{"id":10104,"date":"2017-01-07T23:29:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T23:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=10104"},"modified":"2017-01-07T23:31:33","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T23:31:33","slug":"205th-brigade-troops-deployed-ukrainian-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/205th-brigade-troops-deployed-ukrainian-border\/","title":{"rendered":"205th Brigade troops deployed to the Ukrainian border"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Where are they going?<\/h2>\n<p>205th Separate Cossacks Motorized Rifle Brigade, or military unit 74814, is stationed in the town of Budyonnovsk, Stavropol Kray. The unit consists of several battalions of motorized infantry, a medical company, a commandant platoon, and a communications and support battalion. In December 2016, the young Russian soldiers, who have just signed their army contracts, are spoiling for a fight&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The comment &#8220;<em><strong>Contract approved let\u2019s go<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; left by <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/0lPz8\">Alexander Mandzhiev<\/a> under a <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/ZBTDN\" target=\"_blank\">photo<\/a> showing an episode from the occupation of the Crimea, describes very well the tasks and objectives that are put before the Russian soldiers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kontrakt-odobren-poehali.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31291\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kontrakt-odobren-poehali.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"735\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/EITWP\">A photo<\/a> with Mandzhiev with his colleagues standing at the entrance of the soldiers\u2019 hostel \u21167, i.e. at the barracks of military unit 74814 in Budyonnovsk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rjkk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31303\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rjkk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"610\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/JrVHg\">A photo<\/a>\u00a0by Rustam Akchurin with the comment &#8220;Contrabasses&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>(Russian army slang for a contract soldier)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kontrabasy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31302\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kontrabasy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"885\" height=\"734\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>&#8220;Going home?&#8221; &#8211; a question in the comments below <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/rLRTO\" target=\"_blank\">the photo<\/a>. &#8220;No, to Rostov Oblast&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/QBJqD\">Rustam Akchurin<\/a> answers.<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/v-rostov.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31306\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/v-rostov.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"896\" height=\"736\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/9gOli\">A photo<\/a> with military equipment at Matveyev Kurgan train station (<a href=\"http:\/\/wikimapia.org\/#lang=en&amp;lat=47.563774&amp;lon=38.861001&amp;z=19&amp;m=b\">47.563774, 38.861001<\/a>)<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/matveev-kurgan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31293\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/matveev-kurgan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"893\" height=\"681\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/geoteg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31292\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/geoteg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"886\" height=\"677\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Soldiers Akchurin and Mandzhiev in the soldiers&#8217; hostel during the ritual of celebrating their contractor status.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/akchurin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31304\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/akchurin.jpg\" width=\"224\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mandzhiev.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31305\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mandzhiev.jpg\" width=\"230\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summer <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/o1rQe\" target=\"_blank\">photo<\/a> of Rustam Akchurin in front of a light armored transporter (MT-LB) with tactical sign \u201ca square in a circle\u201d, which indicates the 205th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/TZ-kvadrat-v-kruge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31307\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/TZ-kvadrat-v-kruge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1408\" height=\"724\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A small digression on the subject of Russian weaponry deployments and trains recorded in Rostov Oblast in December 2016 in our recent tweets.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Tweet of December 20, 2016: &#8220;Taganrog, train, Msta-S. Feels like deja vu&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"ru\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B3?src=hash\">#\u0422\u0430\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0440\u043e\u0433<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D1%8D%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD?src=hash\">#\u044d\u0448\u0435\u043b\u043e\u043d<\/a> \u041c\u0421\u0422\u0410-\u0421 \u043a\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0435-\u0442\u043e \u0434\u0435\u0436\u0430\u0432\u044e \u0443\u0436\u0435 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/umYvpPJHQv\">pic.twitter.com\/umYvpPJHQv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Victory Krm (@KrmVictory) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KrmVictory\/status\/811303966051094528\">December 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Tweet of December 15, 2016: &#8220;Taganrog, train. New arrival of the little T-90 tanks&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"ru\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B3?src=hash\">#\u0422\u0430\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0440\u043e\u0433<\/a>, \u044d\u0448\u0435\u043b\u043e\u043d<br \/>\u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0442\u0430\u043d\u0447\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0432 \u0422-90<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash\">#Ukraine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Siria?src=hash\">#Siria<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Today?src=hash\">#Today<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/war?src=hash\">#war<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/russia?src=hash\">#russia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D0%B8%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82?src=hash\">#\u0438\u0445\u0442\u0430\u043c\u043d\u0435\u0442<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tlCwo8zjca\">pic.twitter.com\/tlCwo8zjca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u0412\u0438\u0434\u0430\u043b\u044c \u0421\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043a\u0438\u043d \u270c (@VidalSorokin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VidalSorokin\/status\/809472006794125312\">December 15, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/4Gui4\" target=\"_blank\">A photo<\/a> posted on December 20, 2016 with the train carrying a large number of Russian T-72B3 tanks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/tanki-t-90.