Ukrainian forces used Russian soldiers' 'panicked' cell phone calls to pinpoint their locations and

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

pick them off, report says

Russian soldiers in Ukraine made worried calls home as their efforts in Ukraine faltered — but their loved ones weren't the only ones listening.

Ukrainian forces used the cell phone calls made by Russian soldiers to locate them and wipe the troops out in large numbers, according to an investigation published by The New York Times that details Russia's blunders throughout the war.

"We listened to the Russian soldiers as they panicked and called their friends and relatives," a Ukrainian official who leads the efforts to intercept the phone calls told The Times. "They used ordinary phones to make decisions about their further moves."

Ukrainian authorities who monitor cell networks for criminal activity noticed that a large number of calls were being placed from foreign phone numbers in an area along the Ukraine and Belarus border. The officials deduced the unusual uptick in foreign numbers on the Ukrainian network were likely Russian soldiers.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukrainian-forces-used-russian-soldiers-panicked-cell-phone-calls-to-pinpoint-their-locations-and-pick-them-off-report-says/ar-AA15zHUz

[nycbos]

1. Why would UKR disclose that?

Seems they lose an element of surprise

[Raven123]

2. My thoughts exactly

[Irish_Dem]

4. Ukraine has been open about doing this since the beginning of the invasion.

Tracking Russian troops via their private cell phones.

But the Russian troops are still using their private cell phones 10 months later.

UKR could be announcing it as a way to embarrass Putin, and make the RU troops more paranoid.

[relayerbob]

7. Make the Russians paranoid

They see someone making a call, they think they'll be targeted next.

Plus, this isn't actually news, they've been doing this since very early on.

[Tbear]

3. Reverse Psychology?

Too many scared conscripts calling makes it hard to listen in on the officers calls.

[Vogon_Glory]

5. Ask not for whom the cell phone ringer tolls

It tolls for the.

[keithbvadu2]

6. Why don't the Russians destroy the cell phone system? Because their own military comm systems are

Why don't the Russians destroy the cell phone system?

Because their own military comm systems are so poor that they also need the cell phone system?