INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A secret Russian military unit staffed by dozens of mostly young engineers and IT professionals is behind the selection of targets for
deadly missile strikes in Ukraine, according to an independent investigationpublished Tuesday.According to the investigative group
Bellingcat, independent Russian news website The Insider and German weekly Der Spiegel, at least 33 military engineers work at the
little-known Main Computation Center of the General Staff (GVTs).They are reportedly broken down into three 10-person teams responsible for
sea-, air- and ground-launched cruise missiles and working from secure command centers in Moscow and St
simulation of the complete flight path from launch site to target
The resulting flight path plan as well as the algorithm for course adjustments based on various inputs is loaded by the programmers onto a
in phone calls from alleged GVTs members to their superiors and missile strikes on Ukraine in the days that followed
The calls correlated with deadly attacks onMarch 13,Sept
10.In the biggest wave of Russian strikes, from Oct
named as GVTs director is Maj
Robert Baranov, the joint investigative team reported.All 33 members of the secret unit were said to have registered their residences and
national who cooperates with the outlets or cites their work faces criminal prosecution.
