[ad_1]
Russian forces in Kharkiv have accidentally taken out their own secure communications systems by destroying the 3G towers they depend on, it has been reported.
Ukraine‘s military has shared an intercepted call captured as a result, reporting the death of Major General Vitaly Gerasimov to someone identified as a senior Russian intelligence officer by Bellingcat’s Christo Grozev.
The incident is the latest evidence of the technological and equipment challenges facing Russia‘s invasion force, as indicated by photographs of civilian radios and abandoned and captured vehicles.
Key developments:
• Zelenskyy accuses Russia of violating earlier humanitarian corridors
• Ukrainian president will make ‘historic address’ to British MPs later
• Russia has warned it could cut its gas supplies to the West through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline
• Talks between Ukraine and Russia held in Belarus
• New laws to help target Russian oligarchs pass Commons
NATO may have to fight Russia ‘now or later’ – Ukraine war live updates
What happened?
Ukrainian military intelligence said that Maj Gen Gerasimov, chief of staff of the 41st Army, was killed outside of Kharkiv.
The country’s second largest city – located in the east, just 30km south from the Russian border – has been under heavy Russian bombardment.
Ukraine shared what the military said was an intercepted conversation between two FSB officers discussing his death and complaining about their secure communications system being down.
Maj Gen Vitaly Gerasimov shares his surname with Valery Gerasimov, the head of the Russian armed forces, although it has not been confirmed whether the two are related.
A map showing Russian locations as of Monday, 7 March
The intercepted conversation
Mr Grozev said he had…
[ad_2]
Source : skynews
