{"id":10195,"date":"2017-01-25T18:39:13","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T18:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=10195"},"modified":"2017-01-25T18:52:05","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T18:52:05","slug":"syrian-mission-russian-120th-artillery-brigade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/syrian-mission-russian-120th-artillery-brigade\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrian mission of Russian 120th Artillery Brigade"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this OSINT investigation, InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community exposes Russian servicemen from 120th Separate Artillery Brigade <\/strong>(military base 59361 of 41th Army, Central Military District, stationed in Yurga, Kemerovo Oblast)<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>which at the beginning of 2016 were on a \u201cNovorossia-Syria mission\u201d. Russian contract soldiers themselves became our main source of information, as they could not hold their urge to boast of their military awards in public. We also used regional Russian media that, unlike the central media, who are not shying away from sharing such kind of news with their modest audiences.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is worth reminding that in the end of 2016 InformNapalm published <\/em>evidence of a “Ukrainian mission” of 120th Separate Artillery Brigade<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. The article pointed that artillerymen from 120th brigade besides the Rostov-Ukraine mission\u201d were also spotted in Syria. In autumn 2015 Ukrainian military intelligence<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>uncovered <\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>initial information about deployment of the subunits of 120th Brigade to Syria.<\/em><\/p>\n

The target of our investigation<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Sergei Turkanov<\/strong><\/p>\n

DOB 2\/2\/1988. Born in Beryozovsky, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.\u00a0Contract soldier of 120th Separate Artillery Brigade\u00a0Accounts on social networks:\u00a0VK<\/a>\u00a0(archived profile<\/a>,\u00a0photo album<\/a>,\u00a0contacts<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Awards<\/a>: medal Participant of Military Operation in Syria by Russian Defense Minister, order #155 of March 16, 2016.<\/p>\n

Turkanov does not keep in his profile any pictures revealing his military status and uses a nickname Shram (ed.: Russian for Scar). However, an urge to boast overcame caution. On January 17, 2017 Turkanov posted a video story made by the local TV Station in Beryozovsky showing him awarded for a military mission to Syria that lasted from January to April 2016. The same information was posted<\/a> on the site of Berezovsky City hall on January 16, 2017.<\/p>\n

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