{"id":3113,"date":"2015-02-14T05:33:01","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T05:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=3113"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:30:52","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:30:52","slug":"russian-fsb-alpha-spotted-vuhlehirsk-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-fsb-alpha-spotted-vuhlehirsk-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian FSB \u201cAlpha\u201d was Spotted in Vuhlehirsk, Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An interesting character with a rare insignia came to light in one of the February broadcasts of \u201cKomsomolskaya Pravda\u201d from the town of Vuhlehirsk in the Donbas combat zone. He wears a patch from Alpha Group of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"978\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YcW16sCIyck?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/FSB3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3114 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/FSB3-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"FSB3\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Directorate &#8220;A&#8221; of the FSB Special Purpose Center can be involved in special operations of specific and higher complexity. They also act in \u201chot spots\u201d, including Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia and, as we see in this particular case, Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, skeptics can claim that those are \u201ccoal miners\u201d who adorn themselves with specific insignias of Russian Special Forces. However, an example of a former \u201cdefense minister of the DPR\u201d Igor Girkin (https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Igor_Girkin), colonel of the FSB, shows that the \u201ccoal miners\u201d from Russia are not merely \u201csimple volunteers\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>We hope that facial hair of the person caught on camera will not prevent his recognition and identification. Please send us any information about him using email or just add as a comment.<\/p>\n<p>Together we will win.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Prepared by Al Gri and Roman Burko specially for <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\">InformNapalm.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Translated by Andrii Gryganskyi<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Original article: https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/5758-fsb-alfa-zasvetylas-v-uglegorske<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An interesting character with a rare insignia came to light in one of the February broadcasts of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3115,"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":[4,528,5],"tags":[320,80,167,171,240],"class_list":["post-3113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mainnews","category-news","category-terrorussians","tag-alpha-group","tag-fsb","tag-russian-armed-forces","tag-russian-invasion","tag-war-in-ukraine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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He wears a patch from Alpha Group of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YcW16sCIyck\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/FSB3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-3114 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/FSB3-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"FSB3\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nDirectorate \"A\" of the FSB Special Purpose Center can be involved in special operations of specific and higher complexity. They also act in \u201chot spots\u201d, including Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia and, as we see in this particular case, Ukraine.\r\n\r\nOf course, skeptics can claim that those are \u201ccoal miners\u201d who adorn themselves with specific insignias of Russian Special Forces. 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