{"id":10002,"date":"2016-12-25T04:50:21","date_gmt":"2016-12-25T04:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=10002"},"modified":"2016-12-25T04:50:21","modified_gmt":"2016-12-25T04:50:21","slug":"russian-kalmyk-soldiers-got-lost-steppes-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-kalmyk-soldiers-got-lost-steppes-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Kalmyk soldiers &#8220;got lost &#8221; in the steppes of Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The tale of how four Kalmyks went to the \u201cwrong plains\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russian soldiers from the 7th Military Base of the 49th Army (Southern Military District of Russia, deployed in Abkhazia, Georgia) were traced in the Donbas. Kalmyks, who serve in the Russian imperial troops, probably confused the Donbas steppes with their native vast expanses.<\/p>\n<p>2016 year, which for InformNapalm has become a year of recognition and establishment as a professional international intelligence community, comes to the end. During this year, InformNapalm OSINT investigators revealed dozens of facts of the Russian involvement in the undeclared war against Ukraine. The particular military units and individual servicemen of the Russian army, spotted in Ukraine at different stages of the conflict, have been named; names of the dozens of war criminals have been made public. Many new models of Russian weapons and military equipment have been identified. <strong>The 7th Russian Military Base of the 49th Army (Southern Military District, Russia, based in Abkhazia, Georgia)<\/strong> has been largely featured among the collected evidence.<\/p>\n<p>The new OSINT-investigation presents four homies-colleagues from the Reconnaissance Battalion of the 7th Military Base spotted on a &#8220;Ukrainian mission &#8211; 2015&#8221;. They have been identified through analysis of information and photos of the subjects of our previous investigations. For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/GO9Xz\">photo<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-scout-7th-military-base-given-away-bull-terrier-horlivka\/\">Sergey Finogin<\/a> (Ilya Kuznetsov), a contract soldier from the same military unit, who, being in summer of 2016 on a combat mission in occupied Horlivka, was photographed recklessly with a local bull terrier and posted the photo in social media;<\/li>\n<li>analysis of social media accounts of the eight scouts of <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/29418-razvedchiki-7-j-v-bazy-v-ukraine\/\">7th Military Base who fought in Ukraine<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the background of the group photo of the servicemen from the 7th Military Base, dressed in a non-statutory &#8220;Gorka&#8221; uniform (popular outfit among &#8220;rebellious mine workers&#8221; in 2014-2015), you can see abandoned buildings. The terrain and type of the buildings in the picture do not match the mountainous terrain of Abkhazia. The terrain in the photo looks more like a steppe landscape on the Russian-Ukrainian border in the vicinity of Izvaryne. We saw a similar <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/744VT\/73987cc3a1be218a7b8cbf19c86fd3d463c966f5.jpg\">landscape<\/a> in the Donbas trip photo report of the Russian maintainer Mikhail Boyurov, who <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/dec16-petersburg-invasion\/\">compromised not only himself, but also a tactical group of the 200th Brigade<\/a> from the Russian Northern Fleet.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kalmyk.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Subjects of the investigation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/9.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Altynbek Zhumarystanov (Zhumarstanov)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>currently is a contract serviceman of the 7<sup>th<\/sup> Military Base, was born on December, 26, 1994, is native of Kharabali in Astrakhan Oblast. He has accounts in social media: VK1 [\u043d\u0435\u0442 \u0412\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0442\u0435, \u043d\u0443\u0436\u043d\u043e \u0432\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0441\u0441\u044b\u043b\u043a\u0443] (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/8OwUt\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/RVVZy\">album<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/7zQ9X\">contacts<\/a> archive), VK2 (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/6yXCm\">profile<\/a> archives), <a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/543911625714\">OK<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/BQNXa\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/P0ReT\">album<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/Y55gM\">contacts<\/a> archives). Phone: +79270760777.<\/p>\n<p>At first glance, the Zhumarystanov\u2019s photo albums are inconspicuous. Except, it contains a <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/VSFBS\">photo<\/a> from the &#8220;Ukrainian mission&#8221; period, which was previously presented by an OSINT-investigator <a href=\"http:\/\/elgri.livejournal.com\/9210.html\">Al Gri<\/a> (whose investigations have been also published on the InformNapalm website). In addition, Zhumarystanov was identified in the group <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/GO9Xz\">photo<\/a> of scouts from the 7th Military Base, that was taken during the &#8220;Ukrainian mission &#8211; 2015&#8221; period somewhere in the same area, judging by the ruined buildings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/9-1-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/el-gri.