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Hacking Colonel Leonid Rusin, ex-commander of Russian AWACS unit

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Ukrainian hacktivist team Cyber Resistance in cooperation with volunteers of InformNapalm international intelligence community conducted a CYBINT & OSINT operation to gain access to and analyze the e-mail correspondence of Russian Colonel Leonid Rusin. Until July 2022, Rusin was in command of the 610th Center for Combat Training and Retraining of Military Pilots (military unit 41520), Ivanovo city, Severny airfield. The A-50U airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft are based at this airfield. This Russian equivalent of AWACS is used by the Russian Federation to direct missile attacks on Ukraine. Since July 2022, he has been studying at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Army, apparently on the way to a promotion. 

The starting point for this operation was a tipoff from our friends and partners of the OSINT Bees team, who published an OSINT study indicating some personal data of Colonel Leonid Rusin and his wife Olga Rusina. The e-mail address rusinaon@mail.ru which appeared in their message served as an entry point for the hacking operation. The Cyber Resistance activists managed to get full access not only to Olga’s email account, but also to the mail box of her husband rusinleo@mail.ru as well as mail boxes of Rusin’s inner circle, including the officers with whom he conducted official correspondence. This resulted in a massive leak of flight crew lists and photos of other Russian officers, subordinate to Rusin. in this article, we are making public only a part of the available information. However, the bulk of the obtained data is already being used in the interests of intelligence and is producing meaningful results.

 

Colonel Rusin

Rusin Leonid Igorevich [Rus.: Русин Леонид Игоревич], born December 19, 1979, TIN 644004138190, Russian passport: #5303 827663.

Hacking into the email correspondence of Colonel Rusin made it possible to authenticate his current residence address in Moscow, which did not appear in any public databases and other open sources, as well as his phone number:

Moscow, 25 Vernadsky st., apt. 137. Phone number: +789128431964.
These data appear on the correspondence about receiving a book he needed to study at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.

This address also appears in the questionnaires filled out by Rusin’s wife.

The hack also yielded scanned copies of Rusin’s personal documents.

Rusin systematically reported on officers who violated the secrecy procedure in the unit. The funny thing is that he kept scanned copies of these reports in his personal mail box, which is also a violation of the secrecy procedure.

Interestingly, on September 17, 2022, Rusin was interrogated in the criminal case 12202000735000033 as a witness, where he changed his testimony, placing the blame on his subordinate officer.

Rusin’s account on the Russian state services web portal Gosuslugi shows traffic fines on an almost weekly basis.

Rusin’s hack made it possible to identify dozens more Russian military pilots, who diligently concealed their data and were very discreet on social networks.

For example, the crews of A-50U aircraft:

Below, is the list from internal documentation with the names of officers, crew members and their passport numbers:

In total, the analysis of the documentation and photos of social events at the 610th Center for Combat Training and Retraining of Military Pilots (military unit 41520) resulted in identification of 41 Russian officers. See their data in the table.

Here is also the identity data of the Russian officers from the table as a list:

