{"id":16109,"date":"2020-12-03T13:32:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T13:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=16109"},"modified":"2020-12-03T13:33:03","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T13:33:03","slug":"russian-military-uav-shot-down-in-the-war-zone-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-military-uav-shot-down-in-the-war-zone-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian military UAV shot down in the war zone (Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Russian military unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Granat-1, which is part of the new Russian artillery reconnaissance system Navodchik-2, was shot down on November 29, 2020 over the zone of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) in Donbas. This was reported on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pressjfo.news\/posts\/1009948916164391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the JFO&#8217;s official Facebook page<\/a> with a photo of the downed UAV.<\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25055 size-full\" title=\"\u0413\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0442-1\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/1-4.jpg\" alt=\"\u0413\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0442-1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"929\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25056 size-full\" title=\"\u0413\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0442-1\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\u0413\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0442-1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" \/><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Video footage from the downed UAV<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmilinua%2Fvideos%2F390575635475103%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=642\" width=\"642\" height=\"314\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Navodchik-2 system<\/h2>\n<p>On November 19, 2020, InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/advanced-russian-ew-system-navodchik-2-spotted-in-donbas-for-the-first-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published exclusive images<\/a> and additional facts about the ground control station of the newest Russian Navodchik-2 system, which featured for the first time in the official reports of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) on November 14, 2020. The system was spotted in the Luhansk Oblast, 12 km from the line of contact, approximate coordinates:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/48\u00b031'40.2%22N+39\u00b024'01.6%22E\/@48.5277953,39.399267,362m\/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d48.52783!4d39.400453\">48\u00b031\u201940.2\u2033N 39\u00b024\u201901.6\u2033E<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/osce.jpg\" width=\"642\" height=\"366\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Granat-1, UAV<\/h2>\n<p>Back in 2015, InformNapalm <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/novorossiya-miners-use-russian-granat-drones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">established the use of the Granat-1 and Granat-2 UAVs<\/a> by the units of the Russian occupation forces in the Donbas. The use of these types of Russian military UAVs was detected in a propaganda video story of the Novorossia.TV channel. It is known that the Russian Army used these UAVs during the hostilities near Debaltseve in February 2015.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2222222222222222222222222222.jpg\" width=\"642\" height=\"365\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-content content\">\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-xoMHuzEWvs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official data<\/a>, on April 2, 2017, a Russian Granat-1 UAV was shot down and retrieved in the area of the Svitlodarsk bulge. Parts of the device bore markings of the FSB of the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n<h2>Background information:<\/h2>\n<p>Granat-1 is a Russian short-range flying-wing UAV, with a range of up to 10 km. It is designed to conduct aerial reconnaissance and provide targeting coordinates for firepower assets. The payload includes a digital camera and a rotary video module with a color video camera. Launch method: hand launching. Capable of making photo, video and thermal footage. Data is transmitted via a digital radio link. The UAV is part of the modern Russian system Navodchik-2.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth mentioning that various modern Russian UAV and EW systems often fall into the focus of OSINT investigations by the InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community and feature on the OSCE SMM reports from Donbas. They constitute direct and irrefutable evidence of the Russian military aggression against Ukraine. As of 2020, there are established facts of the deployment in the Donbas of a number of different types of Russian military UAVs, in particular Granat-1, Granat-2, Granat-4, Forpost, Orlan-10, Eleron -3SV, Takhion and Zastava.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/db\/russian-aggression\/#lang=en&amp;page=m_equip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16111 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/12\/8types.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1211\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/12\/8types.jpg 1211w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/12\/8types-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/12\/8types-1024x478.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/12\/8types-768x358.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1211px) 100vw, 1211px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Update as of December 02, 2020<\/h2>\n<p>Three militants of the hybrid Russian occupation forces who were captured by the UAV&#8217;s video camera before its launch could be identified with a high degree of probability.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ident3new.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49572\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ident3new.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1211\" height=\"901\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They are listed in the database of the Myrotvorets Center as local collaborators of the Russian occupation forces in the Donbas, members of illegal armed formations engaged in aerial reconnaissance.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/myrotvorets.center\/criminal\/churakov-pavel-ivanovich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pavlo Churakov<\/a>, callsign Voron.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/myrotvorets.center\/criminal\/negrij-andrej-vladimirovich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andriy Negriy<\/a>, call sign Nick.<\/li>\n<li>(not identified)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/myrotvorets.center\/criminal\/zvyagincev-vladimir-aleksandrovich-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Volodymyr Zviagintsev.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The composition of the group consisting of the local mercenaries explains why the UAV which was shot down on November 29, 2020 in the JFO zone had red stars on it. Militants usually have a lower level of military discipline than the personnel of the Russian Army and sometimes modify their equipment applying Soviet symbols to it.