Russian Ministry of Defense unveils Mangas heavy hexacopter. OSINT: who is behind Russia’s “new drone”?
On September 18, 2026, the Russian Defense Ministry showed the combat use of a “new drone” —…
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Strike on Russian command posts in Donetsk: iterative OSINT revealing officer losses
Using the 8 September 2025 strike on Russian command posts in temporarily occupied Donetsk as an example,…
The war economy: a strike on British American Tobacco and Russia’s “tobacco trillion”
On September 7, Russian drones struck a major British American Tobacco production facility in Pryluky. For Ukraine,…
Europe’s drone-bomb threat has outgrown the Russian combatant ban debate
Germany’s attribution of the Leipzig/Halle explosive-drone incident to Russia has sharpened a wider EU policy question: whether…
Long memory of OSINT: figures from old InformNapalm investigations reappear in Russian obituaries
While monitoring the social media pages of Russian military personnel, OSINT researcher and co-founder of the InformNapalm…
Assassination attempt on Major General Varpakhovich, commander of military unit 06987: from OSINT dossier to accountability
On 3 September 2026, at around 7:00 a.m., an assassination attempt was made on a high-ranking Russian…
The Russian drone threat 2026–2027: Ukraine’s lessons for NATO
Russian attack drones are becoming faster, more autonomous, and more resilient to countermeasures. Ukraine’s experience shows that…
OSINT identification of Russia’s 72nd Motorized Rifle Brigade servicemen on Kostiantynivka front
On August 12, units of the Russian Armed Forces’ 72nd Motorized Rifle Brigade (MRB) held ceremonies marking…
Ten years later: from OSINT detection to target destruction. Ukrainian Navy hits Russian Bastion missile system in temporarily occupied Crimea
On the night of August 16, 2026, Ukrainian Navy forces struck the launch positions and the base…
A drone belt along Belarus border: Russia developing infrastructure for the launch, tracking, and relay of attack UAVs
Analysis based on an investigation by Radio Liberty’s Belarusian service, materials from a joint cyber operation by…
