🧵/ link in the last tweet. During the two raids on the gas rig(s) in the Black Sea, Ukrainian SOF may have captured one of the components of the Russian R-330M1P 'Diabazol' automated jamming complex.
This is the screengrab from the @DI_Ukraine video of the raid, which was made public today. The consignee of the box is Unit 60135, which is the 475th Separate Electronic Warfare Center in Sevastopol.
But what's even more interesting here is the consignor. It's 'Protek' JSC, which manufactures just one but vital thing for the Russian army: the components of the 'Diabazol' automated jamming complex.
This includes the R-330Zh Zhitel electronic warfare jamming communication station, R-934UM and 'Altayets-AM' stations.
Most of the time, we see them truck-mounted, but I'm pretty sure they can also be mounted on platforms like this.
According to @oryxspioenkop, Russia lost at least 13 R-330Zh and one R-934UM systems in this war, all of which were destroyed. Whatever component is in the box, it should be brand new.
Now 'Neva' radars. Here's my previous thread from 2022 about the Neva-BS Land Surface Surveillance Radars, which Russia installed on the rigs to enhance control over this part of the Black Sea, as we found out together with @pustota.
Based on what I've seen today in the HUR photos (), I can confirm that the raid was conducted at the 'Crimea-2' rig (formerly known as 'Petr Godovanets' before the annexation of Crimea). t.me/DIUkraine/2836
One photo published by HUR shows a boat with the name of another platform, 'Crimea-1' (formerly known as 'Independence'). I cannot confirm whether the photo was taken at the 'Crimea-1' platform, though.
It's visible in the video that 'Crimea-2' had two radars on top of the tower: Neva-BS and [most probably] Neva-B. Both were removed and taken by the HUR team. mcs.ru/wp-content/upl…
I'm not sure if HUR actually 'regained control' over the four rigs, or even one of them, as doing so would require them to keep people there, making them extremely vulnerable.
At the same time, the new HUR video provides evidence that the Russian MoD's claims about destroying Ukrainian boats near the rigs on August 22 and August 30 were likely false (though to be honest, we already suspected this).
Read the full story here (Google Translate for your language please): svoboda.org/a/reid-za-trof…
And yes, this wellhead platform is still on fire...
What's actually interesting, the photo of the wellhead with a burning gas torch hints that the HUR team probably paid a visit to yet another rig, Tavrida (image by @planet taken on the 1st of Aug.)
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