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Militants were identified with the help of OSINT investigator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/666_mancer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Necro Mancer<\/a> and the use of the Identigraf automated face recognition software of the Myrotvorets Center.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>OSINT investigator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/askai707\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@askai707<\/a> also drew our attention to certain technical features in the design of the downed UAV suggesting that this is a modification of the modern Russian military UAV ZALA 421-08, which differs from the Granat-1 modification, but is similar to it in terms performance and specification.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/\u0437\u0430\u043b\u0430.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49573\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/\u0437\u0430\u043b\u0430.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1183\" height=\"815\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, the second removable camera from the ZALA 421-08 kit was captured in the video.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/\u0437\u0430\u043b\u04302.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49574\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/\u0437\u0430\u043b\u04302.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let us recall that another Russian ZALA 421-08 was shot down by the Ukrainian military <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnbo.gov.ua\/ua\/Diialnist\/1711.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on June 29, 2014<\/a> near the village of Biryukove, Luhansk Oblast, 4 km away from the border with the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n<p>On July 8, 2020, the newest Russian multipurpose armored vehicle <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-multipurpose-armored-vehicle-tigr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tigr, part the MK-BLA-01 aerial reconnaissance system<\/a>, was also spotted in the Donbas. The armored cabin of the car has special containers for transporting UAVs of two modifications: Strekoza (Dragonfly, type <strong>ZALA 421-08<\/strong>) and Lastochka (Swallow, type ZALA 421-04M).<\/p>\n<h2>Read more from InformNapalm<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/proofs-of-the-russian-aggression-informnapalm-releases-extensive-database-of-evidence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Proofs of the Russian Aggression: InformNapalm releases extensive database of evidence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russia-lost-zastava-drone-in-donbas-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Russia lost another modern Zastava drone in Donbas: list of military units operating this UAV<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/osce-pa-representatives-receive-publications-on-occupation-of-crimea-during-us-elections-monitoring-photo-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OSCE PA Representatives Receive Publications on Occupation of Crimea During US Elections Monitoring<\/a> PHOTO REPORT)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/modern-russian-electronic-warfare-systems-spotted-in-donbas-again-photo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Modern Russian electronic warfare systems spotted in Donbas again (PHOTO)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/militants-cover-up-russian-ew-assets-in-donbas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Militants cover up Russian EW assets in Donbas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-weight: 300;\" href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/exact-coordinates-of-location-with-newest-russian-ew-systems-in-donbas-established\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exact coordinates of location with newest Russian EW systems in Donbas established<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft ls-is-cached lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/%D1%81%D1%81.jpg\" width=\"121\" height=\"58\" data-src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/%D1%81%D1%81.jpg\" \/><\/strong>This publication was prepared specially for InformNapalm. 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This was reported on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pressjfo.news\/posts\/1009948916164391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the JFO's official Facebook page<\/a> with a photo of the downed UAV.\r\n<h2><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25055 size-full\" title=\"\u0413\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0442-1\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/1-4.jpg\" alt=\"\u0413\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0442-1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"929\" \/><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25056 size-full\" title=\"\u0413\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0442-1\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\u0413\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0442-1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" \/><\/h2>\r\n<strong>Video footage from the downed UAV<\/strong>\r\n<iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmilinua%2Fvideos%2F390575635475103%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=642\" width=\"642\" height=\"314\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe>\r\n<h2>Navodchik-2 system<\/h2>\r\nOn November 19, 2020, InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/advanced-russian-ew-system-navodchik-2-spotted-in-donbas-for-the-first-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published exclusive images<\/a> and additional facts about the ground control station of the newest Russian Navodchik-2 system, which featured for the first time in the official reports of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) on November 14, 2020. The system was spotted in the Luhansk Oblast, 12 km from the line of contact, approximate coordinates:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/48\u00b031'40.2%22N+39\u00b024'01.6%22E\/@48.5277953,39.399267,362m\/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d48.52783!4d39.400453\">48\u00b031\u201940.2\u2033N 39\u00b024\u201901.6\u2033E<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/osce.jpg\" width=\"642\" height=\"366\" \/>\r\n<h2>Granat-1, UAV<\/h2>\r\nBack in 2015, InformNapalm <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/novorossiya-miners-use-russian-granat-drones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">established the use of the Granat-1 and Granat-2 UAVs<\/a> by the units of the Russian occupation forces in the Donbas. The use of these types of Russian military UAVs was detected in a propaganda video story of the Novorossia.TV channel. It is known that the Russian Army used these UAVs during the hostilities near Debaltseve in February 2015.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2222222222222222222222222222.jpg\" width=\"642\" height=\"365\" \/>\r\n<div class=\"page-content content\">\r\n\r\nAccording to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-xoMHuzEWvs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official data<\/a>, on April 2, 2017, a Russian Granat-1 UAV was shot down and retrieved in the area of the Svitlodarsk bulge. Parts of the device bore markings of the FSB of the Russian Federation.