[rezeroed]

If the russians could get the mother's phone numbers, why not the sons? If you're able to identify the location of call activity, why aren't you able to identify the cell while not on a call, when as far as I am aware there is still communication?

[Ma8ee]

Maybe they couldn’t and just sent the SMS to a lot of random numbers. Those that belonged to mothers at the frontline naturally tried to call their sons.

[rezeroed]

Right. Still curious about monitoring cell activity only during calls. Thinking if you can monitor the cells, just look at the front line cells for comms.

[jinglebells]

They didn't know where the front line was?

[rezeroed]

You're involved in a conflict and you don't know where the front line is?

[TeMPOraL]

They knew where the front line was, they were trying to learn where the Ukrainian forces were positioned along that front line.

[rezeroed]

Right, so back to the question - why not just monitor front line cells for activity, which i think can be done without making calls?