It's a novel Ukrainian spy plot inspired by wireless devices from Israeli intelligence explosions and Hezbollah militants: tiny bombs are hidden in goggles used by Russian soldiers to control drones. Donate these goggles to the Russian army under the guise of humanitarian assistance. Then wait for the explosion.
Russian news agency Tass reported alleged damage to goggles earlier this month, and on Thursday, senior Ukrainian officials confirmed that Ukraine's military intelligence agency, known as HUR, had developed the plan. Ukrainian news media Suplene reported the explosion earlier Thursday in the explosion.
The Ukrainian plot does not have the same public performance as one Israeli person, and Israel killed dozens of people, including thousands of people in Lebanon, including civilians. While many goggles exploded this month, at least according to social media posts, the plot appears to be primarily intended to keep Russian soldiers alert to future use of goggles.
No one was reportedly injured or killed, although the Russian military did not often disclose the number of casualties. The Ukrainian official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the New York Times amid discussion of intelligence that there were casualties, but he would not disclose the numbers as the operation was ongoing.
The pirated shot is the latest Salvo in the long-running battle between Russia and Ukraine. Both sides are accused of using agents to kill military leaders and activists.
Ukrainian officials asserted that Russia maintained an extensive network of sleeper agents and blamed a nurse, church deacon, senior official of Ukrainian intelligence agencies. Russia accused Ukraine of plotting the assassination of famous figures, including a general killed by a bomb in Moscow and a super-large commentator.
The senior Ukrainian official said the Ukrainians proposed the idea of a watchtower as Israel appeared to launch its own Trojan horse operation in September, setting up Shell, providing Hezbollah with Peppa and then blew up 20 people to death, the senior Ukrainian official said. , 20 people were killed and about 2,700 were injured. The next day, the walkie-talkie belonging to Hezbollah members was killed and more than a dozen were killed.
Ukrainians know that Russians do not use pagers or walkie-talkies. Instead, they used many first-person perspective drones or FPV drones, while pilots needed special goggles to fly them.
On February 7, Igor Potapov, a Russian businessman and vocal supporter of the Russian army, claimed that a man named Roman donated them.
In an interview with The New York Times on Thursday, Mr. Popov said he heard about goggles the day before the telegram was posted and confirmed the rumor with a volunteer who helped the Russian army. Skyzone Cobra goggles are popular among Russian operators because they are cheap.
Although it is not clear how the goggles detonated, Mr. Potapov said they exploded when they opened.
“Information about humanitarian destruction has emerged,” he wrote. “Glasses received from FPV drones and exploded when opened.”
Mr. Potapov also said in an interview that no one was injured.
A video shows that the dismantled equipment has previously appeared on the Russian pro-war telegraph channel called “The Frontal Engineer”. The channel's operator claims that goggles were distributed through volunteers “uninformed” by volunteers and called the attempted attack “massive”. According to them, the Russian military complained about “multiple cases” of the explosion of goggles.
The channel reports that each device contains up to 15 grams of plastic explosives and detonators. The explosives are packaged in boxes containing 3D printers that have been installed instead of fans. The engineer of the former author said the goggles' box “showed subtle signs of opening up.”
Oleksandra mykolyshyn Kiev's contribution Alina Lobzina From London.
