{"id":12835,"date":"2018-03-25T12:31:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T12:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=12835"},"modified":"2018-03-28T12:12:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T12:12:54","slug":"in-a-hybrid-way-why-russia-was-preparing-to-ship-equipment-in-un-livery-from-novorossiysk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/in-a-hybrid-way-why-russia-was-preparing-to-ship-equipment-in-un-livery-from-novorossiysk\/","title":{"rendered":"In a hybrid way: why Russia was preparing to ship equipment in UN livery from Novorossiysk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fuel trucks in UN livery were seen at a railway platform on March 5 in Novorossiysk . This cargo could be destined either for the \u201cSyrian Express\u201d, or for the hybrid war in Donbas.<\/p>\n

In the course of social media monitoring, volunteers of InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community noticed strange photos that could reveal the preparation of the Russian Federation for provocative special operations in Syria, and possibly even in occupied Donbas.<\/p>\n

On March 5, an Instagram user from Novorossiysk nicknamed oaopid, who usually posts railway-themed pictures, published a photo of the UN (United Nations) tankers loaded on flatcars (original<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Novorossiysk is the home of the naval base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, which is serving as the loading point for the \u201cSyrian Express<\/a>\u201d. In addition, it remains unclear if there was any other UN-marked equipment that was not caught on camera by the spotter.<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0<\/em>War in Syria: Russia Paved Its Way to the Ground Operation Through the Sea. Infographics<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

It could also be a regular dispatch of equipment, but we do not know whether Russia has the right to put the UN livery on it.<\/p>\n

As of 2017, only 98 Russian peacekeepers were part of the UN peacekeeping missions: 38 police officers, 55 military observers, and 5 military liaison officers. Obviously, such modest force does not require so many fuel trucks.<\/p>\n

Let us remind that Vladimir Putin\u2019s unexpected willingness to support the deployment of UN peacekeepers in Donbas puzzled many experts late last year. Perhaps, that is how the Kremlin decided to give a hybrid response to the further pressure from the USA. US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker had stressed that Washington insisted on inadmissibility Russian citizens from joining the UN peacekeeping mission in Donbas, should the decision to deploy international peacekeepers be eventually put into effect.<\/p>\n

Since 2015, volunteers of the InformNapalm community have repeatedly spotted on social networks the Russian servicemen transferred to the border with Ukraine, where photos of vehicles and flags with the markings of UN peacekeepers popped up. This includes the servicemen of the \u201cpeacekeeping\u201d 15th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Army, who were seen on the occupied territory of Donbas and who took part in seizing Crimea.<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0<\/em>Russia Uses Servicemen of the 15th Motorized Rifle Brigade of Peacekeeping Forces in Donbas<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

We must note that the \u201cSyrian express\u201d version is supported by the news<\/a>\u00a0about the Russian Black Sea Fleet large landing platform\/dock (LPD)\u00a0Orsk passing today through the Turkish straits from the Black Sea into the Mediterranean and heading to the Syrian port of Tartus, where the logistics base of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea is located.\u00a0LPD Orsk, judging by its draft, was heavily loaded: on the upper deck, a large number of covered KamAZ military trucks were observed, as well as ZIL-131 trucks with army standard van bodies.
\nThe question is, are we witnessing preparation by the Russians for another hybrid trick? Would they disguise themselves as UN peacekeepers, in the battles for control over Eastern Ghouta?<\/p>\n

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Translated by\u00a0 Taras Ulishchenko, edited by Artem Velichko
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This cargo could be destined either for the \u201cSyrian Express\u201d, or for the hybrid war in Donbas.\r\n\r\nIn the course of social media monitoring, volunteers of InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community noticed strange photos that could reveal the preparation of the Russian Federation for provocative special operations in Syria, and possibly even in occupied Donbas.\r\n\r\nOn March 5, an Instagram user from Novorossiysk nicknamed oaopid, who usually posts railway-themed pictures, published a photo of the UN (United Nations) tankers loaded on flatcars (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bf88ZlIFVTq\/?taken-by=oaopid\">original<\/a>).\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/UN.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\nNovorossiysk is the home of the naval base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, which is serving as the loading point for the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?s=syrian+express\">Syrian Express<\/a>\u201d. In addition, it remains unclear if there was any other UN-marked equipment that was not caught on camera by the spotter.\r\n\r\n<em>Read more:\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/dec02-war-in-syria\/\"><em>War in Syria: Russia Paved Its Way to the Ground Operation Through the Sea. Infographics<\/em><\/a>\r\n\r\nIt could also be a regular dispatch of equipment, but we do not know whether Russia has the right to put the UN livery on it.\r\n\r\nAs of 2017, only 98 Russian peacekeepers were part of the UN peacekeeping missions: 38 police officers, 55 military observers, and 5 military liaison officers. Obviously, such modest force does not require so many fuel trucks.\r\n\r\nLet us remind that Vladimir Putin\u2019s unexpected willingness to support the deployment of UN peacekeepers in Donbas puzzled many experts late last year. Perhaps, that is how the Kremlin decided to give a hybrid response to the further pressure from the USA. US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker had stressed that Washington insisted on inadmissibility Russian citizens from joining the UN peacekeeping mission in Donbas, should the decision to deploy international peacekeepers be eventually put into effect.\r\n\r\nSince 2015, volunteers of the InformNapalm community have repeatedly spotted on social networks the Russian servicemen transferred to the border with Ukraine, where photos of vehicles and flags with the markings of UN peacekeepers popped up. This includes the servicemen of the \u201cpeacekeeping\u201d 15th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Army, who were seen on the occupied territory of Donbas and who took part in seizing Crimea.\r\n\r\n<em>Read more:\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/uses-15th-motorized-rifle-brigade\/\"><em>Russia Uses Servicemen of the 15th Motorized Rifle Brigade of Peacekeeping Forces in Donbas<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>\r\n\r\nWe must note that the \u201cSyrian express\u201d version is supported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/24tv.ua\/ru\/mezhdunarodnye_novosti_tag1121\">news<\/a>\u00a0about the Russian Black Sea Fleet large landing platform\/dock (LPD)\u00a0Orsk passing today through the Turkish straits from the Black Sea into the Mediterranean and heading to the Syrian port of Tartus, where the logistics base of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea is located.\u00a0LPD Orsk, judging by its draft, was heavily loaded: on the upper deck, a large number of covered KamAZ military trucks were observed, as well as ZIL-131 trucks with army standard van bodies.\r\nThe question is, are we witnessing preparation by the Russians for another hybrid trick? Would they disguise themselves as UN peacekeepers, in the battles for control over Eastern Ghouta?\r\n\r\n<em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/InformNapalm_logo_05.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-8997 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/InformNapalm_logo_05.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"109\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a><\/em>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>By\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100010235495201\"><strong>Mikhail Kuznetsov<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0and <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/burkonews\"><strong>Roman Burko<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0specially for InformNapalm<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Translated by\u00a0 Taras Ulishchenko, edited by Artem Velichko\r\n(<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\"><strong>Creative Commons \u2014 Attribution 4.0 International \u2014 CC BY 4.0<\/strong><\/a><strong>)<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\r\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Repost and share with friends.<\/strong><strong>\r\n<\/strong><strong>For notifications about InformNapalm investigations follow us on<\/strong><strong>\r\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informnapalm24\/\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\/\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InformNapalm\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0\/\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/informnapalm\"><strong>Telegram<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\r\n ","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12835"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12868,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12835\/revisions\/12868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}