{"id":14326,"date":"2018-12-18T02:06:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=14326"},"modified":"2018-12-18T07:04:03","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T07:04:03","slug":"99th-logistics-brigade-participated-in-occupation-of-crimea-photo-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/99th-logistics-brigade-participated-in-occupation-of-crimea-photo-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"99th Logistics Brigade participated in occupation of Crimea: photo evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Volunteers of InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community found evidence of the participation of military personnel of the 99th Logistics Brigade in the occupation of Crimea. This investigation focuses on the servicemen of the 1st Automotive Battalion of the 99th Logistics Brigade of the 49th Field Army, military unit 72153 belonging to the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces. Permanent station of the brigade is in Maikop, Republic of Adygea. The Auromotive Battalion is permanently deployed in Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, Russian Federation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We should like to draw the attention of the Ukrainian law enforcement authorities to the fact that in the recent month, it is the fourth unit of the Russian army, spotted in the invasion of Crimea by InformNapalm volunteers, but not on the list of the Military Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine (see our investigations about <\/strong>34th Motorized Rifle Brigade <\/strong>,<\/strong><\/a> 66th Signals and Control Brigade <\/strong>,<\/strong><\/a> 234th Airborne Assault Regiment<\/strong><\/a> ).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Football fans from the automotive battalion<\/h2>\n

The 99th Logistics Brigade has already been spotted by our OSINT team. The servicemen of this unit were identified in April 2015 in Donetsk at the Donbas Arena stadium.<\/a><\/p>\n

In spring 2014, servicemen of military unit 72153 also went to watch a game between the Sevastopol and Zarya football clubs, which took place on May 2, 2014 in the city of Sevastopol.<\/p>\n

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In the photo, is Sergey Solovyov, born August 27, 1993 in Rostov-on-Don. From 2000 to 2008 he attended school in the village of Sinegorsky, Belokalitvensky district, Rostov Oblast, then 89th Vocational Lyceum in the city of Shakhty. In 2013, he was drafted into the ranks of the Russian army. He served in the 1st Automotive Battalion in Novocherkassk (previously, the 239th Automotive Battalion) of the 99th Logistics Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He participated in the invasion operation of Crimea. He was awarded the departmental medal of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation For the return of Crimea.<\/p>\n

In the background of the photo below, there is a banner ad in the Ukrainian language \u201cHigh-quality fuel from Europe\u201d (Ukrainian \u201c\u0412\u0438\u0441\u043e\u043a\u043e\u044f\u043a\u0456\u0441\u043d\u0435 \u043f\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0435 \u0437 \u0404\u0432\u0440\u043e\u043f\u0438\u201d).<\/p>\n

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The YouTube channel of FC Sevastopol has a video of the match episodes<\/a> published on May 3, 2014. It shows the same elements of the stadium building and the advertising banner as in Solovyov’s photo.<\/p>\n

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Deployment period of the occupation unit of the 99th Logistics Brigade in Crimea<\/h2>\n

The Automotive Battalion of the 99th Logistics Brigade was deployed to Crimea in early March. Solovyov wrote about this in the comments under the photo on his page, answering friends’ questions. In the photo, published on March 24, 2014, he is pictured on a KamAZ truck with no license plates. Caption under the photo \u2013 “Sevastopol”:<\/p>\n

“U moved to Sevastopol ???”,\u00a0a friend asks Solovyov.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Yes! Been here for almost two weeks”, replies Solovyov.<\/em><\/p>\n

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April 12, 2014. Solovyov is still in Sevastopol, cooking out.<\/p>\n

“Cool! And you didn\u2019t call me<\/em>” a friend reproaches in the comments.<\/p>\n

\u201cCome over! Waiting =) in Sevastopol, Crimea! Food’s still hot”, <\/em>Solovyov invites.<\/p>\n

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On May 19, 2014, the Automotive Battalion of the 99th Logistics Brigade in the port Krym is waiting for the ferry to return to its permanent deployment station in Novocherkassk. This is what the caption under the photo says:\u00a0“5\/19\/2014 Waiting for the ferry, we are returning to Novocherkassk.”<\/em><\/p>\n

On June 22, 2014, Solovyov, with a medal for occupying Crimea<\/strong> on his chest, along with his colleagues, takes part in the march commemorating the anniversary of the attack of Hitler’s Germany on the USSR.<\/p>\n

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The fact that the event takes place in Novocherkassk is evidenced by the following photo in Solovyov’s album with the Novocherkassk Voznesensky military patriarchal cathedral<\/a> in the background.<\/p>\n

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Apparently, the Russian Orthodox Church approves of the attack on the neighboring country: Russian priests are posing for photographs with the servicemen wearing the medals for the occupation.<\/p>\n

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