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/02.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"199\" \/><strong>2. Eduard Chunov<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>also is a contract serviceman of the 7<sup>th<\/sup> Military Base and a native of Astrakhan Oblast, was born on April, 08, 1990. His accounts in social media are: VK (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/66xg1\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/o8vxa\">albums<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/RTOYB\">contacts<\/a> archives) under the name Ivan Ivanov, and <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/fKyqV\">OK<\/a> under his own name.<\/p>\n<p>In his photo albums, he keeps series of images that illustrate his contract service both in Abkhazia and on deployments.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/02-2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/02-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/04.jpg\" width=\"208\" height=\"208\" \/><strong>3. Kuandik Zharkanaliev<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>is a contract serviceman of the 7<sup>th<\/sup> Military Base and a native of Astrakhan Oblast as well. He has an account on VK (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/wBF3D\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/i9u4g\">photo<\/a> archives).<\/p>\n<p>Tough that Kuandik Zharkanaliev is camera shy, we were able to identify him in the <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/QIT4R\">photo<\/a> from the album of <strong>Ivan Prokudin<\/strong>, a contract serviceman of the same military unit and a subject of our previous <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/29418-razvedchiki-7-j-v-bazy-v-ukraine\/\">investigation<\/a>, seen on the &#8220;Ukrainian mission &#8211; 2014&#8221; (the third identified soldier in the picture, the one with the Order of Courage, is Aleksandr Krivosheev).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/i-s-k.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/03.jpg\" width=\"221\" height=\"237\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Samat Isaliev<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>is a contract serviceman of the 7<sup>th<\/sup> Military Base and a native of Astrakhan Oblast, was born on February, 14, 1994. He uses accounts in social media: \u00a0VK1 (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/lQhem\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/oYggr\">albums<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/QGUHb\">contacts<\/a> archives), VK2 (<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/isaliev2014\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/fUkww\">album<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/6XAig\">contacts<\/a> archives) under the name of Semyon Makarov, and OK (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/s0iSj\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/soQJB\">album<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/6DriF\">contacts<\/a> archives).<\/p>\n<p>In Samat Isaliev\u2019s photo album in OK we found the same group <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/EZJJm\">photo<\/a> of scouts, as in Sergey Finogin\u2019s files.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/si-.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A secret that we can tell now<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>InformNapalm\u2019s regular readers might remember the intriguing publication from October 27, 2016: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/documents-revealing-personnel-another-russian-btg-rostov-ukrainian-mission\/\">Documents revealing personnel of another Russian BTG on a \u201cRostov-Ukrainian mission<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>It is time to reveal a secret and name the source of information about the and personnel and structure of the Battalion Tactical Group (BTG) from the 7th Military Base. It is a picture posted by Isaliev- &#8220;Makarov&#8221; on VK2, the one taken &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/h6mSr\">in the office<\/a>&#8220;, at the base camp of Russian troops, located Oktyabrsky Raion, Rostov Oblast, near the Ukrainian border. Among other documents on the table, a ration record was discovered. This document reflected the structure of the BTG from the 7<sup>th<\/sup>Military Base BTG on \u201cRostov-Ukrainian mission\u201d in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/btgr.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/virezka.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The structure and weapons of the 7th military base of Russian occupation forces.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 7th Krasnodar Red Banner Order of Kutuzov and the Red Star Military Base, military unit 09332 (Gudauta, occupied Abkhazia, Georgia), includes:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Capture.