• Languages
Language (English)
  • Українська (UA)
  • Русский (RU)
  • English (EN)
  • Deutsch (DE)
  • Français (FR)
  • Español (ES)
  • Беларуская (BY)
  • Български (BG)
  • Polska (PL)
  • Čeština (CZ)
  • Slovenský (SK)
  • Lietuvių (LT)
  • Latvijas (LV)
  • Nederlands (NL)
  • Português (PT)
  • Italiano (IT)
  • Svenska (SV)
  • Norsk (NO)
  • Dansk (DK)
  • ქართული (GE)
  • Română (RO)
  • Magyar (HU)
  • Ελληνικά (EL)
  • Deutsch (AT)
  • العربية (AR)
  • Türkçe (TR)
  • Azərbaycan (AZ)
  • Татарча (TAT)
  • 日本語 (JP)
  • 中文 (CN)
  • 한국어 (KR)

    Logo

    support informnapalm
    Navigation
    • Home
    • News & OSINT
      • Donbas
      • Crimea
      • Syria
      • Georgia
      • World
      • Summaries
      • Misc
      • Social review
    • Top Investigations
    • History
    • About Us

    Another ‘Hybrid Miner’ from the Russian 17th Brigade

    on 02/11/2016 | | Donbas | News Print This Post Print This Post
    • ru
    • de
    • by
    • ua
    • en
    • bg

    For nearly two years, the official Kremlin brazenly and with enviable persistence continues to deny the fact that the Russian army is involved in hostilities in the territory of Ukraine. And the mendacious Russian authorities are supported by thousands ideological heralds with slogans: ‘there is no Russian Army in Ukraine’, ‘prove it’, ‘you are lying’, etc. However, the facts still show that the most battle ready units of the Armed Forces are sent to the war as parts of the separate battalion tactical groups..

    This time another participant of the undeclared hybrid war disclosed himself ‘in a usual manner’ – junior sergeant Sergei Belozerov from Zheleznovodsk (callsign ‘Belyi’ [White]), born on December 12, 1991. Mobile phone No. 8-961-497-54-50.

    This character served in the military unit No. 6762 (‘Edelveis’, the Interior troops of the Russian MIA) in 2012-2013. Before that, he served in two other units – No. 74814 (Budyonnovsk) and No. 31853 (Krasnodar).

    At the time of the invasion of his unit in Ukraine (August-September, 2014) Belozorov was a serviceman of the 17th separate motorized rifle brigade (military unit No. 65384, Southern Military District, Shali, Republic of Chechnya, Russia). This is evidenced by:

    • characteristic arm badge on his uniform (photo , same photo in OK network);
    • equipment with the corresponding tactical signs (1 ,2);
    • list of his friends, inscription on his page in OK profile ‘…-Shali-…’. a lot of photos with Chechen landscapes (Kadyrov’s museum) and other points.

    Selection_050

    Selection_052

    In the beginning of August, 2014, Belozerov was sent to the Kuzminskiy training camp (Rostov Oblast), where he was trained to break through the border (archive 1, 2, 3).

    Selection_055Selection_054Selection_053

    Geotags in the VK profile confirm this assumption (archive).

    Selection_056

    The ‘trick’ with shifting of cloths – we can see here the non-formal uniform without any insignia, the ‘famous’ white arm badges and the ‘Rostov Oblast’ geotag (archive). The similar picture from OK profile – archive.Selection_057

    When the outfit was changed and the border was crossed by the battalion tactical group, we can see the following pictures in the album of the Russian terrorist Belozorov:

    – burnt and destroyed Ukrainian buildings:
    http://archive.is/m1uye
    http://archive.is/MEOXA
    http://archive.is/NHtYh

    Selection_060Selection_059Selection_058

    – burnt armored vehicles:
    http://archive.is/p9tAj
    http://archive.is/CX8MZ

    Selection_062Selection_061

    There are no doubts that this is the territory of Ukraine. All the pictures were taken in the end of August, 2014. Belozorov is even smiling while posing in front of our homes and wearing the same informal camouflage outfit.

    Selection_064

    There is another interesting picture of this terrorist from Russia in a trench, again with white badges. The photo is commented:

    – what happened to your leg?
    – nothing, it is tactical sign.

    Selection_065

    Just to make it clear for the ‘misterious Russian souls’, we will draw an analogy: it would be the same as when the German soldiers invaded the USSR in 1941 and grinningly started to make photos of themselves, burning houses and equipment. Everything is just identical. But, frankly speaking, Germans were not ashamed of their army and wore insignia.

    Here is another point – a small camp of the occupants is registered in the woods (September, 2014):
    http://archive.is/LjqSx
    http://archive.is/ZaK5U
    http://archive.is/0dp6B
    http://archive.is/OrpUC

    Selection_069Selection_068Selection_067Selection_066

    After participating in the combat actions, Belozorov was listed as a serviceman of the 17th brigade at least until February, 2015 (he obviously had a 3-year contract – archive).

