Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ Corrupt Russian officers are suspected to be selling information to Ukraine, contributing to the destruction of high-value assets such as this Iskander missile launcher, according to a Russian journalist. ⬇️

https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/1930535533064700311?t=rsiM0XtEOkuy_jZ1HquQQg&s=19

2/ On 5 June, Ukraine destroyed an Iskander ballistic missile launcher and its rockets. According to Russian journalist Maxim Kalashnikov, the launcher was destroyed and 8 personnel from the 26th Missile Brigade (military unit 54006) were killed.

3/ Kalashnikov says that “the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Security Service of Ukraine [are working] to actually knock out our operational-tactical missile units, those same Iskanders. They started hunting them.”

4/ He says that the Ukrainians appeared to know the effects of the attack very quickly, including accurate knowledge of casualties. He suggests that the Ukrainians are using AI. Many Russian military personnel also believe that their headquarters has been infiltrated:

5/ “They know everything, the other side, you can even see, names, surnames, photographs, well, there is definitely betrayal going on: someone from here is leaking everything to Ukrainian intelligence, apparently for money.”

6/ However, he says, corruption is so ingrained in the army that Russian military counterintelligence is unable to deal with it:

“Military counterintelligence cannot cope with the fact that some commanders there...

7/ ...we will not point fingers, are actually trading in collected humanitarian aid, they are scheming with prohibited substances, they have established a system of collecting or extorting money from people, for everything you need to hand over money.”

8/ Even if a stronger approach is taken like the Stalin-era SMERSH ("death to spies"), the prevalence of corruption among officers means that it would likely be used against the honest to protect the corrupt, rather than the other way round:

9/ “Do you remember from what contingent SMERSH will have to be created now? <…> They will start drawing up such things for the report, so they will rake in people . And who will they rake in?

10/ “Well, to those who, in general, who have their own understanding, who have honour and conscience, those who do not want to participate in some plots and obey mindlessly. Do you understand what such a structure will do?” /end

Source:
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