{"id":7773,"date":"2016-02-20T10:31:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T10:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=7773"},"modified":"2016-02-26T11:29:37","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T11:29:37","slug":"feb20-russian-granat-2-uav","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/feb20-russian-granat-2-uav\/","title":{"rendered":"The Russian \u2018Granat-2\u2019 UAV in Service of the ‘DPR\u2019 Terrorists: Training Camps in Rostov Oblast"},"content":{"rendered":"

The number of reports on the usage of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) by the terrorists in the ATO area has increased recently. On February 10, 2016, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine <\/strong>reported<\/a><\/strong> (UK) that one drone was discovered near Zolote village in Luhansk Oblast and two drones were discovered in the Mariupol and Sartana area (Donetsk Oblast). Earlier, on February 7, 2016, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine <\/strong>informed<\/a><\/strong> (UK) about five UAVs spotted near Mariupol and one in the area of Krasna Talivka in Luhansk Oblast.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In view of the increased activity of terrorist forces’ UAVs, the intelligence volunteers of the InformNapalm international community decided to conduct additional exploration and identification of sources of origin of the UAV specialists in the ranks of the illegal armed formations. So, during the investigation,\u00a0the commander of a \u2018DPR\u2019 unit has been identified. He has been trained at the military camp of the Russian Armed Forces in Rostov Oblast.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aleksandr <\/strong>(Alex Kola<\/a>, presumably Aleksander Vdovenko, the\u00a0archived profile<\/a> and photo album<\/a>), as he says, is a \u2018volunteer\u2019 from Russia with former call sign \u2018Terek\u2019. Since July of 2014, Aleksandr is a member of an illegal armed formation, he was seen in the battles in Shakhtarsk, Nikishyne, Fashchivka<\/a>, Vuhlehirsk, Kruhlyk<\/a>, etc. You can find more details in the video<\/a>:\"Video\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Mius\"<\/a>\u00a0\"Ugl\"<\/a>\"Uglegorsk\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In December of 2014 Aleksandr appeared in a photo<\/strong><\/a> with geolocation <\/strong>in the territory of Kuzminskiy training area<\/strong><\/a> in Rostov Oblast with titled\u00a0\u2018Study\u2019 and <\/strong>photo<\/strong><\/a> of the \u2018Granat-2\u2019 UAV with the caption \u2018Our swallows\u2019.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Bpla<\/a><\/span>\"Bpla<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

For reference:
\n“During the exercises conducted by the Russian Ministry of Defense it was\u00a0proven that the usage of the \u2018Granat-2\u2019 UAV complex, developed by the \u2018Izhmash\u2019 LLC, allows to reduce the time between\u00a0detection of a hypothetical aggressor’s\u00a0targets and\u00a0their disposal. \u2018Granat-2\u2019 is a handheld complex of a remote monitoring and backhauling designed for the aerial reconnaissance by using photo-, video- and thermovision equipment at any time of the day or night at a distance up to\u00a015 kilometers” (the source<\/a> and archive<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Bpla<\/a><\/p>\n

A photo filmed by the UAV and a message in his profile in the social network confirmed that the Aleksandr\u2019s detachment was engaged in the aerial reconnaissance.<\/strong>\u00a0When the propagandist Graham Phillips began to publish video, which had been recorded by the drones, Aleksandr wrote<\/a>: \u2018Graham gets higher and higher\u2026. it is time to take him in our team\u2019<\/strong>.\"Bpla<\/a><\/span>\"Bpla<\/a>During the winter campaign, Aleksandr was in a special UAV unit, which is described in the video uploaded in February of 2016.<\/p>\n