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Structure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 The command;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Four mechanized infantry battalions;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Sniper company;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Tank battalion;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Two self-propelled artillery battalions &amp; one battery of towed howitzers;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Rocket artillery battalion;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Antitank artillery battalion;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Antiaircraft missile battalion and an antiaircraft artillery missile battalion (parts of the so-called Anti-aircraft battalion group of the 7th Military Base);<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Reconnaissance battalion;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 UAV company;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Engineer battalion;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 NBC protection company;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Control (communications) battalion;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Electronic warfare company;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Control and artillery reconnaissance battery (of the artillery commander);<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Control and radar reconnaissance platoon (of the air defense forces commander);<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Control Platoon (of the reconnaissance commander);<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Maintenance battalion;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Logistics battalion;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Headquarters company;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Medical company;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Military instructors platoon;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Training simulator platoon;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Training range;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Brass band.<\/p>\n<p>The Military Base also includes a so-called aviation command office providing ground support for periodic flights of the Russian Airforce planes to the airfield in Gudauta; an anti-aircraft missile regiment (formerly the 100th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment, military unit 90100), consisting of 2 SAM battalions in Agudzera and Primorskoye, which have 8 units of S-300 SAM\u2019s on combat alert (make part of the so-called anti-aircraft battalion group of the 7th Military Base); an electronic technical unit with alert facilities deployed on the airfield of Sukhumi Babushara Airport.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Armament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 T-90A and T-72B3 MBTs \u2013 41 pc. (according to other sources 51 pc.);<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 BTR-82AM and BTR-80 armored personnel carriers (APC) \u2013 156 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 MT-LB light multi-purpose armored towing vehicles \u2013 15 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 BM-21 Grad MLRS \u2013 18 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Akatsia 152 mm self-propelled howitzers \u2013 36 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 D-30 122 mm howitzers \u2013 6 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 2S12 Sani 120 mm heavy mortar systems \u2013 18 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 MT-12 Rapira 100 mm anti-tank guns \u2013 12 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 9P149 Shturm-S self-propelled anti-tank missile systems \u2013 12 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 BRDM-2 armored reconnaissance vehicles \u2013 4 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 9A33BM2(3) Osa SAM\u2019s \u2013 12 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 9A34(35) Strela-10 SAM\u2019s on armored vehicle mounts \u2013 6 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 2S6M Tunguska self-propelled anti-aircraft guns \u2013 6 pcs.;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u00a09K38 Igla man portable surface-to-air missiles \u2013 27 pcs.;<br \/>\n\u2013 S-300 surface-to-air missile systems (SAM) \u2013 16 pcs.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, in accordance with the agreement on joint armed forces between the Russian Federation and unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia signed in Moscow on November 21, 2015, two mechanized infantry battalions, artillery and aviation groups, as well as a separate special operations group have been attached by Abkhazia to the 7th Military Base.<\/p>\n<p>Except for a few of our additions, this note is based on the data from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/wjFrU\">milkavkaz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Judging by the number of our publications, featuring military unit 09332 (there are 26 publications, including the last one, and 10 of them are from 2016), <strong>the 7th Military Base of the Russian occupation forces is the most belligerent military force of the Russian Army in Ukraine<\/strong>. \u00a0See more:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/combat-crews-2s3-akatsiya-7th-military-base-identified-along-border-ukraine\/\">Combat Crews of 2S3 \u201cAkatsiya\u201d of the 7th Military Base Identified along the Border with Ukraine 10\/5\/2014<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/1984-donetskyj-ekspress-ydentyfykatsyya-rossyjskoj-tehnyky-y-vooruzhenyya-perebrasyvaemoj-na-donbass\/\">\u2018Donetsk Express\u2019 \u2013 identification of Russian military equipment and weaponry, transferred to Donbas10\/6\/2014<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/medical-detachment-7th-military-base-abkhazia-identified-near-border-ukraine\/\">Medical