{"id":23267,"date":"2026-08-19T10:46:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T05:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=23267"},"modified":"2026-08-19T10:46:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T05:01:31","slug":"russian-military-says-intercepted-azov-communications-helped-coordinate-operations-in-novonikolaevka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=23267","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Russian Military Says Intercepted Azov Communications Helped Coordinate Operations in Novonikolaevka<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dragon Media News Desk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Russian military has said that monitoring and intercepting communications involving Azov personnel helped Russian forces coordinate operations in Novonikolaevka.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the TASS news agency, the chief of staff of a motorised rifle battalion, identified by the call sign \u201cSheikh,\u201d said information obtained from intercepted Azov communications was used to coordinate Russian units operating in the settlement.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the intercepted communications provided information about the movements and positions of opposing forces and helped Russian units coordinate their actions while advancing in Novonikolaevka.<\/p>\n<p>TASS also released video footage in which the Russian officer said the intelligence obtained from the intercepted communications was used during operations to secure the settlement.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has designated Azov as a terrorist organisation and banned it on Russian territory.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian military\u2019s account of the communications interception and subsequent operations in Novonikolaevka has not been independently verified.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=23267\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"time\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragon Media News Desk The Russian military has said that monitoring and intercepting communications involving Azov personnel helped Russian forces coordinate operations in Novonikolaevka. Speaking to the TASS news agency, the chief of staff of a motorised rifle battalion, identified by the call sign \u201cSheikh,\u201d said information obtained from intercepted Azov communications was used to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164,160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Russian Military Says Intercepted Azov Communications Helped Coordinate Operations in Novonikolaevka - Dragon Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=23267\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russian Military Says Intercepted Azov Communications Helped Coordinate Operations in Novonikolaevka - Dragon Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dragon Media News Desk The Russian military has said that monitoring and intercepting communications involving Azov personnel helped Russian forces coordinate operations in Novonikolaevka. 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