Friday, August 7, 2015
8:05 AM PDT
Ukrainian border
guards downed Russian "Zastava” drone, also known as Israeli "Bird
Eye 400,” worth $2 million.
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| Russian "Zastava" UAV (Bird Eye 400) downed in |
(Censor.NET) --- Ukrainian border guards
shot down a Russian "Zastava” drone which had been collecting information
on positions of the Ukrainian army. The drone has flown 1.5 km into the
territory of the Luhansk region, about 25 kilometers off the demarcation line
with the so-called “Luhansk People’s Republic.”
The drone is in
fact an Israeli "Bird Eye 400" manufactured in Russia
according to a contract signed with the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in
2012. The cost of this UAV is $2 million, Censor.NET reports with reference to
Informnapalm.
Ukrainian State Border
Service has published photos of the Russian drone on their website dpsu.gov.ua
and a video on their YouTube channel.
The drone was seen
between the villages of Herasymivka (Ukraine )
and Ushakovka (Russian
Federation ).
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Russian "Zastava" UAV was shot down 25 kilometers
from the demarcation line
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Another drone that Russia lost on
the Ukrainian territory on May 21, 2015 was also produced under the contract
with the Israeli company. See
details here: Ukrainian Army shot down a Russian
UAV FORPOST valued at 6 million USD. Technical characteristics of the drone can
be found here: Bird Eye 400.
The maximum flight
range of the UVA is 15 kilometers, maximum flight time is 80 minutes, it is
powered by a battery.
Israeli drones
"Zastava" and " Forpost " are produced by the Russian
company JSC Ural Civil Aviation Factory, uwca.ru. The photographs published by
the Ukrainian State Border Service clearly show the logo and the name of the
Russian company as well as the serial number of the UAV, which is 355. The
plate also features the type of UAV, " Zastava ".
Manufacturer details
and serial number of the "Zastava" UAV.
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| Some information is removed from the pictures of the Russian "Zastava" UAV. |
For some reason,
certain information was removed from the photos before being published by the
Ukrainian border guards. See pic below.
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The battery Israel Amicell - Amit Industries Ltd. is
featured on the Russian "Zastava"UAV.
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The inscriptions on
the battery and antenna were removed. These components are not produced in Russia but
supplied by Israeli companies. The UAV battery is manufactured by Amicell -
Amit Industries Ltd.
We found a detailed
picture of the Israeli UAV that has been used by the Russian intelligence since
2011.
As you can see, the
Amicell logo and other data on the battery can help to identify the manufacturer.
On April 6, 2015,
the Russian Ministry of Defense announced a tender searching for a company that
could provide maintenance for two types of UAV - "Zastava" and
"Forpost". The details of the tender conditions can be found at http:
//zakupki.gov.ru.
According to the
information published in the tender, there have been 10 "Forpost" and
27 "Zastava" drones in
- m/u 20924 (Kolomna, Moscow
region): "Forpost" - 2 , "Zastava" - 1;
- m/u 30866 (Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad region): "Forpost" - 2;
- m/u 44936 (Budennovsk, Stavropol
region and Mozdok, Republic
of North Ossetia
- m/u 49324 (Severomorsk, Murmansk region) - "Forpost" - 2;
- m/u 69262 (Elizarovo, Kamchatka
region) - "Forpost" - 2;
- m/u 04436 (Gyumri ,
Armenia
- m/u 20634 (Vladikavkaz, Republic of North Ossetia
- m/u 63354 (Buynaksk, Dagestan Republic
- m/u 41659 (Aleysk, Altai Region) - "Zastava" -
3;
- m/u 12128 (Totskoe, Chelyabinsk
region) - "Zastava" - 2";
- m/u 01162 (Dushanbe ,
Tajikistan
- m/u 05812 (Iturup, Kuril Islands) and m/u 51460 (Khabarovsk ) -
"Zastava" - 4";
- m/u 71289 (Ussuriysk, Primorsky Krai) -
"Zastava" - 2;
- m/u 08275 (Pechenega, Murmansk region) - "Zastava" - 3;
- m/u 02511 (Kamenka, St. Peterbourg area) - "Zastava"
- 2;
- m/u 90151 (Gusev, Kaliningrad
region) - "Zastava" - 3.
According to the
available information, the cost of maintenance of one "Forpost"
should not exceed 5,243,568.23 rubles, and of one "Zastava " - no
more than 779,228.63 rubles.
Friday, August 7, 2015
7:58 AM PDT
Fragments of Russian
Buk- M1-2 missile body are identical to fragments from MH17 wreckage, - expert
report
(Censor.NET) --- Body fragments of the
Russian anti-aircraft missile Buk- M1-2 were identified during examination of
the wreck from the crash scene. Similar fragments of missiles were extracted
from the wings and body parts of the airliner.
According to
Censor.NET sources close to the investigation into the downing of the Malaysian
Boeing, chemical analysis proved the identity of these fragments.
The examination of
the fragments of the antiaircraft missile continues in The Hague .
"Russia is
preparing itself for the final battle to change the results of the
investigation of the Boeing crash. A group of Russian experts from the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is going to visit The Hague to prove that
the launch of the deadly AA missile was made not from the vicinity of Snizhne
but from some other location.
"The
ballistics experts from Ukraine
will be also defending their conclusions in the ICAO.
"The Hague awaits Putin.
His chance to follow Gaddafi's destiny is constantly increasing,"
Censor.NET Chief Editor Yurii Butusov wrote on Facebook.
Friday, August 7, 2015
4:00 AM PDT
Two Ukrainian soldiers
killed in ATO area in past 24 hours
Spokesman for the
Presidential Administration on ATO, Colonel Andriy Lysenko said this at a
briefing, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
"Two Ukrainian
servicemen were killed, seven soldiers were injured over the past day," he
said.
Friday, August 7, 2015
4:00 AM PDT
Situation in Ukraine
The map reflecting
the situation in Donbas as of 12.00 on August
7 has been released by the information and analytical center of the Ukrainian
National Security and Defense Council.
Friday, August 7, 2015
2:30 AM PDT
Three Ukrainian
soldiers released from captivity
Spokesman of the
Ukrainian President Sviatoslav Tseholko reported this on Twitter.
"Three
Ukrainian soldiers have been released from captivity in the so-called
DPR," the statement said.
Earlier, it was
reported that the Security Service of Ukraine handed over to
"self-proclaimed republics" the lists of 183 citizens of Ukraine to
release from captivity of the militants.
Thursday, August 6, 2015
22:28 PDT
Aug. 6, Donbas rebels opened fire 109 times
(Zik)
--- The situation in Donbas aggravated significantly in the second half of
Aug. 6, Ukraine
army reports Aug. 7 in Facebook.
Since 18.00 through
midnight, the Russian/rebel troops subjected no non-stop shelling our positions
near Donetsk .
“After 20.00,
the enemy twice shelled Avdijyvka using 120-mm mortars. Enemy tanks fired at
Opytne positions and later at Avdijyvka again.
Since 18.00 through
24.00, the enemy shelled Ukraine
army positions near Pisky 7 times, using 120-mm mortars and then, at 22.00
opened artillery fire using 122-guns.
Near Troyitske, the
enemy used Grad missile batteries to shell the area – openly disregarding the Minsk agreements.
The situation was
quiet near Mariupol, interrupted only 2 times by the busts of small fire.
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