\r\n<h2>Background information:<\/h2>\r\nGranat-1 is a Russian short-range flying-wing UAV, with a range of up to 10 km. It is designed to conduct aerial reconnaissance and provide targeting coordinates for firepower assets. The payload includes a digital camera and a rotary video module with a color video camera. Launch method: hand launching. Capable of making photo, video and thermal footage. Data is transmitted via a digital radio link. The UAV is part of the modern Russian system Navodchik-2.\r\n\r\nIt is worth mentioning that various modern Russian UAV and EW systems often fall into the focus of OSINT investigations by the InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community and feature on the OSCE SMM reports from Donbas. They constitute direct and irrefutable evidence of the Russian military aggression against Ukraine. As of 2020, there are established facts of the deployment in the Donbas of a number of different types of Russian military UAVs, in particular Granat-1, Granat-2, Granat-4, Forpost, Orlan-10, Eleron -3SV, Takhion and Zastava.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/db\/russian-aggression\/#lang=en&amp;page=m_equip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16111 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/12\/8types.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1211\" height=\"565\" \/><\/a>\r\n<h2>Update as of December 02, 2020<\/h2>\r\nThree militants of the hybrid Russian occupation forces who were captured by the UAV's video camera before its launch could be identified with a high degree of probability.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ident3new.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49572\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ident3new.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1211\" height=\"901\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThey are listed in the database of the Myrotvorets Center as local collaborators of the Russian occupation forces in the Donbas, members of illegal armed formations engaged in aerial reconnaissance.\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/myrotvorets.center\/criminal\/churakov-pavel-ivanovich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pavlo Churakov<\/a>, callsign Voron.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/myrotvorets.center\/criminal\/negrij-andrej-vladimirovich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andriy Negriy<\/a>, call sign Nick.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>(not identified)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/myrotvorets.center\/criminal\/zvyagincev-vladimir-aleksandrovich-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Volodymyr Zviagintsev.<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nThe composition of the group consisting of the local mercenaries explains why the UAV which was shot down on November 29, 2020 in the JFO zone had red stars on it. Militants usually have a lower level of military discipline than the personnel of the Russian Army and sometimes modify their equipment applying Soviet symbols to it.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\nMilitants were identified with the help of OSINT investigator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/666_mancer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Necro Mancer<\/a> and the use of the Identigraf automated face recognition software of the Myrotvorets Center.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\nOSINT investigator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/askai707\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@askai707<\/a> also drew our attention to certain technical features in the design of the downed UAV suggesting that this is a modification of the modern Russian military UAV ZALA 421-08, which differs from the Granat-1 modification, but is similar to it in terms performance and specification.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/\u0437\u0430\u043b\u0430.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49573\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/\u0437\u0430\u043b\u0430.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1183\" height=\"815\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nAlso, the second removable camera from the ZALA 421-08 kit was captured in the video.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/\u0437\u0430\u043b\u04302.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49574\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/\u0437\u0430\u043b\u04302.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nLet us recall that another Russian ZALA 421-08 was shot down by the Ukrainian military <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnbo.gov.ua\/ua\/Diialnist\/1711.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on June 29, 2014<\/a> near the village of Biryukove, Luhansk Oblast, 4 km away from the border with the Russian Federation.\r\n\r\nOn July 8, 2020, the newest Russian multipurpose armored vehicle <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-multipurpose-armored-vehicle-tigr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tigr, part the MK-BLA-01 aerial reconnaissance system<\/a>, was also spotted in the Donbas. The armored cabin of the car has special containers for transporting UAVs of two modifications: Strekoza (Dragonfly, type <strong>ZALA 421-08<\/strong>) and Lastochka (Swallow, type ZALA 421-04M).\r\n<h2>Read more from InformNapalm<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/proofs-of-the-russian-aggression-informnapalm-releases-extensive-database-of-evidence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Proofs of the Russian Aggression: InformNapalm releases extensive database of evidence<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russia-lost-zastava-drone-in-donbas-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Russia lost another modern Zastava drone in Donbas: list of military units operating this UAV<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/osce-pa-representatives-receive-publications-on-occupation-of-crimea-during-us-elections-monitoring-photo-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OSCE PA Representatives Receive Publications on Occupation of Crimea During US Elections Monitoring<\/a> PHOTO REPORT)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/modern-russian-electronic-warfare-systems-spotted-in-donbas-again-photo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Modern Russian electronic warfare systems spotted in Donbas again (PHOTO)<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/militants-cover-up-russian-ew-assets-in-donbas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Militants cover up Russian EW assets in Donbas<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a style=\"font-weight: 300;\" href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/exact-coordinates-of-location-with-newest-russian-ew-systems-in-donbas-established\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exact coordinates of location with newest Russian EW systems in Donbas established<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h5><strong><img class=\"alignleft ls-is-cached lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/%D1%81%D1%81.jpg\" width=\"121\" height=\"58\" data-src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/10\/%D1%81%D1%81.jpg\" \/><\/strong>This publication was prepared specially for InformNapalm. 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