    Selection_070

    Then he seems to take a short break, but starting from May of 2015 the junior sergeant uploaded several pictures of himself in GRU uniform with traditional red carnation and anchor in the middle (archive 1 and 2).
    Selection_072Selection_071

    Presumably, the Crimea is one of the so-called Marine intelligence GRU points. Note that each time before taking a photo Belozorov temporarily puts on a Velcro patch with a false lastname (‘Vyazovtsev’, ‘Butenko’, etc.). This is just another confirmation that the sergeant is a professional soldier of the Russian armed forces with a great experience. Another thing is that the offender does not stay long in any of the units, changing his place of service pretty often.

    So, here is how another ‘local miner’  and the fighter in the ‘Ukrainian civil war’ appears. Also note that this is not the first time that the terrorists of the 17th brigade are disclosed in Ukraine. And as a finishing touch to the article – a photo from the album, which shows the famous monument for the soldiers from the 17th brigade, the vast majority of whom were killed in August of 2014 under ‘mysterious circumstances’ (archive).

    Selection_073

    Archives

    OK network – profile, contacts, album

    VK network – profile, contacts, album

    Let us recall that the 17th brigade has been repeatedly registered in Ukraine:

    • 2S19 ‘Msta-S’ Self-Propelled Mortar of the 17th Brigade near Novoazovsk
    • Officer of the Russian 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade Awarded Order of Courage for the Donbas War
    • The 17th Brigade in Donbas in Summer, 2014. Photo proofs
    • “Tankman”: Russian Officer of the 17th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade Who Participated in Armed Hostilities in Donbas
    • The 17th Motorized Brigade of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation is in Ukraine

    (CC BY)

    Original article by Nikolay Mahno, translated by Stepan Grishin

    Tags: DonbasRussian Armed Forces

    Recent Posts

    • Andriy Derkach and his tapes. About one special operation to interfere in the US presidential election

      08/10/2020 - 0 Comment
    • The Suicide Squad: top managers of the Russian public sector dying suspiciously during wartime. Infographics.

      07/11/2025 - 0 Comment
    • Hacked: Deputy Defense Minister of Russia Pavel Fradkov. Business interests of Kadyrov and Kabaev in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine

      05/01/2025 - 0 Comment
    • Analysis and examples of sanctions evasion schemes used by Russian military-industrial complex

      04/28/2025 - 0 Comment

    Related Posts

    • Identification of Russian military marauder with Polaroid and correction of Ministry of Digital Transformation mistake

      06/12/2022 - 0 Comment
    • Card decks: “Covered card of Ruscism” and “War Criminals” projects by InformNapalm

      05/16/2022 - 0 Comment
    • The criminal from Bucha lost his phone in Ukraine. “They already know they are known all over the world”

      05/06/2022 - 0 Comment

    7 Responses to “Another ‘Hybrid Miner’ from the Russian 17th Brigade”

    1. 07/21/2016

      Veterans of Donbas from the 17th Mechanized Infantry Brigade and their Orders of Courage - InformNapalm.org (English) Reply

      […] Another ‘Hybrid Miner’ from the Russian 17th Brigade2016-02-10 […]

    2. 12/23/2016

      "F#cked-up brigade" - former contract soldier about 17th MRB of the Russian Army (Video) - InformNapalm.org (English) Reply

      […] Another ‘Hybrid Miner’ from the Russian 17th Brigade2016-02-10 […]

    3. 01/03/2017

      Skitbrigad – f.d. kontraktssoldat om ryska 17:e motoriserade skyttebrigaden (video) - InformNapalm på svenska Reply

      […] Another hybrid miner from the Russian 17th Brigade 2016-02-10 […]

    4. 01/29/2017

      Russian tankman gave away colleagues from the 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade in Donbas - InformNapalm.org (English) Reply

      […] Another ‘Hybrid Miner’ from the Russian 17th Brigade 2016-02-11; […]

    5. 02/22/2017

      Identificados los exploradores - presumidos de la 17a OMSBr que combatieron en Donbass - InformNapalm.org (Español) Reply

      […] Another ‘Hybrid Miner’ from the Russian 17th Brigade […]

    6. 09/11/2017

      Identified: scouts from 17th MRB fought in Donbas - InformNapalm.org (English) Reply

      […] Another ‘Hybrid Miner’ from the Russian 17th Brigade2016-02-10 […]

    7. 09/14/2017

      Identifiering av spanare från den 17:e Motoriserade skyttebrigaden som har kämpat i Donbass Reply

      […] Another hybrid miner from the Russian 17th Brigade, 2016-02-10 […]

    Leave a Reply Cancel Reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


    *
    *

    Follow us on social media
    Slate | Sl8 | InformNapalm
    does not receive any financial support from any country’s government or large donors. Only community volunteers and our readers help us to maintain the site. You can also become one of the community volunteers or support InformNapalm with your donations:

    Patreon

    BuyMeACoffee

    USDT TRC-20: TUbRscbCFns4kvWbUnQRBow9ajxSXwxFJU

    Ethereum: 0xf8979c0e0f82EaF1E79704Eb10b750906868cb72

    Bitcoin: bc1qj6nmqwc75tkwv5zuq4x8ljq94xwqp2msf5kyv3

    • Home
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Us
    © 2014-2019. «InformNapalm». CC BY 4.0