Detachment of the 7th Military Base from Abkhazia Identified near the Border with Ukraine 10\/11\/2014<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/3999-reaktyvnaya-artylleryya-7-j-rossyjskoj-okkupatsyonnoj-bazy-yz-abhazyy-na-granytse-s-donbassom\/\">Rocket artillery of the 7th Military Base of the Russian occupation forces from Abkhazia on the border with Donbas12\/18\/2014<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/5237-yz-mandarynovogo-raya-v-ukraynskyj-ad-rasskaz-o-tom-kak-rossyjskyh-kontraktnykov-v-dobrovolno-prynudytelnom-poryadke-posylayut-ubyvat-ukrayntsev\/\">From the mandarin paradise toward the Ukrainian hell\u2019: how Russian contract-based soldiers are forces to fight and kill Ukrainians 2\/4\/2015<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/6417-rossyjskyh-dvazhdy-okkupantov-s-7-j-voennoj-bazy-yz-abhazyy-za-uchastye-v-boyah-na-donbasse-massovo-nagrazhdayut-medalyamy-za-voynskuyu-doblest\/\">Servicemen of the 7th Russian Military Base from Abkhazia receive medals for fighting in Donbas 3\/2\/2015<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/6641-srochnykov-7-j-voennoj-bazy-rf-massovo-verbuyut-v-kontraktnyky-dlya-ukraynskyh-komandyrovok\/\">Conscripts of the 7th Russian Military Base massively recruited to become contract soldiers for \u201cUkrainian missions\u201d 3\/6\/2015<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/7011-myhos-otvazhnyj-razvedchyk-7-j-v-bazy-kavaler-medaly-za-otvagu\/\">\u201cCourageous Mihos\u201d \u2013 a scout of the 7th Military Base, holder of medal For Courage3\/18\/2015<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/more-soldiers-from-7th-military-base-received-combat-medals-after-temporary-duties-in-ukraine\/\">More soldiers from 7th Military Base received Combat Medals after temporary duties in Ukraine.5\/13\/2015<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/cinderellas-with-self-propelled-artillery-systems-or-how-russian-contract-servicemen-are-posing-as-self-defence\/\">\u2018Cinderellas\u2019 with Self-propelled Artillery Systems or How Russian Contract Servicemen are Posing as \u2018Self-defence\u2019 6\/23\/2015<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/the-sover-story-of-the-former-soldier-of-the-7th-russian-base-does-not-hold-water\/\">The Cover Story of the \u2018Former\u2019 Soldier of the 7th Russian Base Does not Hold Water. 6\/30\/2015<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/massive-deployment-of-the-russian-troops-and-equipment-from-the-occupied-abkhazia-is-registered\/\">Massive Deployment of the Russian Troops And Equipment from the Occupied Abkhazia Is Registered.9\/22\/2015<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/5502-russia-deploys-the-military-equipment-of-the-7th-base-to-rostov-oblast\/\">Russia Deploys the Military Equipment of the 7th Base to Rostov Oblast 9\/23\/2015<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-contract-soldier-from-the-7th-base-fights-as-dpr-militant\/\">Russian Contract Soldier from the 7th Base Fights as \u2018DPR\u2019 Militant 9\/25\/2015<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/jan10-donbas-games\/\"><u>\u2018Bored silly\u2019: \u2018Bored silly\u2019: the Russian Invaders\u2019 Games in Donbas2016-01-10<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/feb05-li\/\">\u2018Double Strike\u2019 to the Russian Officers from the Southern Military District 2\/5\/2016<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/journey-russian-occupant-gudauta-rostov-donbas-khmeimim\/\">Journey of Russian Occupant: Gudauta \u2013 Rostov \u2013 Donbas \u2013 Khmeimim 3\/28\/2016<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/the-dynasty-of-russian-war-criminals\/\">The Dynasty of Russian War Criminals: Biographic Narrative of the Invader 3\/28\/2016<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/emperors-new-clothes-putin-exposed\/\"><u>Emperor\u2019s new clothes \u2013 or Putin exposed 9\/16\/2016<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/updates-rostov-reserve-novorossian-army\/\">Updates on the Rostov reserve of the \u201cNovorossian\u201d army<u>10\/4\/2016<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/documents-revealing-personnel-another-russian-btg-rostov-ukrainian-mission\/\">Documents revealing personnel of another Russian BTG on a \u201cRostov-Ukrainian mission\u201d, 10\/27\/2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-artillerymen-7th-military-base\/\">21 of 35: Russian artillerymen of the 7th Military Base involved in shelling of Ukraine identified, 11\/15\/2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/29305-love-story-treugolnik\/\">Love story: Russian occupant\u2019s romance triangle, 11\/21\/2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-scout-7th-military-base-given-away-bull-terrier-horlivka\/\">Russian scout from 7th Military Base given away by Bull Terrier from Horlivka, 11\/28\/2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/29418-razvedchiki-7-j-v-bazy-v-ukraine\/\">The scouts from 7<sup>th<\/sup> military base, which fought in Ukraine, revealed, 12\/08\/2016<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We would like to remind you that a database of InformNapalm investigations, proving participation of Russian servicemen in the fighting in Ukraine on the Russian-terrorists\u2019 side, is permanently available at: <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/database\">https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/database.