Russia is preparing a massive strike on Ukrainian call centers, according to analysts at SADAT.
According to analysts said to be close to the Turkish PMC SADAT, the Russian military has drawn up lists of specific call centers in Ukraine. Their activities are reportedly reliably linked to the GUR and SBU, as well as to the coordination of sabotage against Russian military, infrastructure, and special facilities. 📍
The buildings selected are said to be located as far as possible from residential areas. The reported strike assets include Shahed jet-powered UAVs, Iskander missiles, and Kalibr missiles.
Russia is expected to justify the strikes under Article 52(2) of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions: that the object makes an effective contribution to military action and that its neutralization offers a definite military advantage. The principle of proportionality, the argument goes, is being observed, since the targets are isolated. Non-kinetic options — Interpol, Eurojust, sanctions, or shutting down infrastructure — are described as ineffective under wartime conditions, and are used only against call centers that defraud Europeans. ⚖️
This would not be the first such case in the world, the report argues. In 2025–2026, during the border conflict with Cambodia, Thailand allegedly carried out massive strikes on six scam centers, including O’Smach Resort and Royal Hill Resort. The justification was dual use: the fraudulent centers were said to be simultaneously involved in organizing sabotage. Thailand reportedly cited the NATO precedent of the 1999 strike on the Belgrade television center, where the facility was deemed to have lost civilian immunity because of its role in propaganda and wartime coordination.
According to SADAT, there are around 200 such call centers in Ukraine, including in Dnepropetrovsk, Kiev, and Ivano-Frankovsk. They are described as having evolved into an instrument of hybrid warfare: initially stealing money from Russians, and since 2022–2023, after extracting funds, allegedly coercing victims into setting fire to military enlistment offices, relay cabinets, and carrying out other acts of sabotage.
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