# Russian Drones over Poland--Doomsday Radio Tansmission changes, just before strike

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**Created:** [September 12, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-drones-over-poland-doomsday-radio-tansmission-changes-just-before-strike/1022982 "2025-09-12T15:14:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-drones-over-poland-doomsday-radio-tansmission-changes-just-before-strike/1022982/1 "2025-09-12T15:14:09Z")

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On September 9, multiple Russian military drones entered Polish airspace.

NATO has been activated, under Article 4

.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September\_2025\_Russian\_drone\_incursion\_into\_Poland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_2025_Russian_drone_incursion_into_Poland)

On September 8th, Russia’s mysterious Doomsday Radio station violated it’s usual routine, by sending coded messages.

I regard the likelihood of a connect\ion at 100%.

> **[Russia's mysterious 'Doomsday Radio' broadcasts two new codewords](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15078219/Russia-Doomsday-Radio-broadcasts-codewords.html)**
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> Russia 's mysterious 'Doomsday Radio' has left the world on edge after it broadcast two new codewords on Monday, after only transmitting a monotonous buzzing sound.

> **[UVB-76](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UVB-76)**
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> UVB-76 (Russian: УВБ-76; .mw-parser-output div.crossreference{padding-left:0}see § Name and callsigns for other callsigns), also known by the nickname "The Buzzer", is a shortwave radio station that broadcasts in upper sideband mode on the frequency of 4625 kHz (wavelength of 64.8 m). It broadcasts a short, monotonous buzz toneⓘ, repeating at a rate of approximately 25 tones per minute, 24 hours per day. Sometimes, the buzzer signal is interrupted and a voice transmission in Russian take The st...

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-drones-over-poland-doomsday-radio-tansmission-changes-just-before-strike/1022982/2 "2025-09-12T16:27:15Z")

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If you read your own wiki cite, coded messages are a normal feature of that station. Doesn’t happen often, but often enough the format of all the messages has long ago been figured out by Western observers.

The news article is a bit overwrought. This stuff goes on all day every day via one means or another. Sounds to me like somebody just noticed and is writing while wide eyed terrified over just about nothing.

But they did get some clicks. Morons or cynics? You decide.

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**Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-drones-over-poland-doomsday-radio-tansmission-changes-just-before-strike/1022982/3 "2025-09-12T16:34:32Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> If you read your own wiki cite,

I did. What was your point?