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31311\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/tanki-t-90.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1182\" height=\"737\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My Taganrog group in the social network VK has a <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ysHh6\">photo<\/a> showing another part of the train with military equipment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/eshelon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31310\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/eshelon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1127\" height=\"737\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Note the photo that shows Russian 152-mm self-propelled howitzers 2S19 Msta-S. All of them have side numbers starting with \u201c6\u201d. And it is possible to see the tactical sign \u201ca square in a circle,\u201d as mentioned above, on the vehicle 642.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/tz-642.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31313\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/tz-642.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1117\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For comparison, we copied <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/9tERW\">a photo<\/a> of Msta-S number 643, which is also visible on one of the train\u2019s flatcars, from one of 205th Brigade\u2019s groups in social network VK.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/sau-643.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31314\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/sau-643.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1462\" height=\"736\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/644.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31315\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/644.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1360\" height=\"730\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/sau-645.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31316\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/sau-645.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1356\" height=\"740\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everyone should make their own conclusions. But the question remains: why did the Russian contractors from Budyonnovsk ended up at the train station in Matveyev Kurgan, Rostov Oblast? Note that all existing Russian army training ranges in Rostov Oblast are located on the way to Matveyev Kurgan, which means the contractors and their equipment didn\u2019t have one of those ranges as their destination.<\/p>\n<p>Soldiers of the 205th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade were featured in the investigations of the illegal invasion of Ukraine several times. Read more:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h1 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-contract-servicemen-of-the-205th-smrb-in-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russian Contract Servicemen of the 205th SMRB in Ukraine<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-anti-aircraft-gunners-from-205th-separate-motorized-rifle-brigade-responsible-for-downing-of-ukrainian-aircrafts-in-donbas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russian Anti-Aircraft Gunners from 205th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade Responsible for Downing of Ukrainian Aircrafts in Donbas<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/award-stigma-war-criminals-russian-army-database-video-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\">Award stigma of war criminals from the Russian Army, database and video overview<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Prepared by <strong><a class=\"ProfileHeaderCard-nameLink u-textInheritColor js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VidalSorokin\" target=\"_blank\">Vidal Sorokin<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Translated by Andrii Gryganskyi<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/InformNapalm_logo_05.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"46\" \/><\/em><em>(CC BY) information has been prepared specially for the site <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">InformNapalm.org<\/a>. At a reprint and use of the material active link to the authors of our project is required.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We urge readers to actively share our publications on the social networks. The exposure of the investigation materials to the public may turn the tide of information and combat confrontation.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where are they going? 205th Separate Cossacks Motorized Rifle Brigade, or military unit 74814, is stationed in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[529,528],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-donbas","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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The unit consists of several battalions of motorized infantry, a medical company, a commandant platoon, and a communications and support battalion. In December 2016, the young Russian soldiers, who have just signed their army contracts, are spoiling for a fight...\r\n\r\nThe comment \"<em><strong>Contract approved let\u2019s go<\/strong><\/em>\" left by <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/0lPz8\">Alexander Mandzhiev<\/a> under a <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/ZBTDN\" target=\"_blank\">photo<\/a> showing an episode from the occupation of the Crimea, describes very well the tasks and objectives that are put before the Russian soldiers.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kontrakt-odobren-poehali.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31291\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kontrakt-odobren-poehali.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"735\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/EITWP\">A photo<\/a> with Mandzhiev with his colleagues standing at the entrance of the soldiers\u2019 hostel \u21167, i.e. at the barracks of military unit 74814 in Budyonnovsk.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rjkk.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31303\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rjkk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"610\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/JrVHg\">A photo<\/a>\u00a0by Rustam Akchurin with the comment \"Contrabasses\"\u00a0<\/strong>(Russian army slang for a contract soldier)<\/em>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kontrabasy.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31302\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/kontrabasy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"885\" height=\"734\" \/><\/a>\r\n<h1>\"Going home?\" - a question in the comments below <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/rLRTO\" target=\"_blank\">the photo<\/a>. \"No, to Rostov Oblast\" - <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/QBJqD\">Rustam Akchurin<\/a> answers.