Michael Sheldon
@michaelsheldon.bsky.social
Senior Investigator @ CIR
Formerly: Bellingcat, DFRLab
Formerly: Bellingcat, DFRLab
I just learned that callsign "white" (Белый), the commander of the Akhmat unit who in the summer of 2022 "castrated" and murdered a Ukrainian POW, has been reported dead. Happy Vyshyvanka Day.
May 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I just learned that callsign "white" (Белый), the commander of the Akhmat unit who in the summer of 2022 "castrated" and murdered a Ukrainian POW, has been reported dead. Happy Vyshyvanka Day.
If only there was something else Shaheds were better known for.
February 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
If only there was something else Shaheds were better known for.
Tyva seems to heavily favor corrupt officials over war criminals.
November 8, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Tyva seems to heavily favor corrupt officials over war criminals.
In awe at how lame Redut medals are
October 2, 2024 at 7:26 PM
In awe at how lame Redut medals are
Put it into Google Earth to get a sense of where the remaining flights may have headed.
January 15, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Put it into Google Earth to get a sense of where the remaining flights may have headed.
Tracing the video from t.me/CinCAFU/648 gives a slightly better overview of what's what in a pretty chaotic radar image. From my understanding, the green track appears to be the A-50, and blue would likely be the IL-22 heading to emergency land at Anapa.
January 15, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Tracing the video from t.me/CinCAFU/648 gives a slightly better overview of what's what in a pretty chaotic radar image. From my understanding, the green track appears to be the A-50, and blue would likely be the IL-22 heading to emergency land at Anapa.
Western battery hanging out in the same spots.
January 14, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Western battery hanging out in the same spots.
Track marks from the northern site were visible in Sentinel-2 imagery from 01-01.
January 9, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Track marks from the northern site were visible in Sentinel-2 imagery from 01-01.
Looks like the Stroitel S-400 unit recently moved from its usual fields to a different location to the south-west. Snow cover makes the individual components visible even in lower-resolution satellites.
January 9, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Looks like the Stroitel S-400 unit recently moved from its usual fields to a different location to the south-west. Snow cover makes the individual components visible even in lower-resolution satellites.
The new Wagner x Stone Island collab is crazy.
November 28, 2023 at 5:24 AM
The new Wagner x Stone Island collab is crazy.
This location here by Gvardeysk had the most clearly visible change. The northern battery appeared to have completely vacated.
November 11, 2023 at 12:42 AM
This location here by Gvardeysk had the most clearly visible change. The northern battery appeared to have completely vacated.
For the past week I've been monitoring Sentinel-1 imagery for S-400 sites in Kaliningrad, some of which appear to have been at least partially vacated. We have an article in the works that will go into more detail.
November 11, 2023 at 12:42 AM
For the past week I've been monitoring Sentinel-1 imagery for S-400 sites in Kaliningrad, some of which appear to have been at least partially vacated. We have an article in the works that will go into more detail.
"for participation in the Bakhmut meatgrinder"
November 2, 2023 at 4:50 PM
"for participation in the Bakhmut meatgrinder"
Not something you see every day. A Russian soldier with a thermobaric TBG-7VL round (thanks @godin.bsky.social for the ID). Presumably summer 2023 in Zaporizhia oblast.
October 23, 2023 at 10:10 PM
Not something you see every day. A Russian soldier with a thermobaric TBG-7VL round (thanks @godin.bsky.social for the ID). Presumably summer 2023 in Zaporizhia oblast.
Playing around with S1 large scale change detection on Burevestnik AB. Displayed are composites of the mean S1 returns over 180-day periods starting at January 2022 and 2023, respectively.
September 7, 2023 at 6:36 PM
Playing around with S1 large scale change detection on Burevestnik AB. Displayed are composites of the mean S1 returns over 180-day periods starting at January 2022 and 2023, respectively.
Looking at a comparison between September 10 and 30 shots by a PlanetScope Super Dove shows the empty spots left behind by the system.
September 7, 2023 at 2:31 PM
Looking at a comparison between September 10 and 30 shots by a PlanetScope Super Dove shows the empty spots left behind by the system.
Sentinel-1 imagery combined from September 29, October 11, and 23 show much weaker returns at the air defense site.
September 6, 2023 at 11:34 PM
Sentinel-1 imagery combined from September 29, October 11, and 23 show much weaker returns at the air defense site.
The system is also visible here in a composite of Sentinel-1 images from August 7, 12, and 24.
September 6, 2023 at 11:32 PM
The system is also visible here in a composite of Sentinel-1 images from August 7, 12, and 24.
Looking at the S-300V4 site at Burevestnik AB, which was recently reported to have been moved off the Kuril Islands. The systems are clearly visible in Google Earth imagery dating to early August 2022.
english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/08...
english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/08...
September 6, 2023 at 11:31 PM
Looking at the S-300V4 site at Burevestnik AB, which was recently reported to have been moved off the Kuril Islands. The systems are clearly visible in Google Earth imagery dating to early August 2022.
english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/08...
english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/08...
AWS Rekognition gives a high degree of similarity between the picture at Nadezhdin's grave, and the picture in the 47news article.
August 29, 2023 at 7:15 PM
AWS Rekognition gives a high degree of similarity between the picture at Nadezhdin's grave, and the picture in the 47news article.
Another of the graves read Aleksei Viktorovich Nadezhdin, with the apparent birth year of 1978. He was arrested for murder in 2015 after he returned fighting for Russia in Donetsk.
47news.ru/articles/857...
47news.ru/articles/857...
August 29, 2023 at 7:14 PM
Another of the graves read Aleksei Viktorovich Nadezhdin, with the apparent birth year of 1978. He was arrested for murder in 2015 after he returned fighting for Russia in Donetsk.
47news.ru/articles/857...
47news.ru/articles/857...