Translated from Ukrainian from the Telegram account of Боец Анархист (Militant Anarchist), 18 April 2022
Today, information was received about the fire of a mast of a cell phone antenna in the village of Belomestnoye (Belgorod region) in the night of April 17-18. This village is located in Russia, thirty kilometers from the Ukrainian border just north of Kharkiv. The action was planned and carried out by the Anarchist Fighting-Slobozhanshchina group (БОАК-Слобожанщина).
The cables that ensured the operation of the relay antenna were set on fire using rags soaked in an incendiary mixture.
The attack on cell phone towers in the border areas not only causes economic damage to the Russian Federation as a whole (particularly important following the sanctions and the difficulties of buying new equipment), but also disrupts communications between the police and military forces. Since the Georgian war in 2008 (when a tank column heading to Gori was at a standstill, and was only able to move forward because an officer with a cell phone reached it in a vehicle, as the army’s communications were not working), it is no longer a secret that due to the misappropriation of funds, including from the army, the military and police often have to fill their security gaps using civilian resources.
A photo and video recording of the attack was made to perform an analysis of its preparation and execution, and then decisions were made to improve its effectiveness in the future. Stay in touch, there will be many more interesting things 🙂
Also note that the attack was carried out under the threat of the anti-terrorist law in effect in the territory of the Belgorod region, which did not stop the partisans.
in an incendiary mixture.