{"id":2856,"date":"2015-01-26T07:20:10","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T07:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=2856"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:31:22","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:31:22","slug":"guests-sakhalin-18th-machine-gun-artillery-division-russian-invasion-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/guests-sakhalin-18th-machine-gun-artillery-division-russian-invasion-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"Guests from Sakhalin \u2013 18th Machine Gun-Artillery Division in Russian Invasion Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/01\/18pulad-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2859\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/01\/18pulad-1.jpg\" alt=\"18pulad- 1\" width=\"307\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/01\/18pulad-1.jpg 307w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/01\/18pulad-1-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/01\/18pulad-1-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the course of detection and identification of military units of Russian invasion forces concentrated in the areas of Rostov region bordering with Ukraine, we identified the servicemen of so called 18<sup>th<\/sup> Machine Gun-Artillery Division from Eastern Military District, military unit 05812, permanently stationed in the Far East, on Kuril Islands.<\/p>\n<p>Precise information on the structure and weapons of the \u201cislanders\u201d \u201cdelegated\u201d to Rostov region is not available. Presumably, this is a combined battalion of howitzer and missile artillery, which at this moment is located in a field camp in Neklinovskiy district of Rostov region.<\/p>\n<p>Note: the servicemen of 18<sup>th<\/sup> MGAD are not the first \u201cguests\u201d from the Far East of RF. \u00a0Since the end of the fall, we have identified in Rostov region combined units (battalion or company tactical groups) of 5<sup>th<\/sup> Tank Brigade from Ulan Ude and 37<sup>th<\/sup> Motorized Rifle Brigade from Kyakhta. In the end of December 2014 we identified a unit of 305<sup>th<\/sup> Artillery Brigade from Ussuriysk, and recently we learned about paratroopers of 11<sup>th<\/sup> Air Assault Brigade of Russian Airborne Troops from Buryatia that were killed in Donbas.<\/p>\n<p>Reference: 18<sup>th<\/sup> Machine Gun-Artillery Division is a unique division of Russian army, formed in 1978 in Khabarovsk Krai on the basis of 129<sup>th<\/sup> Training Motorized Rifle Division. This division started its transfer to Kuril Islands in the same year.<br \/>\n18<sup>th<\/sup> Machine Gun-Artillery Division, whose headquarters are located in the village of Goryachie Kliuchi, consists of:<br \/>\n\u2013 46<sup>th<\/sup> Machine Gun-Artillery Regiment with 264<sup>th<\/sup> Separate Mobile Battalion (Lagunnoye village on Kunashir Island);<br \/>\n\u2013 49<sup>th<\/sup> Machine Gun-Artillery Regiment (Gornyi settlement on Iturup Island);<br \/>\n\u2013 110<sup>th<\/sup> \u00a0Separate Tank Battalion;<br \/>\n\u2013 584<sup>th<\/sup> Separate Repair and Refurbishment Battalion;<br \/>\n\u2013 911<sup>th<\/sup> \u00a0Separate Material Maintenance Company.<br \/>\nAs of 2008, this division was reduced to the level of brigade, although future buildup and enhancement were planned. For 2009, the planned equipment was as follows: BM-21 \u201cGrad\u201d \u2013 18, 2A36 \u201cGiatsint-B\u201d \u2013 36, BM 9A34(35) \u201cStrela-10\u201d \u2013 12, \u201cBuk-M1\u201d \u2013 12, ZSU-23-4 (ZY-23-2) \u2013 20, T-80BV (T-55) \u2013 62 and MT-LB as the primary infantry transport.<\/p>\n<p>Also on this subject:<br \/>\n\u2013 Ussuri artillerists of 305<sup>th<\/sup> Artillery Brigade with \u201cbuddies near Rostov\u201d<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/ussuriysk-gunners-russian-305th-artillery-brigade-bro-s-rostov\/<br \/>\n\u2013 News from Buryatia \u2013 Twenty of Cargo 200 transported to Ulan Ude<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/cargo-200-delivered-ulan-ude-buryatia\/<br \/>\n\u2013 \u201cEastern express\u201d \u2013 Russia continues to transfer army from the East<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/3163-vostochnyj-ekspress-rossyya-prodolzhaet-perebrasyvat-vojska-s-vvo\">https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/3163-vostochnyj-ekspress-rossyya-prodolzhaet-perebrasyvat-vojska-s-vvo<\/a><br \/>\n\u2013 \u201cIdentification of invasion forces of RF army, units and their losses in the territory of Ukraine\u201d<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identification-units-russian-armed-forces-deployed-fight-eastern-ukraine\/<\/p>\n<p><em>Author: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/irakli.komaxidze\">Irakli Komaxidze<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(\u0441) This material was prepared exclusively for <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/\">informnapalm.org<\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">. <\/span>The reference to the source is required when using the information.<\/p>\n<p>Russian\u00a0https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/4981-gosty-s-sahalyna-18-ya-pulad<\/p>\n<p>Translated by Andrii Gryganskyi.<\/p>\n<p>edited by Max Alginin<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/01\/aerodrom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2860 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/01\/aerodrom-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"aerodrom\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/01\/kurili-neklinovski.