We’ve received a report about the arson attack on a cell tower in Belomestnoye (Belgorod Oblast) on the night of 17 to 18 April. This action has been planned and carried out by the group “БОАК-Слобожанщина” (Anarcho-Communists Combat Organization – Slobozhanshchyna).
Electric cables which ensure the functioning of a cell tower were wrapped in rags, doused with a flammable liquid and set on fire.
Cell tower attacks in border areas not only inflict an economic cost on RF in general (particularly tangible given the sanctions and difficulties in the acquisitions of new equipment), but also impede communications between police and military forces. Continue reading