{"id":14509,"date":"2019-03-02T17:34:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T17:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=14509"},"modified":"2019-03-02T17:34:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T17:34:18","slug":"soldiers-of-the-russian-76th-maintenance-and-repair-battalion-supplied-tanks-to-donbas-photographic-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/soldiers-of-the-russian-76th-maintenance-and-repair-battalion-supplied-tanks-to-donbas-photographic-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers of the Russian 76th Maintenance and Repair Battalion Supplied Tanks to Donbas (Photographic evidence)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an investigation of social network profiles of Russian servicemen, InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community obtained photographic evidence of delivery of tanks to the Donbas by the 76<\/b>th <\/b>Maintenance and Repair Battalion (<\/b>military unit 23286, based in the town of Slavyansk-na-Kubani; the battalion is a part of the 99<\/span><\/i>th <\/span><\/i>Logistics Brigade, military unit 72153, based in the city of Maykop).<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Deployment of Tanks to the Donbas<\/b><\/p>\n

The photographic evidence was found in the Vkontakte social network profile that belongs to the senior tank driver of the 76<\/span>th <\/span>Maintenance and Repair Battalion, private Vasiliy Andreyevich Dileyko (born December 2, 1994 in the city of Taganrog; his social network profile uses the name of Vasiliy Gubanov).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Original photograph:<\/span><\/p>\n

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This picture shows a T-72B main battle tank, side number 560 (red). The photograph was published on January 7<\/span>th<\/span>, 2015. However, it is obvious that it was not made in the winter, but possibly late summer or early autumn of 2014. The location where the shot was taken could not be determined. It can be either the occupied territory of Ukraine, or a field camp in Rostov Oblast of Russia. After the deployment to Donbas, this tank was used by the 1<\/span>st <\/span>Army Corps of the Russia\u2019s occupational forces (so called \u201c1<\/span>st <\/span>AK DPR\u201d). According to the information from lostarmour <\/span>https:\/\/lostarmour.info\/armour\/item.php?id=10549&fbclid<\/span><\/a>, this tank first appeared in photographs and videos made in the occupied territory in early November 2014, when its presence was documented in the village of Razdolne in Donetsk Oblast.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Comparison between unique elements of the tank shown in Dileyko\u2019s photograph and in other photographs:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Crimea<\/b><\/p>\n

Prior to his trip to the Donbas, Vasiliy Dileyko participated in the occupation of Crimea. On March 8, 2014, he posted a photograph with the following comment: \u201cTwo hours before departing for Krymsk. Ukraine\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In late September 2014 Dileyko signed a contract to serve for 3 more years:<\/span><\/p>\n

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And then in January 2015 he published a photograph of himself in a tank whose presence had been documented in the village of Razdolne. This proves that the 76<\/span>th<\/span> MRB participated in the war against Ukraine in both Crimea and Donbas. <\/span><\/p>\n