{"id":14727,"date":"2019-06-29T07:40:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T07:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=14727"},"modified":"2019-07-08T19:08:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T19:08:58","slug":"russian-184th-coastal-defense-brigade-participated-in-the-occupation-of-crimea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-184th-coastal-defense-brigade-participated-in-the-occupation-of-crimea\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian 184th Coastal Defense Brigade Participated in the Occupation of Crimea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Volunteers of the international intelligence community InformNapalm collected facts confirming participation in the operation of the seizure of Crimea by a Novorossiysk-based unit of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation \u2013 184<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Coastal Defense Brigade.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Personal Data of Navy Servicemen of the Novorossiysk Naval Base.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Igor Vyacheslavovich Baranov<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/05\/%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%92%D0%9A-%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE-5.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to social networks, Baranov was born on 29\/05\/1995 in Kazan (Republic of Tatarstan, Russia). He served as a sailor on the small anti-submarine ship Povorino (pennant number 053). <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/archive.fo\/f7xGP<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here is a comparison of the characteristic elements of the ship based on photos from the album of Igor Baranov in the social network &#8220;VKontakte&#8221;:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/Selection_001.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SASS Povorino is assigned to the 181st Antisubmarine Ship Division, and the division is part of the 184th Brigade (military unit 90921, based in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia). https:\/\/archive.fo\/NwduO<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the next photo we can see Baranov wearing a medal for the occupation of Crimea:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/05\/%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%92%D0%9A-%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE-21.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Based on his photos, we can assume that he served as<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a cook.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%92%D0%9A-%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE-3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%92%D0%9A-%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE-17.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Baranov also published a photo of the certificate for the medal, which included a lot of important information:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the full name and rank of the Russian sailor;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the name and rank of the brigade commander who signed the award documents.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Under the command of this particular man, the sailors of the Novorossiysk naval base participated in the aggression against Ukraine;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">military unit number;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">number and date of the order of the Russian Ministry of Defense to issue the award &#8211; #222 dated April 17, 2014 (this order gave awards for the occupation of Crimea to other units of the Russian Armed Forces as well. You can find more detailed information in our regularly updated database<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/27666-zaklemlennye\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Award stigma of war criminals from the Russian Army, database and video overview\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alexey Zhukov<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another sailor of the Novorossiysk naval base, Aleksey Zhukov, boasted of a medal for the occupation of Crimea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%9E%D0%9A-%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE-10.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zhukov\u2019s album contains enough photos that indicate that he also served on the SASS Povorino:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%9E%D0%9A-%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE-7.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here Zhukov is standing next to the SASS Povorino, the caption under the photo:<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;We were put in dry dock at the ship repair plant&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%9E%D0%9A-%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BD-3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zhukov served as a torpedoman:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%9E%D0%9A-%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE-6.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He is also identified in a group photo in Baranov\u2019s photo album:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%92%D0%9A-%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BD-14.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%92%D0%9A-%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE-14.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the second row in this picture (standing): Igor Baranov is first on the right, Alexey Zhukov is second on the right.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Based on the social networks data about Zhukov, it was also established that he was born on July 30, 1994 and lives in the town of Yessentuki (Stavropol Krai, Russia).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Commanders<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Russian officers of the Novorossiysk naval base &#8211; participants in the operation to capture the Crimea<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Award documents to the medals for the occupation of the Crimea by the servicemen of the 184th CDB were signed by the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/vEWHs\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">brigade commander <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Captain 1st Rank <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dmitry Kuzmenko.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0This <a href=\"http:\/\/bsamp.ru\/docs\/0913372392016prilojenie___1.pdf\">document <\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, found on the internet (<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/\u0441\u043a\u0440\u0456\u043d-\u0434\u043e\u043a\u0443\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430.jpg\">screenshot<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) contains his full name, rank and phone number.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/ships_184brigada_komandir.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Captain 3rd Rank <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/zCCAj\">Yevgeny Shilov <\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/zCCAj\">commanded SASS Povorino<\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0during the operation to capture Crimea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/70-27-09-13.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>We appeal to the law enforcement services of Ukraine. The military prosecutor\u2019s office of Ukraine created the following <a href=\"https:\/\/censor.net.ua\/ua\/news\/416722\/viyiskova_prokuratura_vstanovyla_pidrozdily_i_tehniku_zs_rf_yaki_zabezpechuvaly_okupatsiyu_krymu_prokuror\">list \u00a0of the military units of the Russian Armed Forces<\/a> that participated in the occupation of Crimea. This list does not contain the 184th CDB or SASS Povorino. In addition, the commander of the military unit 90921 Captain 1st Rank Kuzmenko and the commander of SASS Povorino Captain 3rd Rank Shilov have not yet been included in the list (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiosvoboda.org\/a\/news\/27938187.html\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gp.gov.ua\/ua\/news.html?_m=publications&amp;_c=view&amp;_t=rec&amp;id=204808\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tsn.ua\/ato\/gpu-povidomila-pro-pidozru-rosiyskomu-generalu-yakiy-organizovuvav-obstrili-biyciv-ato-905002.html\">3<\/a>)\u00a0 of the military officials of the Russian Armed Forces that are suspected by the General Military Prosecutor\u2019s Office of Ukraine . We request you to take our investigation as a report on a crime committed against Ukraine, and carry out all the necessary procedural actions.<\/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=\"89\" height=\"42\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Translated by Maksym Sviezhentsev. <\/span>Distribution and reprint with reference to the source are welcome!