{"id":1931,"date":"2014-10-22T17:41:15","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T15:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=1931"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:37:54","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:37:54","slug":"russian-t-90-tanks-136th-motorized-rifle-brigade-luhansk-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-t-90-tanks-136th-motorized-rifle-brigade-luhansk-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian T-90 Tanks of the 136th Motorized Rifle Brigade in Luhansk Oblast"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is far from being a new subject, that the Russian Federation’s forces\u00a0take\u00a0part in fights\u00a0in the Ukrainian Donbas. This has been reported in the Ukrainian media many times. But to all skeptics, both local and international, definite visual prove of these facts is always needed.<\/p>\n

The presence of the Russian tanks, particularly the newest ‘T-90’ model, has also been raised over the July-September period, but there was no trophy or photo\u00a0proof\u00a0of that. Now we can know for sure that Russian T-90 tanks took part in fights\u00a0near the Luhansk airport.<\/p>\n

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This is proved by the pictures posted on the VK profile\u00a0of a Russian tank crewman. The unit involved was the tank battalion of the 136th\u00a0motorized rifle\u00a0brigade (military unit No.\u00a063354, Buynaksk , Republic of Dagestan, Russia). \u00a0The photographs were uploaded between the 2nd\u00a0and 12th of\u00a0October, 2014.<\/p>\n

We have managed to identify the location where the pictures\u00a0were taken, namely the road close to Fabrychne locality close to Luhansk airport. The road signboard shows \u00a0\u201cleft to Krasny Luch\u201d, \u201cstraight to Starobelsk\u201d, and \u201cright to Luhansk\u201d. \u00a0(I am grateful to my friends and readers and also to Artem Vasilenko, an\u00a0expert of the InformNapalm’s\u00a0team\u00a0for help in defining the locality).<\/p>\n

\"Overhead<\/a><\/p>\n

Overhead (right to left) 1. Soldier here 2. Two trees 3. Signboard 4. Five trees 5. Hedge 6. Hedge 7. Road junction
Notes on photo: (top) 2 trees, (mid) Hedge left of road, (bottom) Five trees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I have also written about the moving\u00a0of tanks from Buynaksk to Rostov and the Ukrainian Donbas. There were photos\u00a0found on social media showing the presence of tanks from Dagestan as well as of a destroyed BMD vehicle (supposedly Russian), but we could not be completely sure because of missing geotags, comments or other identification marks. But this material clearly proves the presence of the Russian T-90s in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

The pictures were taken from the profile of the Russian tank crewman of the 136th motorized rife brigade, Vitalek (Vitalik) Markasov<\/a>, tank id \u2018438\u2019 is stenciled on his headgear (the IDs on the tanks\u00a0are damaged). However tanks with numbers ‘4..’ (for example 431, 434, 454, 458) were more than once seen in photos taken on the train cargo stations in Kizlyar, Dagestan, and on photos of the tanks transferred to Rostov Oblast\u00a0(and then later to Donbas).<\/p>\n

Assessing Markasov we can say that he is a contract serviceman\u00a0of the tank battalion of the 136th motorized rifle brigade. In June 2014, along with other tank crews, he had trainings in a\u00a0‘survival school’ close to Volgograd. He was sent to Donbas after that. As for October, 12, he (and so his tank unit) is still in the conflict zone\u00a0in the territory of Ukraine (please pay attention to the comments).<\/p>\n

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I would like to address\u00a0Catherine Ann Fitzpatrick, who writes for ‘Tne Interpreter’:<\/p>\n

Dear\u00a0Catherine Ann, you have asked for more reliable information about the Kremlin’s participation in the war in Donbas.\u00a0The presented article is justified with the undeniable facts.<\/p>\n

My\u00a0previous\u00a0address <\/a>remained unanswered.<\/p>\n

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Here are some links to the previous articles on InformNapalm about the Russian tanks and their crews:<\/p>\n

Photo-sets of the Russian tank men of 135 MSBR from \u201cbusiness trip\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Tankman\u201d: Russian Officer of the 17th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade Who Participated in Armed Hostilities in Donbas<\/a><\/p>\n

Tank \u201cT-90\u201d and\u00a0 SAV \u201cAkatsyya\u201d 136 MSBR from Dagestan on the border of Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n

