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Telegram channel “Beadwork Fake” helped the reporters from Slidstvo.Info track the rotation schedule of Russian special operative Denis Kucev. During these assignments he likely entered Ukrainian borderlands.
This is stated in Slidstvo.Info’s investigation.
Darya Kuceva is the wife of 41-year-old Denis Kucev, a Russian serviceman from the elite unit “Senezh.” The woman is an active user of swinger dating sites, and she also makes beadwork and boasts about her products in her Telegram channel “Beadwork Fake.”
This beadwork page helped us learn when her husband Denis is on assignments.
For example, 3 in June 2025, Denis wrote in Darya’s Telegram channel: “Then on Sunday my husband returned from a long business trip.” We checked the calendar and understood that this happened in 1 June.
8 in December of the same year 2025 the woman indicated in a post: “2 weeks ago my husband went on a business trip for 3 months. Because of this my evenings are now completely free.”
From this one can conclude that Kucev spends 3 months in service, and then 6 months resting at home.
“They have rotations. They travel closer to the zone to carry out their tasks. They are stationed on the territory of the Russian Federation and from there enter in groups of varying size, depending on their task. And after completing the task or failing it they return back,” — explains about the activity of “Senezh” Oleh Artes, a serviceman of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
At the beginning of March 2026, Darya decided to greet her followers on the first day of spring, and in between lines added: “But on Friday my husband returned, spring started today.” It is likely this time Denis returned home 27 February. If the schedule is accurate, Denis Kucev may already be at positions, carrying out acts of sabotage in Ukraine.
“Senezh” is an elite unit of the Russian Federation Armed Forces, including the Special Operations Forces, — explains Oleh Artes, a serviceman of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. They specialize in sabotage activities and also participate in operations where disguising Russia’s involvement is required.
“This unit is directly connected to Putin, because it was created 5 in March 1999 of that year. This is the period when Putin was head of the FSB of the Russian Federation. The current center commander is Major General Aleksei Galkin. He is essentially Putin’s friend. Putin visited the Senezh base this year on Christmas and spent two days there. So this is not just some personal guard or favorite unit, it is also an important story for him from the perspective of interpersonal relations with the unit’s command,” — states a member of the SOU “Slidstvo.Info.”
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