British intelligence has highlighted the Bars Kaskada special unit of the Russian Armed Forces that makes extensive use of drones and would allow VIPs and sons of VIPs to enlist and “fight” far from the front line. According to officials in London, it was noted “an unusually large number of members of the United Russia party and children of Kremlin VIPs” framed in the https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/1789295077421994078one of the units of the National Reserve of Combat Forces implemented in number and personnel from 2021. Some of these reservist units deployed in action, they use a leopard as their symbol: the Russian term is “Barр“, “Bars”.
Among these, for example, Bars-1 and Bars-16 are highlighted, where the “Kuban Cossacks” are included, both used in the conflict in Ukraine. There would be at least thirty Bars. In some they are framed Russian veterans from the Donbass war coming from paramilitary groups, in others, as in the case of Kaskad, young dolphins from the Moscow elite who have specialized in operations using UAVs – unmanned aerial vehicle or more commonly “drones” – which are seeing extensive use in the Ukrainian conflict. Opening a new chapter in modern warfare.
For the United Kingdom Defense, which has dedicated some attention to the unit, releasing a small video about it, the existence of the Bars Kaskad and the presence of at least 10 children coming from families of Kremlin officials, is closely linked to the will of the same not to be sent to the front line without bypassing conscription. The unit was mentioned for the first time in April, linked to the Russian blogger’s legal case Yelena Blinovskaya and your husband. Accused of tax evasion and money laundering, Blinovskaya was transferred from house arrest to a penitentiary facility while her husband Alexei allegedly “joined the unit so his wife could avoid prison“. Reports released by what are cited as intelligence sources state that “Blinovsky’s case is the first recorded case of an individual joining the unit to help a family member avoid prison“.
In the past, in Western armies, it has happened that children of important personalities were assigned to auxiliary tasks, intelligence services and non-combatant military corps in order to remain safe from enemy bullets. If confirmed, this information would not represent shocking news but the continuation of an old one custom of the past wars of the West.
According to an analysis available on the internet, but written by a Ukrainian site, it is stated that “the unit known as Bars Kaskad was created by Deputy Chairman of Defense of the Russian State Duma Dmitry Sablin. The unit is primarily engaged in drone operations and is generally stationed away from the front lines“.
Again according to what was reported by the Ukrainians, these men were “protected by bodyguards“.
