OSINT: "Brown Moses" & Bellingcat (merged thread)

[AdamG]

A group of crowd-funded citizen journalists seem to have located a training camp for the militant group ISIL using only online mapping services and some old-fashioned detective work. Bellingcat, which raised almost £51,000 ($85,000) to do its own unique form of journalism, was founded by Eliot Higgins, who became famous (and was profiled by the New Yorker) for proving Syria was using chemical weapons from his bedroom in Leicester, England using only images and videos available online. His team includes a mix of bloggers, research analysts, and traditional reporters.

http://www.defenseone.com/technology...g-camps/92267/

[davidbfpo]

A twenty-five minute video, mainly PPT, which explains how Brown Moses works:https://bellingcat.com/resources/art...onflict-zones/

[davidbfpo]

'Brown Moses' aka Eliot Higgins has been working on the MH17 shoot down again, supplying help to the police investigation and the Australian version of 'Sixty Minutes'. The later's report is available via:http://www.9news.com.au/world/2015/0...uction-of-mh17

YouTube links found by Outlaw09 have been disabled due to copyright claims.

A short 4.5 minute interview with Eliot once more reveals how much can be found and verified from open source video:http://www.9jumpin.com.au/show/60min...4240894610001/

Note within the Ukraine: non-military thread are a number of posts on how the MH17 investigation has gone. Yes they are not easy to find, so this post has been added for reference.

[OUTLAW 09]

'Brown Moses' aka Eliot Higgins has been working on the MH17 shoot down again, supplying help to the police investigation and the Australian version of 'Sixty Minutes'. The later's report is available via:http://www.9news.com.au/world/2015/0...uction-of-mh17

YouTube links found by Outlaw09 have been disabled due to copyright claims.

A short 4.5 minute interview with Eliot once more reveals how much can be found and verified from open source video:http://www.9jumpin.com.au/show/60min...4240894610001/

Note within the Ukraine: non-military thread are a number of posts on how the MH17 investigation has gone. Yes they are not easy to find, so this post has been added for reference.

Next Phase in Bellingcat’s Ukraine Vehicle (Russian) Tracking Project via @bellingcat https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2015...cking-project/ …

[OUTLAW 09]

Social media open source analyst using a Russian mapping satellite actually confirms it was a Russian invasion not an incursion—maybe someone should let DoS and the White House know about this satellite imagery if the US IC does not have it.

Russian owned Yandex has been quite helpful to further expose the Russian invasion into Ukraine last summer... :P.

But Yandex also revelas this battery of D-30 heavy artillery a little bit more south.
https://maps.yandex.com/?ll=38.29919...19&l=sat%2Cskl … pic.twitter.com/lAw3IvxuHy

Like these MSTA-S reported by @JulianRoepcke
https://twitter.com/JulianRoepcke/st...43483592847361 … pic.twitter.com/kONJFCDXql

Yandex also shows a lot of Russian artillery positions at height of Komsomolske-Telmanove. pic.twitter.com/19trsHCgRz

Yandex still shows some military vehicles on that invasion route into Ukraine.
https://maps.yandex.com/?ll=38.82076...18&l=sat%2Cskl …
@JmmJhnsn pic.twitter.com/GgyyxDKvsE

Yandex shows where Russians massively crossed border to cut off Ukraine army at Saur Mogila
https://maps.yandex.com/?ll=38.81279...17&l=sat%2Cskl … pic.twitter.com/HUMVmnwdVu

It looks like Russian Hollywood produced another idiot video of OSCE dragging a dead Azov soldier behind their car. https://twitter.com/hellmuthcstuven/...16967540002817 …

Yandex reveals where Russians crossed the border to arm and supply their militia in Dmytrivka
https://maps.yandex.com/?ll=38.92793...19&l=sat%2Cskl … pic.twitter.com/wIcjIqzmNj

Yandex reveals yet another not seen before MLRS & artillery location from Russia into Ukraine
https://maps.yandex.com/?ll=38.91726...18&l=sat%2Cskl … pic.twitter.com/83vuX6Ygju

Some more (other kind of) vehicles can be seen nearby too:
https://maps.yandex.com/?ll=38.95734...19&l=sat%2Cskl … pic.twitter.com/20BZuYMY6I

UPDATE Now Yandex shows Russian BUK battery near Marynivka in its full glory #MH17http://ukraineatwar.blogspot.co.uk/2...images_20.html …
@finriswolf pic.twitter.com/d9J3S5w6LH

[OUTLAW 09]

Yandex reveals Russian MLRS attack into Ukraine bigger than GRAD: Uragan, Smerch or Tochka-U?
https://maps.yandex.com/?ll=38.35119...18&l=sat%2Cskl … pic.twitter.com/lmHJonUa1m

Photo of the ad hoc Russian field ammunition depot south of Marynivka.
pic.twitter.com/T5QfpwfKKR
via @ravelin_by

It turns out that Google Earth now also shows the Russian ammunition depot south of Marynivka. pic.twitter.com/fFYLLtC4CZ

Yandex reveals a Russian field ammunition depot south of Marynivka
https://maps.yandex.com/?ll=38.96378...18&l=sat%2Cskl …
via @ravelin_by pic.twitter.com/mlooUGdeTc

[OUTLAW 09]

Perfect example of both informational warfare and OSINT--first clear breakout of a Russian Spetsnaz team by functions and mission sets.

Two really well done POW videos from the two captured Russian Spetsnaz—target audience will be Russia and those that believe massively in the Russian disinformation.

The videos are also a way for allowing their families know they are alive and well as they fully named their Russian addresses--these will definitely be broadcast by Radio Free Europe today and the families will then via radio reports get the notification. The Ukraine has indicated they will allow family contacts if the families approach them.

Ukrainian POWS have been treated in a far more brutal fashion to even executions after capture and torture. Minsk 2 stated all for all must be exchanged and the Ukraine has provided Russia with a list of 401 that have not been exchanged and no info on their locations and or conditions.

Kind of kills the Russia official line especially from Putin’s spokesperson and the Russian MoD that they were “former Russia service members”.

It will be a potent response to the Russia countless statements "we ain't in the Ukraine or it's not us-- it is the mercenaries".

The last comments by the SF CPT---the top is skimming the cream and the low are skimming the blood is a telling statement from a Russian professional officer and a Spetsnaz member.

There is no pressure on the two and from all accounts Ukraine medical treatment saved the leg of the SGT.

Security Service of #Ukraine posted NEW video of #Russian POWs with English subtitles!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qLqQL7YJiI …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3khPZucwTQ …