Peter Schrijver

Observaties van IT Army UA:

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Rusland draait digitale duimschroeven aan

2/2 Eind vorig jaar gaf ik wat duiding bij het toenemende afknijpen van het internet in Rusland.

‘Staten behandelen communicatienetwerken steeds vaker als strategische infrastructuur én als middel om de bevolking te controleren’. platformraam.nl/artikelen/29...

Russia restricts Telegram in latest push to tighten internet control Russian lawmaker Andrei Svintsov said Telegram may face restrictions because it "does not fully comply with the requirements" of Russian law.

Russische grip op het internet. Nieuwe restricties voor het toch zeer populaire Telegram. 1/2
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For instance, FP-2 drones: bsky.app/profile/spec...

FSB Claims “Polish Connection” in Attack on General Alekseyev The Russian authorities and Kremlin-controlled media are trying to link the assassination attempt on a high-ranking officer of the GRU with Poland by launching a coordinated information campaign.The “...

‘The Russian authorities and Kremlin-controlled media are trying to link the assassination attempt on a high-ranking officer of the GRU with Poland by launching a coordinated information campaign’.
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Russia’s sabotage campaign is becoming bolder Hacks against Polish energy plants suggest the FSB is involved

I wrote on Russia's cyber-attack against Poland's energy system in December, why it suggests a more aggressive Russian approach to disrupting critical infrastructure in Europe, and why the involvement of the FSB, Russia's security service, is bad news. www.economist.com/europe/2026/...

Article on 🇺🇦 middle strike drones:

"These are drones that operate at a distance of 50-200+ km, carry a significantly heavier warhead, have better navigation, and resistance to electronic warfare compared to FPV drones, but cheaper than short-range cruise missiles."

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13/ So, consequences for RF command and control because of Starlink restrictions: “logistics are more complicated, reliability is lower, and controlling units remotely without deploying additional infrastructure becomes impossible,” explains a serviceman from the 🇺🇦Nemesis drone unit.

12/ Bandwidth. Starlink allows you to transmit large amounts of data (high-quality video in real time). Mesh networks have a much narrower channel, which quickly becomes "clogged" as the number of subscribers increases.

11/ New threat on the horizon, mesh networks?

According to Oleksandr "Balisticka", the enemy's return to mesh technologies instead of satellite communications is a significant step backwards in terms of flexibility and scale.

10/ Currently, the verification of terminals, which was introduced by the Ministry of Defense, is the most effective way, says a Aerorozvidka representative . According to him, the method of "jamming" enemy terminals on UAVs can also harm 🇺🇦 communications.

9/ The mechanism of this solution is explained by an Aerorozvidka representative. “Each Starlink terminal has a unique identifier from the factory that cannot be changed. Unverified terminals will either be significantly limited in connection speed or will not have access to the network at all”.

8/ The 🇺🇦 Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced the verification of Starlink terminals - the creation of a “white list” of devices that will work in Ukraine. “Everything else will be disconnected,” said Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.

7/ The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine contacted SpaceX and proposed how to solve the problems of using Starlink on Russian UAVs. Soon, Elon Musk wrote on the social network X that the measures they took to stop the unauthorized use of Starlink by Russia were effective.

6/ Accuracy when is an important parameter for the Russians to strike the 🇺🇦 energy sector. Any energy facility has its own vulnerabilities. According to Tymochko, targeted destruction of such elements makes it possible, to use fewer drones, and to strike as effectively as possible.

5/ Today, guided drones, are capable of targeting mobile targets with non-stationary coordinates .
"In real time, you can adjust the flight, approach the object, see how the situation around it changes, and hit exactly the place that is most vulnerable and painful”.

4/ In addition, this opens up opportunities for target identification and adjustment. Previous versions of the "Shaheds" were programmed at the start of the flight, and they could only hit stationary objects.

3/ “In fact, they can fly non-stop throughout the territory of Ukraine and even Europe, as far as the fuel supply allows,” says Tymochko.

2/ First of all, what Starlink meant for Russian long-distance drone operations.

According to an UA specialist, satellite communications allow RF UAV operators to significantly expand their radius of attack.
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Реєстрація Starlink в Україні: як, навіщо і чи допоможе це в боротьбі з російськими дронами (UPD) Україна впроваджує верифікацію пристроїв Starlink через ЦНАПи, «Дію» та DELTA. Як верифікувати свій термінал, чи дієве це рішення, на думку звʼязківців, і що далі можна очікувати від ворога — у розбор...

1/ Article explaining what Starlink means for Russian operations, how this is currently blocked, and what Ukrainian units must do to maintain connectivity.
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2/2 According to the HUR, the Kremlin intends to use ‘pacifist’ movements in Europe to undermine Western support for Ukraine and rehabilitate Russia's international image.

🇺🇦 Defense Intelligence (HUR) is issuing a warning regarding a planned Russian influence campaign timed to coincide with the Munich Security Conference in Germany (scheduled for February 13–15, 2026). 1/2
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‘Alekseyev’s shooting, whether it proves to be a 🇺🇦 operation or a 🇷🇺 internal fracture, is a reminder that the intelligence war is now inside Russia’s domestic space. When generals start taking rounds in stairwells, the state is no longer separated from the front’. www.linkedin.com/pulse/who-wh...

YouTube video by BBC Comedy Greats Is Sir Humphrey a Soviet Spy? | Yes, Prime Minister | BBC Comedy Greats

This must be how the vetting of Lord Mandelson was conducted, prior to appointing him Ambassador to the US ⬇️

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‘Each [Telegram] post catalogues targets with almost mechanical meticulousness: vehicle types, drone variants, strike angles, and effects. Many of these hits rely on Rubikon’s hallmark fiber-optic drones, specifically designed to withstand electronic warfare’.
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Why Is the Kremlin Punishing Pro-War Russian Bloggers? A series of reprisals against pro-war Russian bloggers appears to be in keeping with the logic of neutralizing threats before they become too serious. But a closer look reveals that each case had its ...

‘Russia’s pro-war bloggers are increasingly falling under the state steamroller of repression, finding themselves labeled “foreign agents” or charged under extremism laws’.

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US ‘intelligence’.

Russian government officials in the Duma and diplomatic corps angrily deny Italian accusations of hacker attacks on the Olympics. The attackers Noname057 very proudly took credit for the attack. Typical of the denial of obvious reality with which Russia responds to hacking allegations.

De helpdesk aan Russische zijde.

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