{"id":3249,"date":"2015-02-21T19:21:44","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T19:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=3249"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:30:24","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:30:24","slug":"guide-russian-t-64-tanks-donbas-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/guide-russian-t-64-tanks-donbas-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Russian T-64 tanks in Donbas: Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this paper we will try to consolidate all current information on the T-64 tanks operating a variety of flags in Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts of Ukraine. We are interested primarily in the tanks serving the bandit formations rather than the machines of the Ukrainian army (it is its main fighting tank). Their showing up was pretty unexpected for all participants and observers of the events. The Russian side was in a hurry to use the surprise and labelled all T-64 tanks as trophies and items \u201cconfiscated\u201d from the Ukrainian army. The behavior of the site Lostarmour.info is very characteristic in this regard. It divides all T-64 variants into only two categories: either Ukrainian or \u201cmilitia\u201d tanks. For Lostarmour, Russian tanks in Ukraine don\u2019t exist. Therefore it was strange to find the link to such a very politicized Russian resource in the report on the weaponry from the ARES<\/em><\/a>\u00a0consulting company. More detailed about this report here: \u201cRising Red Flags\u201d vol.3.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n

So, the need to clear the situation with the mysterious T-64 on the occupied territories of Ukraine was pertinent for us as well. This sample became for me the first tank alleged to be \u201cseparatist weaponry\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"117\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It is clear that this tank was immediately announced as \u201cconfiscated\u201d although it had neither Ukrainian army labeling nor any traces of a fight. For example, I can show the samples of tanks captured in actuality.<\/p>\n

\"212\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As anyone can see, the appearance of a tank captured during fighting is pretty different from the \u201cparade\u201d appearance of the separatist\u2019s tanks.<\/p>\n

Now about propaganda. Is it necessary to mention how these tanks are marked in Lostarmour?\u00a0For instance:<\/p>\n

\"39\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It is indicative to mention that the so called Novorussia is the first owner of this tank, as well as the tanks under the numbers 5, 7 and 35. In this way the audience gets acquainted with the idea that any suddenly-emerged territorial new growth can obtain combat army equipped with main battle tanks out of the blue. If this site also would point the source country of the tanks, the picture would become more visual and take onquite an opposite meaning. Then the statistical enlistment of destroyed and captured gear would turn from an instrument of terrorist propaganda into incontestable evidence of Russian aggression against Ukraine.<\/p>\n

What is the problem?<\/p>\n

The problem of the military use of Russian T-64s is the extended term of their conservation. It was difficult to find any machines among them capable of being used in a fight \u2013 therefore even tanks from Eastern Military District were put in charge. Russian authorities were ready to pay even though they should be delivered by plane. An IL-76 can carry one tank. According to information from livejournal http:\/\/sled-vzayt.livejournal.com,<\/a> T-64s were transported by Il-76from Krasnoyarsk to Rostov Oblast in May 2014. What is even stranger, in October an An-124 was also brought in. It can carry 2-3 tanks at once, but aviation again was transporting tanks only one by one! On the other hand, each tank was transported in a \u201cfrom the sky straight to the fight\u201d mode. So calculate for yourself how much Russia paid for the opportunity to use it in Ukraine.And the fact that Krasnoyarsk tanks have been used in Ukraine is already proven.<\/p>\n

Let us take the photograph of Ilya Artemyev<\/a> made by him on the 2544th<\/sup> CBRT (Central Basis of Technical Reserve) of RF army. Although this picture is from 8 June 2014, it is quite possible that it was made sometime earlier.<\/p>\n

\"46-1024x684\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Who else wants to say that the Russian army is not participating in military actions in the east of Ukraine?<\/p>\n

\"56\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And here is a picture of another tank, also from Krasnoyarsk, but also with separatist markings and also in the ATO zone:<\/p>\n

\"65\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Look on the right side of the tank: \u201c2131\u201d. Four digit numbers are very specific for Soviet tanks; therefore the possibility of error is almost impossible.<\/p>\n

