{"id":16539,"date":"2021-03-22T13:53:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T13:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=16539"},"modified":"2021-03-22T13:53:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T13:53:24","slug":"russian-radars-in-ukraine-can-be-verified-with-satellite-imagery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-radars-in-ukraine-can-be-verified-with-satellite-imagery\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian radars in Ukraine can be verified with satellite imagery"},"content":{"rendered":"

We republish the analytical review<\/a> first published on the The Atlantic Council\u2019s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab)<\/em> website on March 11, 2021. The analytical review was prepared by Michael Sheldon<\/a>.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

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Russian radars detected in eastern Ukraine<\/strong><\/h2>\n

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission reports of Russian radars in Ukraine can be verified with satellite imagery<\/h2>\n

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Source:\u00a0Google Earth,\u00a0<\/em>InformNapalm<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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On February 24, 2021, international volunteer community InformNapalm<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>published<\/a>\u00a0imagery of a Russian Kasta-2E1 radar operating in the non-government-controlled area (NGCA) of eastern Ukraine. The imagery was taken by a \u201cmini-UAV\u201d belonging to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Special Monitoring Mission (OSCE SMM) to Ukraine.<\/p>\n

This was the first OSCE SMM imagery of Russian radars in eastern Ukraine to be made public. The SMM detailed the encounter in daily report\u00a038\/2021<\/a>, in which it described observing a 51U6 Kasta-2E1 target and acquisition radar in addition to artillery pieces at the training area near Buhaivka. Using past OSCE SMM reports, the DFRLab found other radar sites throughout non-government-controlled Ukraine. Mapping out these additional positions paints a more complete picture of the extent of Russian radar deployment in non-government-controlled eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n

These surveillance radars are likely manned by Russian service personnel and are often observed at sites with Russian electronic warfare vehicles. They are probably used to aid detection of Ukrainian and OSCE SMM drones.<\/p>\n

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Map visualizing the location of four reported radar sites in non-government-controlled areas along the line of contact. (Source:\u00a0<\/em>@Michael1Sheldon<\/em><\/a>\/DFRLab)<\/em><\/p>\n

InformNapalm\u2019<\/em>s article showed a single Kasta-2E1 radar at a well-known training area near Buhaivka. This training area often appears in OSCE SMM reporting for having heavy weapons in violation of withdrawal lines as outlined in the February 2015 Minsk II agreements. According to the agreements, heavy weapons of a caliber over 100mm in NGCA must be pulled back 25km in accordance with the Minsk I Memorandum as of September 19, 2014. Radars like the Kasta-2E1 are not in and of themselves subject to the Minsk Agreements.<\/p>\n

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Volunteers of #InformNapalm<\/a> received an exclusive visual proof of the reports about the first official sighting of the #Russian<\/a> 51U6 Kasta-2E1 radar station in the occupied part of the #Ukrainian<\/a> #Donbas<\/a>.
\nCoordinates 48\u00b024\u201950.2\u2033N 38\u00b052\u201936.9\u2033E.https:\/\/t.co\/KBxsVV01As<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/aw28fQXhhj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 InformNapalm (@InformNapalm) February 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n