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@kromark
Sep 11, 2023 • 15 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X
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🧵/ 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. Image
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. Image
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.
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This includes the R-330Zh Zhitel electronic warfare jamming communication station, R-934UM and 'Altayets-AM' stations. Image
Most of the time, we see them truck-mounted, but I'm pretty sure they can also be mounted on platforms like this. Image
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. Image
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
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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. Image
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…
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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). Image
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...
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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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Israel is really lucky that the Iranian rockets mostly hit modern apartment blocks for now. Bat Yam is something of an exception – that’s why there were so many casualties. But believe me, there are far more rundown apartment blocks in Bat Yam compared to the ones that were hit. Image
The pin marks where the modern apartment complex was hit in Petah Tikva last night. If the missiles had landed in the large red circle, it would have been a disaster. Around 50% of the buildings in such areas were built before the 1980s, with no protected rooms, thin walls, etc. Image
Just tap a random Street View to see for yourself. On the left: a building in Petah Tikva located a few kilometers from the modern one that was hit last night (on the right). Image
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🧵Recently, Yandex blurred some additional military-related facilities on its satellite maps. It hasn't revealed any major surprises (yet), but it did lead me to yet another 'Pantsir' system installed in Moscow Oblast after Ukrainian drone attacks.
Some examples of the newly blurred objects (mostly military complex plants): x.com/wartranslated/… (source t.me/sotaproject/98…). I already found many more, but they're mostly well-known sites.
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🧵1/6 As after every Ukrainian drone attack, my dynamic map of air defense systems installed in Moscow and the Moscow Oblast gains a few new entries, thanks to multiple enthusiasts like @jembobineuse and @Dmojavensis. The most recent addition is particularly interesting. 🔽 Image
2/6 The 'Flakturm', identical to the one we saw earlier (that the shorter and taller sections are swapped), was constructed in Bulatnikovo near Moscow 1.5 years ago, in September 2023. 55.557090, 37.664654 Image
3/6 A time-lapse showing the construction of the air defense tower in Bulatnikovo near Moscow:
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1/3 Russian Maj. Gen. Jaroslav Moskalik, allegedly killed today near Moscow, took part in at least two Normandy Four format meetings: in 2015, when the infamous 'Steinmeier formula' was adopted, and on Dec. 9, 2019, when Volodymyr Zelensky met Putin in person for the first time. Image
2/3 Moskalik also took part in a visit by a Russian delegation to Damascus, where Putin’s special envoy Alexander Lavrentyev held talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad in 2018. Image
3/3 Links: 1. kremlin.ru/supplement/502… 2. err.ee/1028603/kreml-… 3. aljarida.com/articles/15271…
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Mar 11
🧵A Russian diplomat, pressured to leave Brussels amid espionage allegations, has been nominated for a key role in the OSCE. Another 19 diplomats were expelled too, with open sources clearly showing their ties to Russian intelligence (and yes, they liked posting on Strava). Image
But first things first: meet Dmitry Iordanidi, a former deputy head of the @OSCE mission to Bosnia-Herzegovina with deep experience in the Balkans, who was nominated by Moscow to lead the organization’s mission to Serbia. Image
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Russia also nominated Iordanidi to head an OSCE program office in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, and for the same position in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana. I think that falls under the ‘flood the field’ tactic.
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🧵/ link in the last post. Remember Bosnian Serb Davor Savičić, who recruited Serbs to fight in Ukraine? Using a leaked database of Russian WIAs, we found he’s a GRU colonel with personal tag V-0001 ('V' for 'Волки' – 'Wolves' – as his battalion was named after his callsign). Image
It's well known that both 'private' military companies where Savičić fought, 'Wagner' & ‘Redut,’ were overseen by GRU (GU GSH). Previous investigations found several GRU staffers there, but it was never revealed that Savičić is a GRU colonel himself
Savičić got a shrapnel wound to his right shoulder on June 17, 2022. At that time, Russian forces were attempting to attack Severodonetsk, while the UAF were counterattacking near Izyum. The exact location where Savičić was wounded remains unknown. Image
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