But the storage bases of the Russian army are not only the source of supply for T-64 tanks in the ATO zone. Crimea also contributed. During the spring of 2014, the Russian army captured over 300 tanks of this type on the peninsula.<\/p>\n

\"74\"<\/a><\/p>\n

There are no doubts that the majority of these tanks are already fighting in Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts as the main weapon of Russian aggression.<\/p>\n

Let us look at the tanks according to their serial numbers.<\/p>\n

The first ten: Absolutely Russian<\/strong><\/p>\n

One very simple fact for the beginning. There are only two countries around the globe that have tanks of this model and are able to deliver them to the ATO zone: Ukraine (it uses these tanks mainly) and Russia (it has over 2000 tanks of this model in storage, though they are not officially enlisted). At first glance, even the absence of Ukrainian identification marks like standard tactical numbers and white strips might seem to be enough to determine that Russia is the real source of the illegal tanks. But there are also other, more solid proofs.<\/p>\n

Tanks T-64 # 6, 7 and 8 were identified during their transportation across the Russian Federation as part of a military convoy on RF Ministry of Defense transports.<\/p>\n

\"83\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The very unusual mounting (vertical) of the dynamic armor blocks on the rubber screens makes the identification process very accurate. These two also belong to the same group of tanks of the Russian invasion forces:<\/p>\n

\"94\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Thus, all the tanks of bandit formations fighting in the Donbas with \u00a0vertically mounted dynamic armor blocks on the sides of the bodies are Russian tanks. But that’s not all.<\/p>\n

\"102\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Tank T-64 under board number 7 already has a separatist\u2019s identification number on the lid of the infrared projector while being transported on a trailer travelling through Russian territory(!). Thus, once again, on the basis of photographic and video material, a very simple fact is proved: the distribution of numbers, and hence the distribution of tanks to DNR \/ LNR terrorist groups occurs in Russia. This means that the general management of the \u201cNovorussia\u201d project is carried out from Russia.<\/p>\n

Specifically, for the whole group of T-64 tanks with blue numbers, it is possible to conclude: they unambiguously belong to the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n

\"118\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Tank # 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

It falls to the \u201cLegion of St. Isztvan\u201d<\/em><\/strong> nationalist group from\u2026 Hungary?! To understand how far Russia is targeting, I just say that these \u201cbrothers\u201d want the Trans Carpathian region of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\"124\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The participation of Hungarian Nazis in military actions in Ukraine is very symptomatic. Magyars were fighting once here, although with a different partner as part of Army Group South \u2013 not against fascism but for the victory of Nazi Germany. Therefore it was astonishing to see Hungarian nationalists (possibly the descendants of those first fighters) in the ranks of Russian \u201cfighters against fascism\u201d.\u00a0 It is also unclear what Bezler (Bes) was doing there, but the blue cap in the middle of the picture belongs apparently to him. Russia is only country able to gather all these people.
\nThe fate of this tank is unknown.<\/p>\n

Tanks # 2, 3, 4 did not get in frame and possibly never will because of losses and damages.<\/p>\n

It is possible that these numbers were never inserted, which is also not unusual for Russian gear in Ukraine. I would like to emphasize this fact for the reader\u2019s attention: tanks without labelling that participate \u00a0in fights on the separatists\u2019 side are also Russian. Army regulations in the Russian (and Soviet) army do not require the application of Russian symbols on military gear. Although T-64 tanks with blue numbers 2, 3 and 4 did not get in the picture, their loss is confirmed by the introduction of backups. T-72s with corresponding numbers appeared in the Mariupol direction at the end of summer, as well as # 5, which became a trophy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

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

This is another important moment, indicating the centralized supply from Russian territory. Dropout (destroyed or captured) numbers are assigned to the next tanks. They might be T-72, as well as T-64.<\/p>\n

T-64 # 5, 6, 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

These tanks did not participate in the battles, but did end up captured and demonstrated to the whole world during the exhibition of trophy weaponry in Kyiv.<\/p>\n