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Original article<\/a> by\u00a0Irakli Komaxidze translated by Eugenia Zlamanuk<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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This has been reported in the Ukrainian media many times. But to all skeptics, both local and international, definite visual prove of these facts is always needed.\r\n\r\nThe presence of the Russian tanks, particularly the newest 'T-90' model, has also been raised over the July-September period, but there was no trophy or photo\u00a0proof\u00a0of that. Now we can know for sure that Russian T-90 tanks took part in fights\u00a0near the Luhansk airport.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/10\/second-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1939\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/10\/second-photo.jpg\" alt=\"second photo\" width=\"975\" height=\"813\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n\r\nThis is proved by the pictures posted on the VK profile\u00a0of a Russian tank crewman. The unit involved was the tank battalion of the 136th\u00a0motorized rifle\u00a0brigade (military unit No.\u00a063354, Buynaksk , Republic of Dagestan, Russia). \u00a0The photographs were uploaded between the 2nd\u00a0and 12th of\u00a0October, 2014.\r\n\r\nWe have managed to identify the location where the pictures\u00a0were taken, namely the road close to Fabrychne locality close to Luhansk airport. The road signboard shows \u00a0\u201cleft to Krasny Luch\u201d, \u201cstraight to Starobelsk\u201d, and \u201cright to Luhansk\u201d. \u00a0(I am grateful to my friends and readers and also to Artem Vasilenko, an\u00a0expert of the InformNapalm's\u00a0team\u00a0for help in defining the locality).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1937\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"905\"]<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/10\/location.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-1937\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/10\/location.jpg\" alt=\"Overhead (right to left) 1. Soldier here 2. Two trees 3. Signboard 4. Five trees 5. Hedge 6. Hedge 7. Road junction Notes on photo: (top) 2 trees, (mid) Hedge left of road, (bottom) Five trees\" width=\"905\" height=\"776\" \/><\/a> Overhead (right to left) 1. Soldier here 2. Two trees 3. Signboard 4. Five trees 5. Hedge 6. Hedge 7. Road junction<br \/>Notes on photo: (top) 2 trees, (mid) Hedge left of road, (bottom) Five trees[\/caption]\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/10\/Map1.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-1938 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/10\/Map1.png\" alt=\"Map1\" width=\"751\" height=\"932\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/10\/google-map.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1943\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/10\/google-map.jpg\" alt=\"google map\" width=\"1157\" height=\"865\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nI have also written about the moving\u00a0of tanks from Buynaksk to Rostov and the Ukrainian Donbas. There were photos\u00a0found on social media showing the presence of tanks from Dagestan as well as of a destroyed BMD vehicle (supposedly Russian), but we could not be completely sure because of missing geotags, comments or other identification marks. But this material clearly proves the presence of the Russian T-90s in Ukraine.\r\n\r\nThe pictures were taken from the profile of the Russian tank crewman of the 136th motorized rife brigade, <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/makarasik\">Vitalek (Vitalik) Markasov<\/a>, tank id \u2018438\u2019 is stenciled on his headgear (the IDs on the tanks\u00a0are damaged). However tanks with numbers '4..' (for example 431, 434, 454, 458) were more than once seen in photos taken on the train cargo stations in Kizlyar, Dagestan, and on photos of the tanks transferred to Rostov Oblast\u00a0(and then later to Donbas).\r\n\r\nAssessing Markasov we can say that he is a contract serviceman\u00a0of the tank battalion of the 136th motorized rifle brigade. In June 2014, along with other tank crews, he had trainings in a\u00a0'survival school' close to Volgograd. He was sent to Donbas after that. As for October, 12, he (and so his tank unit) is still in the conflict zone\u00a0in the territory of Ukraine (please pay attention to the comments).\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/10\/third-photo.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-1942 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/10\/third-photo-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"third photo\" width=\"750\" height=\"515\" \/><\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/10\/fourth-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1936\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/10\/fourth-photo.jpg\" alt=\"fourth photo\" width=\"981\" height=\"807\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/10\/sixth-photo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1941\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/10\/sixth-photo.jpg\" alt=\"sixth photo\" width=\"985\" height=\"817\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/10\/8th-photo-VK-page.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-1934 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/10\/8th-photo-VK-page.jpg\" alt=\"8th photo VK page\" width=\"570\" height=\"842\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nI would like to address\u00a0Catherine Ann Fitzpatrick, who writes for 'Tne Interpreter':\r\n\r\nDear\u00a0Catherine Ann, you have asked for more reliable information about the Kremlin's participation in the war in Donbas.\u00a0The presented article is justified with the undeniable facts.\r\n\r\nMy\u00a0previous\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/2227-gumanytarochka-2\">address <\/a>remained unanswered.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHere are some links to the previous articles on InformNapalm about the Russian tanks and their crews:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/2320-fotosessyy-rossyjskyh-tankystov-136-j-msbr-s-komandyrovky\/\" target=\"_blank\">Photo-sets of the Russian tank men of 135 MSBR from \u201cbusiness trip\u201d<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/tankman-russian-officer-17th-independent-motor-rifle-brigade-participated-armed-hostilities-donbas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tankman\u201d: Russian Officer of the 17th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade Who Participated in Armed Hostilities in Donbas<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/1943-tanky-t-90-y-sau-akatsyya-136-j-msbr-yz-dagestana-na-granytse-s-ukraynoj\/\">Tank \u201cT-90\u201d and\u00a0 SAV \u201cAkatsyya\u201d 136 MSBR from Dagestan on the border of Ukraine<\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/2358-rossyjskye-tanky-136-j-motostrelkovoj-brygade-v-luganskoj-oblasty-fotofakt\/\">Original article<\/a> by\u00a0Irakli Komaxidze translated by Eugenia Zlamanuk<\/em>","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1931"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5407,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions\/5407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}