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This publication was prepared by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/irakli.komaxidze\">Irakli Komaxidze<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>based on his own OSINT-investigation.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Translated by Evgeniy Kalashnik<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Edited by\u00a0Svitlana Kemblowski<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a 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Kalmyks, who serve in the Russian imperial troops, probably confused the Donbas steppes with their native vast expanses.\r\n\r\n2016 year, which for InformNapalm has become a year of recognition and establishment as a professional international intelligence community, comes to the end. During this year, InformNapalm OSINT investigators revealed dozens of facts of the Russian involvement in the undeclared war against Ukraine. The particular military units and individual servicemen of the Russian army, spotted in Ukraine at different stages of the conflict, have been named; names of the dozens of war criminals have been made public. Many new models of Russian weapons and military equipment have been identified. <strong>The 7th Russian Military Base of the 49th Army (Southern Military District, Russia, based in Abkhazia, Georgia)<\/strong> has been largely featured among the collected evidence.\r\n\r\nThe new OSINT-investigation presents four homies-colleagues from the Reconnaissance Battalion of the 7th Military Base spotted on a \"Ukrainian mission - 2015\". They have been identified through analysis of information and photos of the subjects of our previous investigations. For example:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>a <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/GO9Xz\">photo<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-scout-7th-military-base-given-away-bull-terrier-horlivka\/\">Sergey Finogin<\/a> (Ilya Kuznetsov), a contract soldier from the same military unit, who, being in summer of 2016 on a combat mission in occupied Horlivka, was photographed recklessly with a local bull terrier and posted the photo in social media;<\/li>\r\n \t<li>analysis of social media accounts of the eight scouts of <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/29418-razvedchiki-7-j-v-bazy-v-ukraine\/\">7th Military Base who fought in Ukraine<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nOn the background of the group photo of the servicemen from the 7th Military Base, dressed in a non-statutory \"Gorka\" uniform (popular outfit among \"rebellious mine workers\" in 2014-2015), you can see abandoned buildings. The terrain and type of the buildings in the picture do not match the mountainous terrain of Abkhazia. The terrain in the photo looks more like a steppe landscape on the Russian-Ukrainian border in the vicinity of Izvaryne. We saw a similar <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/744VT\/73987cc3a1be218a7b8cbf19c86fd3d463c966f5.jpg\">landscape<\/a> in the Donbas trip photo report of the Russian maintainer Mikhail Boyurov, who <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/dec16-petersburg-invasion\/\">compromised not only himself, but also a tactical group of the 200th Brigade<\/a> from the Russian Northern Fleet.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kalmyk.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Subjects of the investigation:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/9.jpg\" \/>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><strong>Altynbek Zhumarystanov (Zhumarstanov)<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\ncurrently is a contract serviceman of the 7<sup>th<\/sup> Military Base, was born on December, 26, 1994, is native of Kharabali in Astrakhan Oblast. He has accounts in social media: VK1 [\u043d\u0435\u0442 \u0412\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0442\u0435, \u043d\u0443\u0436\u043d\u043e \u0432\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0441\u0441\u044b\u043b\u043a\u0443] (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/8OwUt\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/RVVZy\">album<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/7zQ9X\">contacts<\/a> archive), VK2 (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/6yXCm\">profile<\/a> archives), <a href=\"https:\/\/ok.ru\/profile\/543911625714\">OK<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/BQNXa\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/P0ReT\">album<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/Y55gM\">contacts<\/a> archives). Phone: +79270760777.\r\n\r\nAt first glance, the Zhumarystanov\u2019s photo albums are inconspicuous. Except, it contains a <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/VSFBS\">photo<\/a> from the \"Ukrainian mission\" period, which was previously presented by an OSINT-investigator <a href=\"http:\/\/elgri.livejournal.com\/9210.html\">Al Gri<\/a> (whose investigations have been also published on the InformNapalm website). In addition, Zhumarystanov was identified in the group <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/GO9Xz\">photo<\/a> of scouts from the 7th Military Base, that was taken during the \"Ukrainian mission - 2015\" period somewhere in the same area, judging by the ruined buildings.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/9-1-1.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/el-gri.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/02.