Drones hit the Zvezda space reconnaissance system in Russia
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Fri, 02 May 2025 14:05:19 +0300
Russias space intelligence system under attackWhat is important to understand is that on the night of May 2, a powerful cotton thundered in the occupied Crimea, as well as in some regions of Russia.In total, the aggressor country was attacked by more than 120 drones.
Most of them targeted enemy airfields.
Despite this, Russias space intelligence also got its share.It is worth noting that the attacked military unit is one of the main stations of the Russian space electronic reconnaissance system.As reported by Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council, the system originated in Soviet times in the early 1970s under the code name Zvezda.It was created for global interception of signals from satellites, intercontinental communications, and even signal exchange between foreign military facilities.Moreover, it is indicated that the Zvezda facility is a de facto center for analyzing space information, which is part of the structure of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.According to Kovalenko, this is not only a technical base, but also a part of the strategic architecture of Russian intelligence, which is used both to monitor the situation in war zones and to prepare information for information and psychological operations, and is involved in cyber espionage.
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