Operation Solomon

26-27 February 2022: Combat Mission, The Trees

Location: IVO Bako, Adjara, Georgia


26/02/2022 03:45 ZULU +4
Translated Communications: B345709(07), C/S Cub 07, ICS

  • ICS #1: Transmissions received, operation begins… Set altitude sensors 500m, minimal deflection, steady descent…
  • ICS #2: Set up! Kit Check! Oxygen On!
  • ICS #1: Red is On! Red Is On!… (Static) Lower Ramp, Lower Ramp!
  • ICS #2: Roger Vasil!
  • ICS #1: Green is On! Green is….
  • ICS #8: Missile… (Inaudible Shouting) BRACE! (Explosion)
  • ICS #2: MAYDAY! JUMP NOW!
  • ICS #3: TRACK ON TO TEAM LEAD… (Explosion)
  • ICS #4: Vasil? 
  • ICS #2: Check comms (Static)… Cub 07…is…(Loud noises)
  • ICS #4: VASIL!?… (Inaudible Shouting) (Explosion)
  • ICS #8: Cub 07, Mayday!
  • ICS #1: Check…(Static)… Emergency pro…(Explosion)… (High wind distortion)
  • ICS #8: CUB 07! MAYDAY!
  • ICS #1: Rally…(Static)
  • ICS #1: Emergency procedure…(Static)
  • ICS #2: RALLY AT ECHO! (Explosion) (Static)

End of Translated Communications: B345709(07), C/S Cub 07, ICS



At 03:45 local time a Russian Antonov An-12, callsign Cub 07, carrying a Spetsnaz GRU unit from 45th Guards was shot down by a surface-to-air missile (SAM) over the Georgia/Turkey border near Bako, Adjara.

Moscow originally claimed it was a return flight to Rostov Oblast from a deployment near the Azerbaijani border, however flight trajectory information provided by NATO intelligence services have confirmed Cub 07 was flying on a south-easterly bearing, and was struck by a SAM fired from inside Georgia.

The Azearian Front of Dagestan (AFD), an established insurgent group in several areas of Azerbaijan and Georgia, have claimed responsibility for the missile launch. In response, Moscow has revealed that the Cub 07 flight was part of an operation based on NATO reports of AFD missile caches being stored in the Bako area. 45th Guards were being deployed via HALO parachute jump to counter this threat.

At 0730 local time, a statement from Tbilisi was released condoning the actions of Russian intelligence and military units. Moscow responded stating that the “AFD poses as much a threat to Russia” as it does any other country in the region, and “swift action” must be taken regardless of “unfounded legal disputes”.

Tbilisi has given the green light for a joint JCTSF & GSOF operation. Their mission, to locate ADF missile caches and intelligence dead drops in the Adjara region. It is highly likely in spite of their transport being shot down, any surviving members of the GRU unit will continue their mission.

With NATO and Russian special forces on the ground with seemingly the same objective, it could only be a matter of time before the situation spirals out of control.

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