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British cellphones triggered deadly strike on Ukrainian base
Boxden ^

Posted on 03/21/2022 11:31:12 AM PDT by BenLurkin

30 Russian cruise missiles pulverised the Yavoriv facility, near the Polish border, on March 13.

The target on the base is believed to have been the International Centre for Peacekeeping and Security, where Ukraine has been training foreign civilian recruits for its international brigade.

Now, the Telegraph has learned that around 12 to 14 phone numbers starting with +44 were visible to surveillance equipment in the area in the hours before the missile strike.

Security sources said mercenaries paid by the Wagner Group, a secretive military company with links to the Kremlin, were suspected of operating on the ground at the time.

Mobile phone numbers can become visible to snooping technology when the device pings a nearby phone mast to connect to the network so a user can make calls or send texts.

Russia is thought to have access to a vast trove of phone numbers linked to elite British units, compiled through secretive surveillance operations near military bases in the UK.

Many of the British men who have volunteered to join the resistance against Vladimir Putin’s invasion formerly served with these units, meaning their numbers would immediately set off alarm bells in the Kremlin if spotted connecting to a Ukrainian phone network.

(Excerpt) Read more at boxden.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: british; cellphones
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To: FreedomPoster

Of course it only takes one spotter on the ground to identify a specific target...the cell phones just made it a lot easier.


21 posted on 03/21/2022 1:11:44 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: delta7

If you were a Russian general. You would have to at least give passing thought to the idea the Ukraine operation could lead to WWIII with NATO and even nuclear war.
You would know your operation in Ukraine was not to turn cities into Aleppo or Stalingrad, just to destroy the Uke military and nazi militias.

If you were in such a position, you would have the best stuff reserved for the big war that is somewhat possible to happen.

There is a lot of hubris floating around out there... and a lot of self congratulating going on. The fools in our leadership are deeply out of touch.


22 posted on 03/21/2022 1:13:36 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: DesertRhino

The fools in our leadership are deeply out of touch.
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10 percent to the big guy….with security guarantees.


23 posted on 03/21/2022 1:15:42 PM PDT by delta7
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To: BenLurkin

Guess they shoulda trained on opsec first...


24 posted on 03/21/2022 1:35:36 PM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (I'd rather have one king 3000 miles away that 3000 kings one mile away)
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To: Lazamataz
Note to future warriors: Leave your cell phones at home.

Russian NCOs are know to smash cell phones they catch their troops using. One reason why we're not getting nearly as many cell phone pics from the Russian side of the fight.

25 posted on 03/21/2022 3:12:57 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: BenLurkin

Redditors taking selfies? Loose lips sink ships.


26 posted on 03/21/2022 3:48:25 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
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To: DesertRhino
If you were in such a position, you would have the best stuff reserved for the big war that is somewhat possible to happen.

Russia has many options remaining, one of which is to pull the troops back and start leveling cities with bombs, artillery, and thermobarics. This would cause a humanitarian disaster as millions more refugees flee to Europe who is in no position to absorb them. Already, what, 3 million? Imagine 6 or even 10 million refugees that needed to be housed and fed during a time when energy and grain prices are skyrocketing.

27 posted on 03/21/2022 3:59:48 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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