<br \/>\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons \u2014 Attribution 4.0 International \u2014 CC BY 4.0<\/a>)\u00a0For notifications about InformNapalm investigations follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informnapalm24en\/\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/en_informnapalm\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/informnapalm\">Telegram<\/a>.\u00a0Repost and share with friends!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteers of the international intelligence community InformNapalm collected facts confirming participation in the operation of the seizure&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":14728,"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":[530,528],"tags":[6374,6537,167],"class_list":["post-14727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crimea","category-news","tag-184th-coastal-defense-brigade","tag-novorossiysk-naval-base","tag-russian-armed-forces"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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He served as a sailor on the small anti-submarine ship Povorino (pennant number 053). <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/archive.fo\/f7xGP<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here is a comparison of the characteristic elements of the ship based on photos from the album of Igor Baranov in the social network \"VKontakte\":<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/Selection_001.png\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SASS Povorino is assigned to the 181st Antisubmarine Ship Division, and the division is part of the 184th Brigade (military unit 90921, based in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia). https:\/\/archive.fo\/NwduO<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the next photo we can see Baranov wearing a medal for the occupation of Crimea:<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/05\/%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%92%D0%9A-%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE-21.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Based on his photos, we can assume that he served as<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a cook.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%92%D0%9A-%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE-3.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%92%D0%9A-%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE-17.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Baranov also published a photo of the certificate for the medal, which included a lot of important information:<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the full name and rank of the Russian sailor;<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the name and rank of the brigade commander who signed the award documents.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Under the command of this particular man, the sailors of the Novorossiysk naval base participated in the aggression against Ukraine;<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">military unit number;<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">number and date of the order of the Russian Ministry of Defense to issue the award - #222 dated April 17, 2014 (this order gave awards for the occupation of Crimea to other units of the Russian Armed Forces as well. You can find more detailed information in our regularly updated database<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/27666-zaklemlennye\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"Award stigma of war criminals from the Russian Army, database and video overview\u201d<\/span><\/a>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alexey Zhukov<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another sailor of the Novorossiysk naval base, Aleksey Zhukov, boasted of a medal for the occupation of Crimea.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%9E%D0%9A-%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE-10.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zhukov\u2019s album contains enough photos that indicate that he also served on the SASS Povorino:<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%9E%D0%9A-%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE-7.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here Zhukov is standing next to the SASS Povorino, the caption under the photo:<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"We were put in dry dock at the ship repair plant\".<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%9E%D0%9A-%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BD-3.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zhukov served as a torpedoman:<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%9E%D0%9A-%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE-6.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He is also identified in a group photo in Baranov\u2019s photo album:<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%92%D0%9A-%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BD-14.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%92%D0%9A-%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE-14.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the second row in this picture (standing): Igor Baranov is first on the right, Alexey Zhukov is second on the right.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Based on the social networks data about Zhukov, it was also established that he was born on July 30, 1994 and lives in the town of Yessentuki (Stavropol Krai, Russia).<\/span>\r\n<h2><b>Commanders<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Russian officers of the Novorossiysk naval base - participants in the operation to capture the Crimea<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Award documents to the medals for the occupation of the Crimea by the servicemen of the 184th CDB were signed by the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/vEWHs\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">brigade commander <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Captain 1st Rank <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dmitry Kuzmenko.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0This <a href=\"http:\/\/bsamp.ru\/docs\/0913372392016prilojenie___1.pdf\">document <\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, found on the internet (<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/\u0441\u043a\u0440\u0456\u043d-\u0434\u043e\u043a\u0443\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430.jpg\">screenshot<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) contains his full name, rank and phone number.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/ships_184brigada_komandir.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Captain 3rd Rank <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/zCCAj\">Yevgeny Shilov <\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/zCCAj\">commanded SASS Povorino<\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0during the operation to capture Crimea.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/06\/70-27-09-13.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<strong>We appeal to the law enforcement services of Ukraine. The military prosecutor\u2019s office of Ukraine created the following <a href=\"https:\/\/censor.net.ua\/ua\/news\/416722\/viyiskova_prokuratura_vstanovyla_pidrozdily_i_tehniku_zs_rf_yaki_zabezpechuvaly_okupatsiyu_krymu_prokuror\">list \u00a0of the military units of the Russian Armed Forces<\/a> that participated in the occupation of Crimea. This list does not contain the 184th CDB or SASS Povorino. In addition, the commander of the military unit 90921 Captain 1st Rank Kuzmenko and the commander of SASS Povorino Captain 3rd Rank Shilov have not yet been included in the list (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiosvoboda.org\/a\/news\/27938187.html\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gp.gov.ua\/ua\/news.html?_m=publications&amp;_c=view&amp;_t=rec&amp;id=204808\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tsn.ua\/ato\/gpu-povidomila-pro-pidozru-rosiyskomu-generalu-yakiy-organizovuvav-obstrili-biyciv-ato-905002.html\">3<\/a>)\u00a0 of the military officials of the Russian Armed Forces that are suspected by the General Military Prosecutor\u2019s Office of Ukraine . We request you to take our investigation as a report on a crime committed against Ukraine, and carry out all the necessary procedural actions.<\/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=\"89\" height=\"42\" \/><\/em>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Translated by Maksym Sviezhentsev. <\/span>Distribution and reprint with reference to the source are welcome!\r\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons \u2014 Attribution 4.0 International \u2014 CC BY 4.0<\/a>)\u00a0For notifications about InformNapalm investigations follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informnapalm24en\/\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/en_informnapalm\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/informnapalm\">Telegram<\/a>.\u00a0Repost and share with friends!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14727","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=14727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14729,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14727\/revisions\/14729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}