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"199\" \/><strong>2. Eduard Chunov<\/strong>\r\n\r\nalso is a contract serviceman of the 7<sup>th<\/sup> Military Base and a native of Astrakhan Oblast, was born on April, 08, 1990. His accounts in social media are: VK (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/66xg1\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/o8vxa\">albums<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/RTOYB\">contacts<\/a> archives) under the name Ivan Ivanov, and <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/fKyqV\">OK<\/a> under his own name.\r\n\r\nIn his photo albums, he keeps series of images that illustrate his contract service both in Abkhazia and on deployments.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/02-2.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/02-1.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/04.jpg\" width=\"208\" height=\"208\" \/><strong>3. Kuandik Zharkanaliev<\/strong>\r\n\r\nis a contract serviceman of the 7<sup>th<\/sup> Military Base and a native of Astrakhan Oblast as well. He has an account on VK (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/wBF3D\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/i9u4g\">photo<\/a> archives).\r\n\r\nTough that Kuandik Zharkanaliev is camera shy, we were able to identify him in the <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/QIT4R\">photo<\/a> from the album of <strong>Ivan Prokudin<\/strong>, a contract serviceman of the same military unit and a subject of our previous <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/29418-razvedchiki-7-j-v-bazy-v-ukraine\/\">investigation<\/a>, seen on the \"Ukrainian mission - 2014\" (the third identified soldier in the picture, the one with the Order of Courage, is Aleksandr Krivosheev).\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/i-s-k.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/03.jpg\" width=\"221\" height=\"237\" \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>4. Samat Isaliev<\/strong>\r\n\r\nis a contract serviceman of the 7<sup>th<\/sup> Military Base and a native of Astrakhan Oblast, was born on February, 14, 1994. He uses accounts in social media: \u00a0VK1 (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/lQhem\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/oYggr\">albums<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/QGUHb\">contacts<\/a> archives), VK2 (<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/isaliev2014\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/fUkww\">album<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/6XAig\">contacts<\/a> archives) under the name of Semyon Makarov, and OK (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/s0iSj\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/soQJB\">album<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/6DriF\">contacts<\/a> archives).\r\n\r\nIn Samat Isaliev\u2019s photo album in OK we found the same group <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/EZJJm\">photo<\/a> of scouts, as in Sergey Finogin\u2019s files.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/si-.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>A secret that we can tell now<\/strong>\r\n\r\nInformNapalm\u2019s regular readers might remember the intriguing publication from October 27, 2016: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/documents-revealing-personnel-another-russian-btg-rostov-ukrainian-mission\/\">Documents revealing personnel of another Russian BTG on a \u201cRostov-Ukrainian mission<\/a><\/em>.\r\n\r\nIt is time to reveal a secret and name the source of information about the and personnel and structure of the Battalion Tactical Group (BTG) from the 7th Military Base. It is a picture posted by Isaliev- \"Makarov\" on VK2, the one taken \"<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/h6mSr\">in the office<\/a>\", at the base camp of Russian troops, located Oktyabrsky Raion, Rostov Oblast, near the Ukrainian border. Among other documents on the table, a ration record was discovered. This document reflected the structure of the BTG from the 7<sup>th<\/sup>Military Base BTG on \u201cRostov-Ukrainian mission\u201d in 2016.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/btgr.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/virezka.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>The structure and weapons of the 7th military base of Russian occupation forces.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe 7th Krasnodar Red Banner Order of Kutuzov and the Red Star Military Base, military unit 09332 (Gudauta, occupied Abkhazia, Georgia), includes:\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Capture.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Structure<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\u2013 The command;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Four mechanized infantry battalions;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Sniper company;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Tank battalion;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Two self-propelled artillery battalions &amp; one battery of towed howitzers;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Rocket artillery battalion;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Antitank artillery battalion;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Antiaircraft missile battalion and an antiaircraft artillery missile battalion (parts of the so-called Anti-aircraft battalion group of the 7th Military Base);\r\n\r\n\u2013 Reconnaissance battalion;\r\n\r\n\u2013 UAV company;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Engineer