Here is another evidence of the fact that, among the various units of Russia’s army that are operating in Ukraine, there is a battalion tactical group of the 17th motorized rifle brigade (Southern Military District, Shali, Republic of Chechnya, Russia).
Amin, whom you see on the photos below, is not the only contract soldier of the 17th motorized rifle brigade who showed up in Ukraine. While he is still alive many of his comrades-in-arms were not that lucky:
- Marseille Araptanov (aka “Headless Sniper”) – killed on August 12 ;
- Konstantin Kuzmin – killed on August 16;
- Vadim Larionov – killed on August, 21;
- Innokenty Ivanov – killed in August.
This list of `cargo 200’ [dead bodies] from the 17th motorized rifle brigade is almost certainly incomplete, but this is the information we have at the moment.
Source of information about the Russians killed in Ukraine.
By Irakli Komakhidze , translated by Oxana Tinko
Edited by Larry Field
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19 Responses to “The 17th Motorized Brigade of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation is in Ukraine”
09/10/2014
MILNEWS.ca Ukrainian Update – 101130UTC Sept 14 | MILNEWS.ca Blog[…] “Here is another evidence of the fact that, among the various units of the Armed Forces of the… The cantonment area of the brigade is the village of Shali, Chechnya. Amin whom you see on the photos below is not the only contract soldier of the 17th Motorized Brigade who showed up in Ukraine. He is still alive but his comrades-in-arms were not that lucky ….” (burkonews.info, pro-Ukrainian) […]
09/10/2014
17-я ОМСБр ЮВО в Украине - Inform Napalm[…] English: The 17th Motorized Brigade of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation in Ukraine […]
09/21/2014
17. selbständige Motorisierte-Schützenbrigade des Militärbezirks Süd befindet sich in der Ukraine - BurkoNews.info (Deutsch)[…] English: The 17th Motorized Brigade of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation in Ukraine […]
10/13/2014
Units of the Russian Armed Forces Which Have Been Deployed to Fight in Eastern Ukraine - BurkoNews.info[…] Guards Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade ([1], [2]), Shali, Chechnya (presumably 2 BTG). Unit has significant combat losses and then BTGs were […]
10/14/2014
“Tankman”: Russian Officer of the 17th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade Who Participated in Armed Hostilities in Donbas - BurkoNews.info[…] Brigade in Ukraine: we wrote about the presence of the brigade in the area of Pervomaiskyi in September. The 17th Brigade also had combat losses in August 2014; we know of at least four its servicemen […]
06/24/2015
Officer of the Russian 17th Motor Rifle Brigade Awarded Order of Courage for the Donbas War - InformNapalm.org (English)[…] 17th Motorized Brigade of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation is in Ukraine; […]
07/08/2015
“Tankman”: Russian Officer of the 17th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade Who Participated in Armed Hostilities in Donbas - InformNapalm.org (English)[…] Brigade in Ukraine: we wrote about the presence of the brigade in the area of Pervomaiskyi in September. The 17th Brigade also had combat losses in August 2014; we know of at least four its servicemen […]
07/23/2015
The 17th Brigade in Donbas in Summer 2014. Photo proofs | InformNapalm.org (English)[…] you also can see Amin from the same 17th brigade, who was introduced in one of the previous articles in September, 2014 (the last two photos are from the InformNapalm […]
08/13/2015
2S19 'Msta-S' Self-Propelled Mortar of the 17th Brigade near Novoazovsk - InformNapalm.org (English)[…] – The 17th Motorized Brigade of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation is in Ukraine […]
02/11/2016
Another 'Hybrid Miner' from the Russian 17th Brigade - InformNapalm.org (English)[…] The 17th Motorized Brigade of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation is in Ukraine […]
02/12/2016
Ein weiterer hybrider "Bergarbeiter" aus der russischen 17. motorisierten Schützenbrigade - InformNapalm.org (Deutsch)[…] The 17th Motorized Brigade of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation is in Ukraine […]
03/21/2016
Units of the Russian Armed Forces Which Have Been Deployed to Fight in Eastern Ukraine - InformNapalm.org (English)[…] Guards Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]), Shali, Chechnya (presumably 2 BTGs). Unit has significant combat losses and […]
01/03/2017
Skitbrigad – f.d. kontraktssoldat om ryska 17:e motoriserade skyttebrigaden (video) - InformNapalm på svenska[…] The 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Southern Military District in Ukraine 2014-09-09 […]
01/28/2017
Russian tankman gave away colleagues from the 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade in Donbas - InformNapalm.org (English)[…] The 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation is in U…2014-10-09; […]
02/22/2017
Identificados los exploradores - presumidos de la 17a OMSBr que combatieron en Donbass - InformNapalm.org (Español)[…] The 17th Motorized Brigade of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation is in Ukraine […]
05/10/2017
Order of Courage for silence of family of Russian "hero" killed in Donbas - InformNapalm.org (English)[…] name appeared in other materials of our community, including the September 9, 2014 publication with evidence of the presence of servicemen of this brigade in Ukraine and the publication from February 6, 2015 […]
06/30/2017
Of living and dead: 17th MRB of the Russian Army (infographics) - InformNapalm.org (English)[…] The 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation is in U…2014-09-09 […]
09/11/2017
Identified: scouts from 17th MRB fought in Donbas - InformNapalm.org (English)[…] The 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation is in U…2014-09-09 […]
09/14/2017
Identifiering av spanare från den 17:e Motoriserade skyttebrigaden som har kämpat i Donbass[…] The 17th Brigade of the Russian Southern Military District in Ukraine, 2014-09-09 […]