A Russian missile 🇷🇺 killed at least three Ukrainian citizens 🇺🇦 on April 16 in Kyiv.

 

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A Russian missile 🇷🇺 killed at least three Ukrainian citizens 🇺🇦 on April 16 in Kyiv.

This was NO ordinary attack: it was initiated by volunteers using #OSINT 🔎.

Investigation on ☠️ KILLER COORDINATES 📍

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#Verification 📸🎥
#GeoLocation 🌍
#HowToOSINT 🧐 

This missile strike in the east of Kyiv almost completely destroyed a warehouse.

Satellite imagery from @planet shows how the surrounding buildings were not damaged, indicating a precision bombing. 2/… 

@mentions@planet 🇷🇺 The spokesman of the Russian army, Igor Konashenkov, stated that “a high-precision long-range aerial weapon had destroyed the production building of a tank factory in Kyiv (...)”. 3/… 

@mentions@planet 🇺🇦 Photos on a Ukrainian news site showed three bodies at the site of the impact: gazeta.ua/ru/articles/ki…

Possibly even five civilians died. Ukrainian President Zelensky posthumously awarded five employees of 'the Kyiv armoured factory' a decoration. 4/… 

@mentions@planet WHY was that warehouse hit❓
HOW was the location of the target determined❓
And WHO is responsible for these deaths❓

Our international team of journalists (@Techjournalisto, @ArchitMeta , @amra_dorjbayar, @AlbertoOlivie13 and @akhmxt ) used #OSINT 👇 fo find answers. 5/… 

@mentions@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt On 7 April, nine days before the attack, the Ukrainian TV channel 1+1 broadcast a report on the military repair facility. 📺

Ukrainian TV viewers saw how confiscated Russian tanks were repaired and converted to serve the Ukrainian army 🪖. 6/…

@mentions@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt The report only showed images of the inside of the warehouse. Therefore it did not immediately seem possible to determine the location. 🗺️🤔

BUT the video was eagerly shared on social media like Reddit (left) and on Russian VKontakte (right). 7/… 

@mentions@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt And so the images ended up with voluntary Russian OSINT researchers: Rybar, an anonymous #Telegram channel with 500K followers.

Rybar means 'fisherman' and claims to be fishing for 'interesting information' through #OSINT. 🎣 8/… 

@mentions@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt Two days before the strike Rybar posted it had found the location of the building📍: “This location is definitely worth sending several missiles to.” 🔥

We see screenshots of the 1+1-report 🟥, the location on satellite images 🟦, and even the exact GPS coordinates 🟩. 9/… 

@mentions@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt This 👇 is how they could have found the location starting from the 1+1 report via #OSINT. 10/… 

@mentions@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt Rybar claimed his part in the deadly attack: "On 14 April, our team located a military vehicle repair shop (...) During the night of 15-16 April, the installation was destroyed. It is perhaps the best confirmation of the practical usefulness of our work." 11/…

@mentions@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt The military impact of the rocket attack was limited. Experts call it a “propaganda attack”.

Footage shows that at least three armoured vehicles were present in the building when it was destroyed. The building had only space for a dozen vehicles. 12/… 

@mentions@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt One of these vehicles was also present when 1+1 went there to shoot the report in tempore non suspecto.

If we compare visual elements in the video after the destruction of the building (incision) with a vehicle from the 1+1 report, they match (🟥🟨🟩). 13/… 

@mentions@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt OSINT has a real impact on the battlefield.

🇺🇦Not surprisingly, Ukrainian rules for war journalists are strict. A decree forbids journalists, among other things, to publish "descriptions, images and symbols that identify or could identify military facilities". 14/… 

@mentions@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt The owner of the warehouse, the Ukrainian military state company Ukroboronprom, also has a responsibility.

The journalist of 1+1 had to obtain permission to film in the warehouse from this man. 15/… 

@mentions@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt So mistakes were certainly made on the Ukrainian side.

BUT without Rybar's OSINT investigation, the TV report might have slipped past the Russian army. 📍

Rybar says it has more than 150 volunteer #OSINT researchers. 16/…

@mentions@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt Rybar has published over 150 coordinates, including potential targets as aid collection points in Ukraine.

🚫It seems to violate the terms of service of Telegram, which prohibit “promote violence on publicly viewable Telegram channels”: telegram.org/tos 17/…

@mentions@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt Rybar receives donations via crypto-currency to an account number in Moscow. 🇷🇺 🤑

More info on the donations in this infograph by @Techjournalisto 👇 18/… 

@mentions@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt CONCLUSION: Journalists, civilians and soldiers sharing sensitive info online can be dangerous. ⚠️

An OSINT army on the other side of the front is ready to point out targets. 📍

Documenting AND initiating acts of war: it can be done with the same #OSINT techniques. 19/… 

@mentions@planet @Techjournalisto @ArchitMeta @amra_dorjbayar @AlbertoOlivie13 @akhmxt @GeoConfirmed There is more… 🔜

Tomorrow PART 2⃣ of our investigation in a new 🧵 on this account (@brechtcastel). Stay tuned. 21/… 

UPDATE: Someone shares a similar video of another location where Russian captured tanks are stored today.

This 🧵 is posted as a reaction to warn the person who uploaded to NOT share this kind of footage. 👍 

This story isn't over. 👇👇👇

Read PART TWO of ☠️ KILLER COORDINATES 📍 here:

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