https://news.yahoo.com/russian-troops-stole-5m-worth-054540072.html

"When the invaders drove the stolen harvesters to Chechnya, they realized that 
they could not even turn them on, because the harvesters were locked remotely," 
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Russian troops stole nearly $5 million worth of farm equipment from a John 
Deere dealership in Melitopol.

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The stolen equipment was located by remote GPS and locked, preventing it from 
being used.

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"When the invaders drove the stolen harvesters to Chechnya, they realized that 
they could not even turn them on," a source told CNN.


Russian troops occupying the Ukrainian city of Melitopol stole nearly $5 
million of farm vehicles from a John Deere dealership and shipped some of them 
more than 700 miles to Chechnya, CNN reported, only to find they had been 
rendered useless by a remote-locking system that prevented the thieves from 
turning the equipment on.

Two compound harvesters, valued at $300,000 each, as well as 27 other tractors, 
seeders, and additional pieces of equipment were stolen from the dealership. 
But the remote access technology of the equipment, which allows for GPS 
tracking and some of the vehicles to be remotely operated, prevented them from 
being used.

"When the invaders drove the stolen harvesters to Chechnya, they realized that 
they could not even turn them on, because the harvesters were locked remotely," 
a source familiar with the incident told CNN.

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