battalion;\r\n\r\n\u2013 NBC protection company;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Control (communications) battalion;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Electronic warfare company;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Control and artillery reconnaissance battery (of the artillery commander);\r\n\r\n\u2013 Control and radar reconnaissance platoon (of the air defense forces commander);\r\n\r\n\u2013 Control Platoon (of the reconnaissance commander);\r\n\r\n\u2013 Maintenance battalion;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Logistics battalion;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Headquarters company;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Medical company;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Military instructors platoon;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Training simulator platoon;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Training range;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Brass band.\r\n\r\nThe Military Base also includes a so-called aviation command office providing ground support for periodic flights of the Russian Airforce planes to the airfield in Gudauta; an anti-aircraft missile regiment (formerly the 100th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment, military unit 90100), consisting of 2 SAM battalions in Agudzera and Primorskoye, which have 8 units of S-300 SAM\u2019s on combat alert (make part of the so-called anti-aircraft battalion group of the 7th Military Base); an electronic technical unit with alert facilities deployed on the airfield of Sukhumi Babushara Airport.\r\n\r\n<strong>Armament<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\u2013 T-90A and T-72B3 MBTs \u2013 41 pc. (according to other sources 51 pc.);\r\n\r\n\u2013 BTR-82AM and BTR-80 armored personnel carriers (APC) \u2013 156 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 MT-LB light multi-purpose armored towing vehicles \u2013 15 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 BM-21 Grad MLRS \u2013 18 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 Akatsia 152 mm self-propelled howitzers \u2013 36 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 D-30 122 mm howitzers \u2013 6 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 2S12 Sani 120 mm heavy mortar systems \u2013 18 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 MT-12 Rapira 100 mm anti-tank guns \u2013 12 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 9P149 Shturm-S self-propelled anti-tank missile systems \u2013 12 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 BRDM-2 armored reconnaissance vehicles \u2013 4 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 9A33BM2(3) Osa SAM\u2019s \u2013 12 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 9A34(35) Strela-10 SAM\u2019s on armored vehicle mounts \u2013 6 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 2S6M Tunguska self-propelled anti-aircraft guns \u2013 6 pcs.;\r\n\r\n\u2013 \u00a09K38 Igla man portable surface-to-air missiles \u2013 27 pcs.;\r\n\u2013 S-300 surface-to-air missile systems (SAM) \u2013 16 pcs.\r\n\r\nIn addition, in accordance with the agreement on joint armed forces between the Russian Federation and unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia signed in Moscow on November 21, 2015, two mechanized infantry battalions, artillery and aviation groups, as well as a separate special operations group have been attached by Abkhazia to the 7th Military Base.\r\n\r\nExcept for a few of our additions, this note is based on the data from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/wjFrU\">milkavkaz<\/a>.\r\n\r\nJudging by the number of our publications, featuring military unit 09332 (there are 26 publications, including the last one, and 10 of them are from 2016), <strong>the 7th Military Base of the Russian occupation forces is the most belligerent military force of the Russian Army in Ukraine<\/strong>. \u00a0See more:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/combat-crews-2s3-akatsiya-7th-military-base-identified-along-border-ukraine\/\">Combat Crews of 2S3 \u201cAkatsiya\u201d of the 7th Military Base Identified along the Border with Ukraine 10\/5\/2014<\/a><\/u><\/li>\r\n \t<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/1984-donetskyj-ekspress-ydentyfykatsyya-rossyjskoj-tehnyky-y-vooruzhenyya-perebrasyvaemoj-na-donbass\/\">\u2018Donetsk Express\u2019 \u2013 identification of Russian military equipment and weaponry, transferred to Donbas10\/6\/2014<\/a><\/u><\/li>\r\n \t<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/medical-detachment-7th-military-base-abkhazia-identified-near-border-ukraine\/\">Medical Detachment of the 7th Military Base from Abkhazia Identified near the Border with Ukraine 10\/11\/2014<\/a><\/u><\/li>\r\n \t<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/3999-reaktyvnaya-artylleryya-7-j-rossyjskoj-okkupatsyonnoj-bazy-yz-abhazyy-na-granytse-s-donbassom\/\">Rocket artillery of the 7th Military Base of the Russian occupation forces from Abkhazia on the border with Donbas12\/18\/2014<\/a><\/u><\/li>\r\n \t<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/5237-yz-mandarynovogo-raya-v-ukraynskyj-ad-rasskaz-o-tom-kak-rossyjskyh-kontraktnykov-v-dobrovolno-prynudytelnom-poryadke-posylayut-ubyvat-ukrayntsev\/\">From the mandarin paradise toward the Ukrainian hell\u2019: how Russian contract-based soldiers are forces to fight and kill Ukrainians 2\/4\/2015<\/a><\/u><\/li>\r\n \t<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/6417-rossyjskyh-dvazhdy-okkupantov-s-7-j-voennoj-bazy-yz-abhazyy-za-uchastye-v-boyah-na-donbasse-massovo-nagrazhdayut-medalyamy-za-voynskuyu-doblest\/\">Servicemen of the 7th Russian Military Base from Abkhazia receive medals for fighting in Donbas 3\/2\/2015<\/a><\/u><\/li>\r\n \t<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/6641-srochnykov-7-j-voennoj-bazy-rf-massovo-verbuyut-v-kontraktnyky-dlya-ukraynskyh-komandyrovok\/\">Conscripts of the 7th Russian Military Base massively recruited to become contract soldiers for \u201cUkrainian missions\u201d 3\/6\/2015<\/a><\/u><\/li>\r\n \t<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/7011-myhos-otvazhnyj-razvedchyk-7-j-v-bazy-kavaler-medaly-za-otvagu\/\">\u201cCourageous Mihos\u201d \u2013 a scout of the 7th Military Base, holder of medal For Courage3\/18\/2015<\/a><\/u><\/li>\r\n \t<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/more-soldiers-from-7th-military-base-received-combat-medals-after-temporary-duties-in-ukraine\/\">More soldiers from 7th Military Base received Combat Medals after temporary duties in Ukraine.5\/13\/2015<\/a><\/u><\/li>\r\n \t<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/cinderellas-with-self-propelled-artillery-systems-or-how-russian-contract-servicemen-are-posing-as-self-defence\/\">\u2018Cinderellas\u2019 with Self-propelled Artillery Systems or How Russian Contract Servicemen are Posing as \u2018Self-defence\u2019 6\/23\/2015<\/a><\/u><\/li>\r\n \t<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/the-sover-story-of-the-former-soldier-of-the-7th-russian-base-does-not-hold-water\/\">The Cover Story of the \u2018Former\u2019 Soldier of the 7th Russian Base Does not Hold Water. 6\/30\/2015<\/a><\/u><\/li>\r\n \t<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/massive-deployment-of-the-russian-troops-and-equipment-from-the-occupied-abkhazia-is-registered\/\">Massive Deployment of the Russian Troops And Equipment from the Occupied Abkhazia Is Registered.9\/22\/2015<\/a><\/u><\/li>\r\n \t<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/5502-russia-deploys-the-military-equipment-of-the-7th-base-to-rostov-oblast\/\">Russia Deploys the Military Equipment of the 7th Base to Rostov Oblast 9\/23\/2015<\/a><\/u><\/li>\r\n \t<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-contract-soldier-from-the-7th-base-fights-as-dpr-militant\/\">Russian Contract Soldier from the 7th Base Fights as \u2018DPR\u2019 Militant 9\/25\/2015<\/a><\/u><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/jan10-donbas-games\/\"><u>\u2018Bored silly\u2019: \u2018Bored silly\u2019: the Russian Invaders\u2019 Games in Donbas2016-01-10<\/u><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/feb05-li\/\">\u2018Double Strike\u2019 to the Russian Officers from the Southern Military District 2\/5\/2016<\/a><\/u><\/li>\r\n \t<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/journey-russian-occupant-gudauta-rostov-donbas-khmeimim\/\">Journey of Russian Occupant: Gudauta \u2013 Rostov \u2013 Donbas \u2013 Khmeimim 3\/28\/2016<\/a><\/u><\/li>\r\n \t<li><u><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/the-dynasty-of-russian-war-criminals\/\">The Dynasty of Russian War Criminals: Biographic Narrative of the Invader 3\/28\/2016<\/a><\/u><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/emperors-new-clothes-putin-exposed\/\"><u>Emperor\u2019s new clothes \u2013 or Putin exposed 9\/16\/2016<\/u><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/updates-rostov-reserve-novorossian-army\/\">Updates on the Rostov reserve of the \u201cNovorossian\u201d army<u>10\/4\/2016<\/u><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/documents-revealing-personnel-another-russian-btg-rostov-ukrainian-mission\/\">Documents revealing personnel of another Russian BTG on a \u201cRostov-Ukrainian mission\u201d, 10\/27\/2016<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-artillerymen-7th-military-base\/\">21 of 35: Russian artillerymen of the 7th Military Base involved in shelling of Ukraine identified, 11\/15\/2016<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/29305-love-story-treugolnik\/\">Love story: Russian occupant\u2019s romance triangle, 11\/21\/2016<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-scout-7th-military-base-given-away-bull-terrier-horlivka\/\">Russian scout from 7th Military Base given away by Bull Terrier from Horlivka, 11\/28\/2016<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/29418-razvedchiki-7-j-v-bazy-v-ukraine\/\">The scouts from 7<sup>th<\/sup> military base, which fought in Ukraine, revealed, 12\/08\/2016<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nWe would like to remind you that a database of InformNapalm investigations, proving participation of Russian servicemen in the fighting in Ukraine on the Russian-terrorists\u2019 side, is permanently available at: <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/database\">https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/database.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em>\r\n\r\n<em>This publication was prepared by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/irakli.komaxidze\">Irakli Komaxidze<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>based on his own OSINT-investigation.\u00a0<\/em>\r\n\r\n<em>Translated by Evgeniy Kalashnik<\/em>\r\n\r\n<em>Edited by\u00a0Svitlana Kemblowski<\/em>\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/InformNapalm_logo_05.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-8997 alignleft\" 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