<\/h1>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/v-rostov.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31306\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/v-rostov.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"896\" height=\"736\" \/><\/a>\r\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/9gOli\">A photo<\/a> with military equipment at Matveyev Kurgan train station (<a href=\"http:\/\/wikimapia.org\/#lang=en&amp;lat=47.563774&amp;lon=38.861001&amp;z=19&amp;m=b\">47.563774, 38.861001<\/a>)<\/h2>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/matveev-kurgan.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31293\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/matveev-kurgan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"893\" height=\"681\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/geoteg.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31292\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/geoteg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"886\" height=\"677\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Soldiers Akchurin and Mandzhiev in the soldiers' hostel during the ritual of celebrating their contractor status.<\/strong><\/em>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/akchurin.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-31304\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/akchurin.jpg\" width=\"224\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mandzhiev.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-31305\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/mandzhiev.jpg\" width=\"230\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nSummer <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/o1rQe\" target=\"_blank\">photo<\/a> of Rustam Akchurin in front of a light armored transporter (MT-LB) with tactical sign \u201ca square in a circle\u201d, which indicates the 205th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/TZ-kvadrat-v-kruge.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31307\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/TZ-kvadrat-v-kruge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1408\" height=\"724\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\nA small digression on the subject of Russian weaponry deployments and trains recorded in Rostov Oblast in December 2016 in our recent tweets.\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Tweet of December 20, 2016: \"Taganrog, train, Msta-S. Feels like deja vu\"<\/em><\/strong>\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/KrmVictory\/status\/811303966051094528\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Tweet of December 15, 2016: \"Taganrog, train. New arrival of the little T-90 tanks\"<\/em><\/strong>\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/VidalSorokin\/status\/809472006794125312\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/4Gui4\" target=\"_blank\">A photo<\/a> posted on December 20, 2016 with the train carrying a large number of Russian T-72B3 tanks.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/tanki-t-90.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31311\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/tanki-t-90.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1182\" height=\"737\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nMy Taganrog group in the social network VK has a <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ysHh6\">photo<\/a> showing another part of the train with military equipment.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/eshelon.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31310\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/eshelon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1127\" height=\"737\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\nNote the photo that shows Russian 152-mm self-propelled howitzers 2S19 Msta-S. All of them have side numbers starting with \u201c6\u201d. And it is possible to see the tactical sign \u201ca square in a circle,\u201d as mentioned above, on the vehicle 642.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/tz-642.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31313\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/tz-642.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1117\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nFor comparison, we copied <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/9tERW\">a photo<\/a> of Msta-S number 643, which is also visible on one of the train\u2019s flatcars, from one of 205th Brigade\u2019s groups in social network VK.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/sau-643.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31314\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/sau-643.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1462\" height=\"736\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/644.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31315\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/644.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1360\" height=\"730\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/sau-645.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31316\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/sau-645.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1356\" height=\"740\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nEveryone should make their own conclusions. But the question remains: why did the Russian contractors from Budyonnovsk ended up at the train station in Matveyev Kurgan, Rostov Oblast? Note that all existing Russian army training ranges in Rostov Oblast are located on the way to Matveyev Kurgan, which means the contractors and their equipment didn\u2019t have one of those ranges as their destination.\r\n\r\nSoldiers of the 205th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade were featured in the investigations of the illegal invasion of Ukraine several times. Read more:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-contract-servicemen-of-the-205th-smrb-in-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russian Contract Servicemen of the 205th SMRB in Ukraine<\/a><\/h1>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-anti-aircraft-gunners-from-205th-separate-motorized-rifle-brigade-responsible-for-downing-of-ukrainian-aircrafts-in-donbas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russian Anti-Aircraft Gunners from 205th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade Responsible for Downing of Ukrainian Aircrafts in Donbas<\/a><\/h1>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<h1 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/award-stigma-war-criminals-russian-army-database-video-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\">Award stigma of war criminals from the Russian Army, database and video overview<\/a><\/h1>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<em>Prepared by <strong><a class=\"ProfileHeaderCard-nameLink u-textInheritColor js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VidalSorokin\" target=\"_blank\">Vidal Sorokin<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Translated by Andrii Gryganskyi<\/em><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<em><img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/InformNapalm_logo_05.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"46\" \/><\/em><em>(CC BY) information has been prepared specially for the site <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">InformNapalm.org<\/a>. 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