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Feb 23 • 7 tweets • 11 min read
Bellingcat took part in this months-long investigation into #SwissArms alongside @LHreports @RadioTeleSuisse, @srfnews, @RSIonline & @NZZaS 👇
@LHreports @RadioTeleSuisse @srfnews @RSIonline @NZZaS The investigation sought to track the use of Pilatus PC-12 aircrafts in Afghanistan, the armoured vehicles of Mowag in Brazil and & Sig Sauer rifles which appeared to be in the possession of Saudi forces in Yemen.
@LHreports @RadioTeleSuisse @srfnews @RSIonline @NZZaS Read about how Pilatus PC-12s, initially exported to the US as civilian aircrafts, were modified and sent to Afghanistan where they took part in military operations rts.ch/info/suisse/12…
@LHreports @RadioTeleSuisse @srfnews @RSIonline @NZZaS In Brazil, 30 Piranha armoured vehicles from Mowag were provided to the country's Navy. Documentation appears to show these were primarily to be used in a UN peace-building mission in Haiti
@LHreports @RadioTeleSuisse @srfnews @RSIonline @NZZaS But when the NGO @isoudapaz questioned the use of the Mowag vehicles, Brazilian authorities said that they had been used in military operations in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro
@LHreports @RadioTeleSuisse @srfnews @RSIonline @NZZaS @isoudapaz The investigation also looked at the apparent use of Sig Sauer rifles, which were manufactured in Switzerland, by Saudi forces in Yemen magazin.nzz.ch/nzz-am-sonntag…
@LHreports @RadioTeleSuisse @srfnews @RSIonline @NZZaS @isoudapaz Read more about the #SwissArms project in this thread from @leone_hadavi of @LHreports

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Feb 24
If you're sharing videos and photographs from Ukraine with accountability in mind, please make an effort to share them with links to the source you're using, it greatly assists organisations who are verifying conflict incidents.
Wherever possible we're seeking to find where videos were posted originally, so we can understand the context they were originally posted in, and it helps us eliminate videos that are just old videos being reposted for clicks.
It also allows us to examine associated metadata, especially where videos have been shared on Telegram, which retains file metadata, unlike the majority of social media platforms.
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This video showing damage to civilian apartment buildings was filmed at 49.850727, 36.659762 in Chuhuiv, near an airport that was the likely target of the attack. Civilian casualties have been reported from the attack attributed to Russian forces.
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One of the reported victims of the attack is shown below. We'll continue to collect evidence related to this attack on civilians:
More images from this attack via AFP, at least one death reported.
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Feb 23
New from Bellingcat and @the_ins_ru

An attack that made numerous Ukrainian government websites unreachable has been linked to GRU hackers. bellingcat.com/news/2022/02/2…
@the_ins_ru Independent threat researcher Snorre Fagerland, working in cooperation with Bellingcat and The Insider, identified a web service apparently serving as a command and control centre which has played a role in past cyber-attacks linked to Russian state interests.
@the_ins_ru The same website also hosted cloned copies of a number of Ukrainian government websites, including the main webpage of the Office of the President.
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Feb 23
Bellingcat is documenting incidents of potential disinformation arising on the frontlines between Russia and Ukraine: bellingcat.com/news/2022/02/2…
We will share what we find via a publicly accessible spreadsheet that will continue to be updated in the days ahead. You can view the spreadsheet here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
While the volume of videos and claims over recent days has been significant, we will look to add entries when incidents have been debunked or if claims contained within videos or images are inconsistent with other open source evidence or contextual data.
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Feb 19
You can check this yourself by downloading the two videos on Telegram from here:
t.me/pushilindenis/…
t.me/LIC_LPR/17431
Then uploading them to a metadata viewing site, like metadata2go.com, then you'll get lots of metadata, including when the files were created
Another example of a video published by separatists having a creation date days before the events shown are alleged to have occurred, this time a supposed Ukrainian attack on chlorine storage.
You can check the metadata of the video on metadata2go.com, and the original source with the metadata is t.me/nm_dnr/6192
This is the third example of a video published by separatists containing metadata that contradicts their claims.
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Feb 11
The Radar Interference Tracker (RIT) is a new tool that allows anyone to search for active military radar systems

It has already proven useful in spotting potential movement of military equipment near Russia’s border with Ukraine – as @oballinger explains bellingcat.com/resources/2022…
@oballinger The tool is free and designed to be intuitive to use.

If you are keen for a quick look to see what you can find (it covers the entire earth), you can access it here: ollielballinger.users.earthengine.app/view/bellingca…
@oballinger But first a note on how the tool works
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