{"id":17309,"date":"2021-11-15T07:06:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T07:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=17309"},"modified":"2021-11-15T07:06:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T07:06:43","slug":"tankman-of-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-identified-fought-in-donbas-got-awarded-with-medal-for-bravery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/tankman-of-17th-motorized-rifle-brigade-identified-fought-in-donbas-got-awarded-with-medal-for-bravery\/","title":{"rendered":"Tankman of 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade identified: fought in Donbas, got awarded with medal For Bravery"},"content":{"rendered":"

We identified a contract serviceman of the tank battalion of the 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade (MRB) who was awarded the medal For Bravery for his Rostov-Ukraine deployment in 2014.<\/strong><\/p>\n

InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community continues a series of publications about Russian servicemen who received state military awards of the Russian Federation for their participation in the undeclared war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n

We have structured all previously published OSINT investigations of InformNapalm featuring evidence of Russian servicemen awarded with medals and orders for military operations outside Russia. Read more in <\/em>Award stigma of war criminals from the Russian Army, database and video overview<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the present OSINT investigation, we have identified another Russian serviceman \u2013 a contract tankman of the 17th MRB, who was awarded the medal For Bravery.<\/p>\n

The target of this investigation<\/p>\n

Maxim Ivanov<\/h1>\n

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Born: May 25 (presumably 1994), in Krasnoyarsk.<\/p>\n

He did his conscript military service from 2012 to 2013 in the tank battalion of the 39th MRB (military unit #35390, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Eastern Military District). Since the beginning of 2014 he was a contract soldier of the tank battalion of the 17th MRB (military unit 65384, Shali, Chechnya, Southern Military District).<\/p>\n

Judging by the photo selection, in the summer and autumn of 2014, Ivanov as part of the battalion-tactical group of the 17th MRB, was on a live deployment in Ukraine, for which he was awarded the medal for Bravery No. 64890<\/a> by presidential decree of December 24, 2014.<\/p>\n

Social media accounts:\u00a0VK1<\/a> (archived profile<\/a>, photos<\/a>, contacts<\/a>), VK2<\/a> (archived profile<\/a>, photos<\/a>, contacts<\/a>), VK3<\/a> (archived profile<\/a>, photos<\/a>, contacts<\/a> ).<\/p>\n

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Here are the most notable of Ivanov’s photographs, reflecting the period of the summer and autumn deployment tour. Ivanov poses in non-stanard uniform in the field camp of the invasion forces in front of T-72B3 main battle tanks<\/a> Msta-S self-propelled guns<\/a> and military equipment of BTGr<\/a> 17th Brigade bearing the familiar white circle<\/a> identification markings.<\/p>\n

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Having studied the contacts of M. In Ivanov’s profile, we found a number of profiles of his colleagues<\/a> with a series of curious photographs that reflect both the timeline and geography of the Rostov-Ukraine deployments of the tank component of the battalion tactical group of the 17th MRB.<\/p>\n

Stanislav Musienko<\/h1>\n

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Born: July 22,1986, in Krasnodar.<\/p>\n

He did his compulsory military service in 2012-2013 in the air defense forces of the Russian army. Since 2014 he was a contract soldier of the 17th MRB (military unit 65384, Shali, Chechnya, Southern Military District).<\/p>\n

Judging by the photo selection, in the summer and autumn of 2014, as part of the battalion tactical group of the 17th MRB, he was on a Rostov-Ukraine deployment, which ended<\/a> in October 2014. A number of Musienko’s photographs belong to the same series as photographs of Ivanov, including a photo in a non-standard uniform. Also in his album there is a photo<\/a> in front of an armored evacuation vehicle with a white identification tape on the antenna \u2013 we saw similar signs on other equipment of this brigade during the invasion of Ukraine near Novoazovsk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Social media accounts:\u00a0VK<\/a> (archived profile<\/a>, photos<\/a>, contacts<\/a>), OK<\/a>\u00a0(archived profile<\/a>, photos<\/a>, contacts<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Similar photos with the flag of the USSR against the background of the train can be found in Ivanov’s album, but, unlike Musienko, he uploaded them much later, in February 2015.<\/p>\n

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It is noteworthy that among Ivanov’s contacts there are the Russians who were spotted in hostilities in the Donbas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pavel Dikiy<\/h1>\n

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A contract serviceman of the 11th Engineer Brigade (military unit 45767, Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Rostov Oblast, Southern Military District), who uncovered not only himself in the Donbas, but also a conscript soldier Aleksey Teplykh<\/strong> from the same military unit. Read more in our feature Russian Army conscript seen in Donbas<\/a> on December 13, 2016.<\/p>\n

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Pavel Makhotin<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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This countryman of Ivanov from Krasnoyarsk is a Russian volunteer militant served in the marine units. It was possible to identify him by the photo<\/a> posted on the page of our main subject, with the comment “Bro, we\u2019re waiting for you”<\/em> , which led us to three Makhotin’s profiles on social networks:\u00a0VK1<\/a> (archived profile<\/a>, photos<\/a>, contacts<\/a>), VK2<\/a> (profile<\/a>, photos<\/a>, contacts<\/a>), OK<\/a> (profile<\/a>, photos<\/a>, contacts<\/a>). Makhotin is also listed<\/a> in the Myrotvorets Center database.<\/p>\n

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Note: there is a certain outward resemblance between Pavel “Dikiy” (the Wild) and Pavel Makhotin. This could be the same individual<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that the tankmen of the 17th MRB, including two officers who took part in the hostilities in the Donbas and were awarded the highest state military awards, were identified by InformNapalm earlier. Read more<\/strong>:<\/p>\n