News summary from September 3 to September 10, 2023.
1. Power lines were mined in the Kaluga region. Shot and Baza report that power lines have been mined in the Kaluga region. Explosive devices were supposed to detonate on 5 September. IEDs were found on two power pylons northwest of the village of Ivochka on the morning of September 1st. Each device had a motion sensor that responded to the movement of the bomb, as well as a timer with an activation date. The weight of each bomb was 100 grams of TNT. Both IEDs were neutralized, the partisans are being searched for.
2. The car of the chief designer of GLONASS was burned in Moscow.
On the night of September 4-5, 2023, in Moscow, two unknown partisans, using a Molotov cocktail, burned the personal car of Valery Mikhailovich Babakov, the chief designer of the GLONASS satellite navigation system, which is actively used by the Russian army to build a route for cruise missiles and drones.
3. In St. Petersburg , the ventilation shaft of an abandoned bomb shelter was blown up. In St. Petersburg, the ventilation shaft of an abandoned bomb shelter was blown up near the military registration and enlistment office of the Nevsky district Around 10 am today, a radio controlled IED exploded there with 100-150 grams of gunpowder. The explosion occurred 20 meters from the military enlistment office at 119BM Obukhovskaya Oborona Avenue / st. Krupskaya. There were no casualties, the ventilation shaft was slightly damaged (maybe it was already in this condition before the explosion), no arrests were reported.
4. The signaling unit was destroyed in the Vladimir region. The Legion’s movement “Freedom of Russia” reports the arson of a signaling unit in the Vladimir region. When and where exactly the partisan action was carried out is not specified.
5. A quadcopter with a dummy IED was found in the Moscow region. A quadcopter with a dummy IED was discovered today in Naro-Fominsk, near Moscow. A “bird” measuring 35 by 35 cm fell between the dacha plots. A box with wires was taped to it. Explosive technicians who arrived at the scene determined that it was a dummy explosive device.
6. In Moscow, a fire occurred at the Salyut plant, which produces radars for warships.
The military-industrial complex is on fire again: the Salyut plant, which produces radars for warships and other equipment, caught fire in Moscow. Since 2022, the plant has been under Western sanctions.
According to Baza, the fire started in the ventilation chamber of a microelectronics warehouse. At the same time, Mash writes that the fire occurred in the laboratory. The reasons are not reported.
The fire area was 10 square meters and has now been extinguished.
