Experts say the occupiers aren’t exactly clever when it comes to the Internet and communication.
(Photo: AP)
Berlin Pyotr Lozhkovoj looks seriously into the camera in the photos that put him and his comrades in great danger. The Russian volunteer, actually a lawyer in Moscow, wears a military uniform, the walkie-talkie is always attached to the backpack straps in front of his chest. Once he even posed with a hooded fighter from the 10th Spesnaz Brigade of the GRU military intelligence service, a special unit in Russia.
The photos, which Lozhkovoj posted on the Russian network VKontakte, were taken in the Ukrainian village of Sahy in the occupied part of the Kherson region. That wasn’t difficult to find out, because Loschkovoj left the so-called geotag, i.e. the location display, activated.
And Loschkovoj’s location can be determined even more precisely: he and other Russian soldiers were apparently in the “Grand Prix Country Club”, a luxurious hotel on the outskirts of Sahys. The logo of the hotel can be seen in the pictures.
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