack this week. 24/END
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UPDATE: Someone shares a similar video of another location where Russian captured tanks are stored today.
This 🧵 is posted as a reaction to warn the person who uploaded to NOT share this kind of footage. 👍
This story isn't over. 👇👇👇
Read PART TWO of ☠️ KILLER COORDINATES 📍 here:
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