[00:42Z] Echo-5 Node: 'Visual confirmed — two targets exiting cover northwest quadrant. Requesting thermal lock.'

[00:43Z] Control: 'Thermal acquired. Falcon-2 rerouted. Weapons hold until confirmation. Transmit burst now.'

[00:44Z] — Partial burst — 'Secondary heat bloom detected. Possibly decoy. Hold strike. Await confirmation from Echo-7.'

These transmissions were intercepted by NATO listening posts monitoring encrypted RF chatter along the Zaporizhzhia frontline.

Analysts confirmed key exchanges were consistent with Type V2 military-grade cipher protocols used by elite Russian recon teams.

Timing and phrasing matched known patterns from 2023 eastern Donbas intercepts, suggesting reused comms doctrine.

Metadata tagging indicates at least three origin points — likely mobile signal repeaters mounted on all-terrain vehicles.

Voiceprint overlays tentatively match with operators previously tracked during Kharkiv operations in Q4 2024.

Ongoing decryption efforts are focused on fragmented hash blocks captured during packet collision events — possible embedded GPS or tasking data.