Russian servicemen leaked secret documents and passwords to an open Telegram chat for almost a year
Journalists from ASTRA discovered a public Telegram group with the telling name "Bl*dskaya organizatsiya" (F***ing organization). For almost a whole year, links to closed command meetings, as well as secret orders from the headquarters of the 5th Army of the Russian Federation, were posted there daily.
Links to video conferences for chiefs of staff, deputy political officers, and command officers of the 143rd Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment appeared in open access. In addition, lists of personnel, tables of video surveillance complex locations, ammunition requests, and even logins, passwords, and two-factor authentication keys for viewing drone broadcasts were dumped into the chat.
Among the leaks were secret orders from the headquarters of the 5th Army. For example, an order dated December 7, 2025, instructed specific units (including the 127th Motorized Rifle Division and the 218th Tank Regiment) to create fake positions. Servicemen were to simulate equipment movement and light bonfires, as well as record this on video disguised as "pro-Ukrainian locals" to mislead Ukrainian intelligence. The documents specified the exact coordinates of these objects.
An order from August 2025 indicated that Russian assault troops were suffering serious losses due to poor supply and low efficiency of robots. The command demanded urgent equipping of automated systems with Starlink terminals.
Minute-by-minute plans for fictitious radio exchanges to deceive radio intelligence assets, as well as special code names for rivers in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions (for example, the river "Haychur" was called "Volga"), which officers used in conversations, were leaked online.
The chat was updated regularly until one of the administrators noticed at the end of April that outsiders had started joining the group en masse.
"Who is joining, who are they? What is their purpose here? Then incomprehensible stories begin with data leaks, hacked accounts. Security is paramount," wrote the owner of the open group.
On May 4, the channel stopped being updated, but the entire history remained open.
ASTRA's publication caused shock in the Z-community. Russian military blogger "Ugolny iz doma" (Coal from home) confirmed that an inspection had arrived in connection with the leak and furiously called for "raising journalists on knives."
At the same time, he admitted that the use of civilian messengers in the army is a "disgraceful fact," and added that the command chose the perfect name for the chat, as it would be impossible to describe the state of affairs at headquarters any better.
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