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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUkraine killed a Russian general after he made an unsecured call that gave away his location, report
Ukrainian troops were able to intercept a call by a Russian general and kill him, according to The New York Times.
The paper cited two US military officials for the information. It did not name the general or give a location.
The report corroborates suggestions that the Russian military is using unsecured communications that Ukraine has been able to intercept.
Ukraine said it has killed four generals so far, an unusual toll for such senior officers.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-killed-a-russian-general-after-he-made-an-unsecured-call-that-gave-away-his-location-report-says/ar-AAVbLC5
The Russians don't use secure channels to communicate? Sounds like some corrupt official may have pocketed the money that was supposed to upgrade their systems.
Aristus
(66,316 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,183 posts).
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JohnSJ
(92,133 posts)Irish_Dem
(46,918 posts)And the idiot generals keep using unsecured lines.
They may have no choice if that is all they have.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)... about ten days ago. Gerasimov.
Ukraine's military has shared an intercepted call captured as a result, reporting the death of Major General Vitaly Gerasimov to someone identified as a senior Russian intelligence officer by Bellingcat's Christo Grozev.
The incident is the latest evidence of the technological and equipment challenges facing Russia's invasion force, as indicated by photographs of civilian radios and abandoned and captured vehicles.
https://news.sky.com/story/russians-reportedly-take-out-own-secure-communications-system-during-kharkiv-assault-12560577
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)... corruption, among other things.
Here's a more detailed explanation (reports I read about cell phone towers may have been confused)
https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/russian-comms-ukraine-world-hertz
March 4
yagotme
(2,919 posts)that Stupid hurts.
MineralMan
(146,286 posts)Russian ground troops have available to them. State-of-the-art equipment is available, but not to field units. That stuff is reserved for elite military organizations, and they're not in Ukraine.
That situation has long been the case in the Russian military.
TheBlackAdder
(28,183 posts).
Now it's coming home to roost.
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bottomofthehill
(8,329 posts)Used secure communications, yet the conscripts that Russia is sending to Ukraine do not have them. Amazing.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Maybe he was ordering a pizza ?
speak easy
(9,238 posts)Irish_Dem
(46,918 posts)That is unbelievable.
Tetrachloride
(7,833 posts)Any one of those could be broken and might be enough for you know what
lpbk2713
(42,753 posts)brooklynite
(94,501 posts)yagotme
(2,919 posts)brooklynite
(94,501 posts)yagotme
(2,919 posts)is higher on the Richter scale.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)FakeNoose
(32,630 posts)Actually I thought the Russians invented the idea of burner phones. But I could be wrong.
jobendorfer
(508 posts)One of the things Putin has to worry about is plotting by his armed forces (which are more than powerful enough to topple him, should they chose to do so).
I would not be surprised to learn that the Russian Army is not allowed to use crypto gear, so that his FSB (or whoever the Russian internal security agency is, these days) can monitor their training activities and operations.
Even if their cell communications were encrypted, just the fact that Ukrainians have access to the towers and could do basic traffic analysis could give away a great deal. For example, my county Sheriff's office often uses tower triangulation to zero in on missing hikers and climbers in the Cascades, using cell tower pings. I would have to imagine that Ukrainian intelligence could that or even more sophisticated things.