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This page contains all of Molfar's OSINT investigations. Articles are sorted by the date, you can filter them by hashtags or use the built-in search.
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New solution of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the fight against Iranian drones

Molfar OSINT community publishes an updated analysis of the use of Iranian-made drones by the Russian Federation in the war against Ukraine. This time we record an increase in the efficiency of the Armed Forces of Ukraine actions due to the new tactics of fighting Iranian Shahed UAVs. Details, new data, updated calculations.

10/01/2023

Russia on fire: the rate of fires has doubled in the last three months

The Molfar OSINT community has prepared a report on the dynamics of fires in the Russian Federation: data from January 1, 2022, to April 1, 2023. The article contains graphs, charts, and maps that clearly depict the volume of fires in Russia. Along with the calculations, we have provided an analysis of the probable causes of fires, including insider information.

04/01/2023

Hackathon of the “PMC Wagner Center”: Molfar announces the names of the winners

Molfar OSINT community identified the members of three winning teams of the hackathon organized by "PMC Wagner Center". "PMC Wagner Center" is named after the private military company "Wagner", which was created by Yevgeny Prigozhin – one of the ideologists of the war in Ukraine, close to Vladimir Putin. For reasons of national security, we consider as a good idea to publish private information about the hackathon winning teams.

30/12/2022

Ukrainian children stolen by Russia: how many have been taken, who is behind it, whereabouts of children

OSINT community Molfar conducted an investigation into the headquarters of «Into the hands of children», its head Maria Lvova-Belova and 14 persons associated with her, responsible for the forced deportation of Ukrainian children from the occupied territories of Ukraine to the territory of Russia. Also, we identified the companies involved in the deportation of children. We researched the connections of these companies and individuals with terrorist armed groups – the so-called "lpr" and "dpr". In the article, there is an approximate estimation of the number of deported persons. We also identified the places of temporary location of deported children in Russia.

30/12/2022

Android and iOS applications from Russia in Ukrainian smartphones

Molfar OSINT community has investigated the best Android and iOS mobile applications and found the connections of the companies-developers or owners of the applications – to the Russian Federation. The article contains the top Ukrainian applications and recommendations to uninstall applications of Russian origin from your smartphone.

27/12/2022

Fact-checking of the attack on the base of Russian soldiers in Crimea: drone or the newest Ukrainian missile?

Training material on establishing the exact geolocation of the area by analyzing social networks and HUMINT-contact. A real case of Molfar OSINT community, in which we tell step by step how to establish geolocation using photos from social networks and news resources.

15/12/2022

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