Amazing new Conflict Armament Research @conflictarm report on Russian weapons in the Donbas makes use of @C4ADS' Seamless Horizons data environment to find out how European components ended up in Russian UAVs in the Donbas
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@conflictarm analyzed a UAV that was downed by Ukrainian forces in 2017 near Mariupol. It is similar to an Orlan-10, but not identical.
Interestingly, it was manufactured from Western European components — both authentic and counterfeit. But how did they end up in this UAV?
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Interestingly, it was manufactured from Western European components — both authentic and counterfeit. But how did they end up in this UAV?
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@conflictarm contacted the manufacturer of the engine, Weinhold GmbH.
"[Weinhold GmbH] indicated that it had sent the part
to World Logistic Group, a company based in
the Czech Republic, in October 2013."
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"[Weinhold GmbH] indicated that it had sent the part
to World Logistic Group, a company based in
the Czech Republic, in October 2013."
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CAR found World Logistic Group's record in the Czech business registry, along with its owners names and dates of birth.
They then matched these with Russian passport records in @C4ADS's Seamless Horizons — indicating that the company was Russian-owned
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They then matched these with Russian passport records in @C4ADS's Seamless Horizons — indicating that the company was Russian-owned
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Most interestingly, CAR used @C4ADS data and other PAI to identify that a third director, who joined the company during the period it acquired the engine, was a member of the Russian security services
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Specifically, this Russian individual was a member of the Public Council of the Main Directorate of Public Security of Moscow Region and of the Public Council of the Federal Penitentiary Service"
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If you haven't checked out this report yet, I highly recommend it. @conflictarm is doing groundbreaking work to combine hands-on analysis of SALW and publicly available information to provide unique insights into arms flows.
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(pls ignore that I messed up the numbering of this thread)
Revisiting this — better to characterize that the add'l director of WLG ас associated with Russian security agencies rather than a member of the services. More information on Moscow Oblast GURB here: gurb.mosreg.ru
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