MOTOROLA IS OFF - ANOTHER TERRORISTS' FIELD COMMANDER HAS BEEN ELIMINATED

Yesterday one of the Donbass terrorists' field commanders Arsen "Motorola" Pavlov went to the hell just after Zhilin. The information about the terrorist's death has been confirmed by the Russian Interfax news agency in the evening of October 16.

The report states that an improvised explosive device was laid in the elevator of the building where Pavlov lived, it was triggered when the terrorist entered there.

According to the source the DNR terrorists claim that it was the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group who commited the assassination. An interception operation has been launched throughout the occupied part of the Donetsk region. 

The bomb has been mounted to the elevator's roof. Taking this we can conclude that the unknown got into the elevator shaft. We should take into account that being a "media face" of the Kremlin-backed terrorists Motorola was one of the most titled and advertised by the Russian media; Pavlov had survived two assassination attempts before, so the living block where he had lived was well guarded.

The first group of guards was responsible for security around the living block while the second one controlled entrance to the hall, the staircase and the floor where he lived - ie all approaches to Motorola's apartment. Security was provided by militants from his group, although the unknown who eliminated the terrorist was able to control Motorola's movement since the bomb was triggered just after Pavlov had entered the elevator accompanied by a bodyguard and the doors shut behind them.

Judging from the the assassination details the killer wasn't a regular elevator operator from local housing department service, but someone other who got access to the elevator shaft to install the bomb. The RC detonator was powerful enough to be activated from a large distance beyond the perimeter of guarded area. The most amazing thing is how the unknown had received information of when exactly the terrorist entered into the elevator. For this purpose it was necessary to either undermine the elevator directly watching the terrorist, or to install video monitoring and surveillance, to know that he comes. 

Should be understood that the Russian counterintelligence service could arrange inspection of Pavlov's security in any time and in this case those who directly oversaw him could be found and captured. The risk was great since the surveillance was carried out continuously and  they had been waiting for Motorola.

Undoubtedly this was very complex and daring operation, clearly it had been preparing by a considerable group of experts for a long time. Judging by the fact that no arrests had happened, could be concluded that those who had access to the elevator shaft had time to escape.

The only thing we can say with confidence - it was a professional job.

analytics by Yury BUTUSOV