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2861 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/01\/kurili-neklinovski-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"kurili-neklinovski\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/01\/more.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2862 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/01\/more-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"more\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the course of detection and identification of military units of Russian invasion forces concentrated in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4722,"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":[528,5],"tags":[287,167,171,288,240],"class_list":["post-2856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-terrorussians","tag-18th-machine-gun-artillery-division","tag-russian-armed-forces","tag-russian-invasion","tag-unit-05812","tag-war-in-ukraine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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Presumably, this is a combined battalion of howitzer and missile artillery, which at this moment is located in a field camp in Neklinovskiy district of Rostov region.\r\n\r\nNote: the servicemen of 18<sup>th<\/sup> MGAD are not the first \u201cguests\u201d from the Far East of RF. \u00a0Since the end of the fall, we have identified in Rostov region combined units (battalion or company tactical groups) of 5<sup>th<\/sup> Tank Brigade from Ulan Ude and 37<sup>th<\/sup> Motorized Rifle Brigade from Kyakhta. In the end of December 2014 we identified a unit of 305<sup>th<\/sup> Artillery Brigade from Ussuriysk, and recently we learned about paratroopers of 11<sup>th<\/sup> Air Assault Brigade of Russian Airborne Troops from Buryatia that were killed in Donbas.\r\n\r\nReference: 18<sup>th<\/sup> Machine Gun-Artillery Division is a unique division of Russian army, formed in 1978 in Khabarovsk Krai on the basis of 129<sup>th<\/sup> Training Motorized Rifle Division. This division started its transfer to Kuril Islands in the same year.\r\n18<sup>th<\/sup> Machine Gun-Artillery Division, whose headquarters are located in the village of Goryachie Kliuchi, consists of:\r\n\u2013 46<sup>th<\/sup> Machine Gun-Artillery Regiment with 264<sup>th<\/sup> Separate Mobile Battalion (Lagunnoye village on Kunashir Island);\r\n\u2013 49<sup>th<\/sup> Machine Gun-Artillery Regiment (Gornyi settlement on Iturup Island);\r\n\u2013 110<sup>th<\/sup> \u00a0Separate Tank Battalion;\r\n\u2013 584<sup>th<\/sup> Separate Repair and Refurbishment Battalion;\r\n\u2013 911<sup>th<\/sup> \u00a0Separate Material Maintenance Company.\r\nAs of 2008, this division was reduced to the level of brigade, although future buildup and enhancement were planned. For 2009, the planned equipment was as follows: BM-21 \u201cGrad\u201d \u2013 18, 2A36 \u201cGiatsint-B\u201d \u2013 36, BM 9A34(35) \u201cStrela-10\u201d \u2013 12, \u201cBuk-M1\u201d \u2013 12, ZSU-23-4 (ZY-23-2) \u2013 20, T-80BV (T-55) \u2013 62 and MT-LB as the primary infantry transport.\r\n\r\nAlso on this subject:\r\n\u2013 Ussuri artillerists of 305<sup>th<\/sup> Artillery Brigade with \u201cbuddies near Rostov\u201d\r\nhttps:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/ussuriysk-gunners-russian-305th-artillery-brigade-bro-s-rostov\/\r\n\u2013 News from Buryatia \u2013 Twenty of Cargo 200 transported to Ulan Ude\r\nhttps:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/cargo-200-delivered-ulan-ude-buryatia\/\r\n\u2013 \u201cEastern express\u201d \u2013 Russia continues to transfer army from the East\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/3163-vostochnyj-ekspress-rossyya-prodolzhaet-perebrasyvat-vojska-s-vvo\">https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/3163-vostochnyj-ekspress-rossyya-prodolzhaet-perebrasyvat-vojska-s-vvo<\/a>\r\n\u2013 \u201cIdentification of invasion forces of RF army, units and their losses in the territory of Ukraine\u201d\r\nhttps:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identification-units-russian-armed-forces-deployed-fight-eastern-ukraine\/\r\n\r\n<em>Author: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/irakli.komaxidze\">Irakli Komaxidze<\/a>\r\n\r\n(\u0441) This material was prepared exclusively for <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/\">informnapalm.org<\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">. <\/span>The reference to the source is required when using the information.\r\n\r\nRussian\u00a0https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/4981-gosty-s-sahalyna-18-ya-pulad\r\n\r\nTranslated by Andrii Gryganskyi.\r\n\r\nedited by Max Alginin\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/01\/aerodrom.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-2860 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/01\/aerodrom-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"aerodrom\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/01\/kurili-neklinovski.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-2861 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/01\/kurili-neklinovski-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"kurili-neklinovski\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/01\/more.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-2862 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/01\/more-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"more\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2856","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=2856"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6768,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2856\/revisions\/6768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}