Senior Investigator @ CIR Formerly: Bellingcat, DFRLabhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelsheldon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelsheldon.bsky.social/post/3lpaas5i7tk2xI just learned that callsign "white" (Белый), the commander of the Akhmat unit who in the summer of 2022 "castrated" and murdered a Ukrainian POW, has been reported dead. Happy Vyshyvanka Day.15 May 2025 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:fjar45oauoeppfghwonggrec/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpaas5i7tk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelsheldon.bsky.social/post/3lok4avxdl22kWhat a steal!07 May 2025 00:09 +0000at://did:plc:fjar45oauoeppfghwonggrec/app.bsky.feed.post/3lok4avxdl22khttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelsheldon.bsky.social/post/3ln2kkpuhzs2n18 Apr 2025 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:fjar45oauoeppfghwonggrec/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln2kkpuhzs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelsheldon.bsky.social/post/3lj4hwpqiqk27If only there was something else Shaheds were better known for.26 Feb 2025 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:fjar45oauoeppfghwonggrec/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj4hwpqiqk27https://bsky.app/profile/michaelsheldon.bsky.social/post/3lahppz5uns2qTyva seems to heavily favor corrupt officials over war criminals. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Nov 2024 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:fjar45oauoeppfghwonggrec/app.bsky.feed.post/3lahppz5uns2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelsheldon.bsky.social/post/3l5khp7f5xy22In awe at how lame Redut medals are02 Oct 2024 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:fjar45oauoeppfghwonggrec/app.bsky.feed.post/3l5khp7f5xy22https://bsky.app/profile/michaelsheldon.bsky.social/post/3kjny66jprh22Read my latest for @bellingcat.com The Man in the Matching Uniform: Investigating a Rusich Atrocity in Syria https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/01/23/the-man-in-the-matching-uniform-investigating-a-rusich-atrocity-in-syria/23 Jan 2024 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:fjar45oauoeppfghwonggrec/app.bsky.feed.post/3kjny66jprh22https://bsky.app/profile/michaelsheldon.bsky.social/post/3kj26zssk6m2mTracing the video from t.me/CinCAFU/648 gives a slightly better overview of what's what in a pretty chaotic radar image. From my understanding, the green track appears to be the A-50, and blue would likely be the IL-22 heading to emergency land at Anapa.15 Jan 2024 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:fjar45oauoeppfghwonggrec/app.bsky.feed.post/3kj26zssk6m2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelsheldon.bsky.social/post/3kixn6enmfs26Western battery hanging out in the same spots. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jan 2024 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:fjar45oauoeppfghwonggrec/app.bsky.feed.post/3kixn6enmfs26https://bsky.app/profile/michaelsheldon.bsky.social/post/3kiskbi6gr32pNeat.12 Jan 2024 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:fjar45oauoeppfghwonggrec/app.bsky.feed.post/3kiskbi6gr32phttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelsheldon.bsky.social/post/3kikwin6rnu2pLooks like the Stroitel S-400 unit recently moved from its usual fields to a different location to the south-west. Snow cover makes the individual components visible even in lower-resolution satellites. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jan 2024 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:fjar45oauoeppfghwonggrec/app.bsky.feed.post/3kikwin6rnu2phttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelsheldon.bsky.social/post/3kf7ykolfdq2wThe new Wagner x Stone Island collab is crazy.28 Nov 2023 05:24 +0000at://did:plc:fjar45oauoeppfghwonggrec/app.bsky.feed.post/3kf7ykolfdq2whttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelsheldon.bsky.social/post/3kduquc26i22jFor the past week I've been monitoring Sentinel-1 imagery for S-400 sites in Kaliningrad, some of which appear to have been at least partially vacated. We have an article in the works that will go into more detail.11 Nov 2023 00:42 +0000at://did:plc:fjar45oauoeppfghwonggrec/app.bsky.feed.post/3kduquc26i22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelsheldon.bsky.social/post/3kd7sr2lrv42v"for participation in the Bakhmut meatgrinder"02 Nov 2023 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:fjar45oauoeppfghwonggrec/app.bsky.feed.post/3kd7sr2lrv42v