Full name DOB Rank Position Passport
Kablinov Maxim Borisovich [Rus.: Каблинов Максим Борисович] 05/25/1983 major flight commander 6304233105
Levchenko Vyacheslav Vladimirovich [Rus.: Левченко Вячеслав Владимирович] 01/09/1968 lieutenant-colonel pilot in command 24 12 651955
Burlutsky Pavel Gennadievich [Rus.: Бурлуцкий Павел Геннадьевич] 06/25/1986 captain assistant navigator 63 05 867771
Topchienko Sergey Alekseevich [Rus.: Топчиенко Сергей Алексеевич] 04/15/1973 major senior flight instructor 24 17 895248
Chunosov Andrey Alexandrovich [Rus.: Чуносов Андрей Александрович] 04/25/1971 captain flight engineer 24 16 817756
Oprya Viktor Viktorovich [Rus.: Опря Виктор Викторович] 02/25/1980 major pilot in command 58 03 569720
Krasnopolsky Maxim Sergeyevich [Rus.: Краснопольский Максим Сергеевич] 12/04/1976 major flight commander 24 97 024395
Chelovechkov Igor Valentinovich [Rus.:Человечков Игорь Валентинович] 11/14/1969 lieutenant-colonel navigation service navigator 24 14 744336
Cheskidov Konstantin Igorevich [Rus.:Ческидов Константин Игоревич] 12/26/1982 captain navigator 24 15 787198
Vorotynsky Eduard Frantsevich [Rus.:Воротынский Эдуард Францевич] 07/10/1967 major flight engineer 24 12 618872
Yusov Dmitry Ivanovich [Rus.:Юсов Дмитрий Иванович] 09/23/1987 sergeant major senior air radio operator 04 08 433917
Andreyev Nikita Vadimovich [Rus.: Андреев Никита Вадимович] 06/11/1986 senior lieutenant assistant of pilot in command
Balandin Sergey Anatolievich [Rus.: Баландин Сергей Анатольевич] senior lieutenant assistant of pilot in command
Volkov Vladimir Nikolayevich [Rus.: Волков Владимир Николаевич] senior lieutenant assistant of pilot in command
Maslov Evgeniy Igorevich [Rus.: Маслов Евгений Игоревич] senior lieutenant assistant of pilot in command
Masterov Mikhail Alexandrovich [Rus.: Мастеров Михаил Александрович] 29.10/1982 major pilot in command 6304 235519
Matsegor Vladimir Sergeevich [Rus.: Мацегор Владимир Сергеевич] captain assistant of pilot in command
Pestov Mikhail Vasilievich [Rus.: Пестов Михаил Васильевич] 02.04/1987 senior lieutenant navigator корабля
Khrulev Dmitry Mikhailovich [Rus.: Хрулёв Дмитрий Михайлович] 03.06/1982 praporshchik senior flight air radio operator
Barsky Igor Vladimirovich [Rus.: Барский Игорь Владимирович] captain assistant of pilot in command
Borovikov Valery Alexandrovich [Rus.: Боровиков Валерий Александрович] 07/25/1970 major squadron commander of the A-50 air squadron 1504 201593
Gatilov Grigory Alexandrovich [Rus.: Гатилов Григорий Александрович] 06/28/1985 captain assistant of pilot in command
Kartashov Sergey Vitalievich [Rus.: Карташов Сергей Витальевич] 01/24/1968 senior praporshchik senior flight air radio operator 2403 925290
Vinogradov Vyacheslav Vladimirovich [Rus.: Виноградов Вячеслав Владимирович] 10/23/1979 praporshchik senior flight air radio operator 2401 211481
Kvasov Maxim Alexandrovich [Rus.: Квасов Максим Александрович] captain flight navigator 7503 296687
Levchenko Vyacheslav Vladimirovich [Rus.: Левченко Вячеслав Владимирович] 01/09/1986 lieutenant-colonel pilot in command
Metchenko Valentin Sergeevich [Rus.: Левченко Вячеслав Владимирович] 02/01/1983 captain flight navigator 7502 749066
Popov Yury Valerievich [Rus.: Попов Юрий Валерьевич] major pilot in command 6303 557728
Prokudin Alexander Olegovich [Rus.: Прокудин Александр Олегович] 04/29/1984 captain assistant of pilot in command 0305 996195
Solovyov Vladimir Vyacheslavovich [Rus.: Соловьёв Владимир Вячеславович] major flight commander
Anfalov Sergey Anatolievich [Rus.: Анфалов Сергей Анатольевич] 19.04/1973 major flight engineer, flight instructor 2402 733945
Glazunov Sergey Anatolievich [Rus.: Глазунов Сергей Анатольевич] 03/26/1970 lieutenant-colonel air squadron commander 2402 732647
Dolotov Nikolay Vladimirovich [Rus.: Долотов Николай Владимирович] 07/23/1971 major communications officer, senior air radio operator 2403 921219
Korobov Mikhail Valerievich [Rus.: Коробов Михаил Валерьевич] 06/15/1972 major air squadron navigator
Minko Igor Nikolaevich [Rus.: Минько Игорь Николаевич] 12/07/1974 major flight engineer, flight instructor 2402 733944
Polunov Andrey Borisovich [Rus.: Полунов Андрей Борисович] 04/07/1971 senior praporshchik senior flight air radio operator 2402 608399
Pukhov Sergey Vladimirovich [Rus.: Пухов Сергей Владимирович] 07/08/1970 senior praporshchik senior flight air radio operator 2403 811270
Rastorguev Andrey Ivanovich [Rus.: Расторгуев Андрей Иванович] 10/22/1975 captain flight navigator 2404 115918
Simonov Mikhail Yurievich [Rus.: Симонов Михаил Юрьевич] 04/07/1975 major flight navigator 2406 307487
Ustinov Evgeny Petrovich [Rus.: Устинов Евгений Петрович] 08/29/1973 senior praporshchik senior flight air radio operator 2401 302172

In addition to various documents, the mail box of Colonel Rusin contained photos with the officers of the unit liberally consuming alcohol at an internal party, as well as a photo of the so-called “spring ball” of officers with their wives. Below are some photos for your reference.



Conclusion

We went for a simple publication format, without a detailed description of Colonel Rusin’s documents, this time focusing on the identity data of the pilots participating in the aggression against Ukraine.

In terms of the scale of the personnel data leak, Colonel Rusin, the former commander of the 610th Center for Combat Training and Retraining of Military Pilots (military unit 41520), comes very close to Colonel Atroshchenko, the commander of the 960th Assault Aviation Regiment (military unit 75387). Both of these commanders became the sources of large-scale leaks of identifying documents of the most secretive group of Russian officers – members of the air crews directly implicated in committing war crimes, delivering air and missile strikes on civilian targets in Ukraine.

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