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

But tank # 7 is even in running condition:<\/p>\n

\"142\"<\/a><\/p>\n

However, Russian military disposition could not do well without a lucky \u201cseven\u201d. And so, a white \u201c7\u201d in the picture.<\/p>\n

\"153\"<\/a><\/p>\n

# 8<\/p>\n

\"44444\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Apparently it was destroyed. Russia sent a T-72B in exchange, as it supposed to be:<\/p>\n

\"163\"<\/a><\/p>\n

# 9<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is unknown what happened to blue # 9. But Russia has found a substitute, too:<\/p>\n

\"171\"<\/a><\/p>\n

# 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let us take a photograph, made by Ilya Artemyev from the 2544th<\/sup> CBRT (Central Basis of Technical Reserve) of the RF army.\u00a0http:\/\/vk.com\/wall-16215141?offset=0&z=photo-16215141_329759740%2Fwall-16215141_170<\/a>.\u00a0This base is subordinated to the General Headquarters of RF \u2013 this little fragment of the paper devoted to the activities of this base is evidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was preparing myself to the roaring of 600-horsepowered engines, clatter of tracks, creaking running gear, to anything\u2026 And here almost like the birds are singing! Aleksey Kotov, whom I was following to the repair bays, explained: it is storage base for armored vehicles here, not any frontier-zone unit on alert status. The latter have such noises in excess. The main functions of the Kozuli base are maintaining the battle readiness of reserve equipment and on-the-fly compliance with the orders of General Headquarters. In case of war, this unit is to prepare and send the needed number of tanks and other armored vehicles to where the senior officer will indicate within a strictly indicated period<\/span><\/strong>. Railways come up to concrete ramps of equipment bays. From here tanks, already filled with fuel, oil and lubricants, with new batteries, load themselves on the open train platforms and go from here anywhere.\u00a0So, nobody canceled combat duty here.\u201d (<\/span><\/strong>http:\/\/www.yarsk.ru\/press\/?i=100000091<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Preliminary results<\/strong><\/p>\n

The study of the first ten separatist T-64 tanks leaves no doubts that there are not only separatists in the ATO zone, but rather the Russian army. The adventurism of the \u201cRussian world\u201d, codenamed \u201cNovorussia\u201d, is carried on the Russian citizens\u2019 public dime. They pay for it not only with the fall of the ruble\u2019s exchange value but also with empty shop shelves. The Russian government also will be responsible for the destruction of a neighboring country and the killing of Ukrainian citizens to the fullest extent of international law.<\/p>\n

(\u0441) This material was prepared by the videomonitoring specialist Al Gri exclusively for informnapalm.org<\/a>. <\/span>The active reference to the source is required when using this information.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Translated by Andrii Gryganskyi.<\/p>\n

Original https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/4124-ros-tank-in-donbass-part1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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We are interested primarily in the tanks serving the bandit formations rather than the machines of the Ukrainian army (it is its main fighting tank). Their showing up was pretty unexpected for all participants and observers of the events. The Russian side was in a hurry to use the surprise and labelled all T-64 tanks as trophies and items \u201cconfiscated\u201d from the Ukrainian army. The behavior of the site Lostarmour.info is very characteristic in this regard. It divides all T-64 variants into only two categories: either Ukrainian or \u201cmilitia\u201d tanks. For Lostarmour, Russian tanks in Ukraine don\u2019t exist. Therefore it was strange to find the link to such a very politicized Russian resource in the report on the weaponry from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.armamentresearch.com\"><em>ARES<\/em><\/a>\u00a0consulting company. More detailed about this report here:<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/3422-yssledovatelskyj-doklad-osveshhayushhyj-sovremennoe-vysokotehnologychnoe-rossyjskoe-oruzhye-v-vostochnoj-ukrayne\"><strong><em> \u201cRising Red Flags\u201d vol.3.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>)\r\n\r\nSo, the need to clear the situation with the mysterious T-64 on the occupied territories of Ukraine was pertinent for us as well. This sample became for me the first tank alleged to be \u201cseparatist weaponry\u201d.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/117.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3250\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/117-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"117\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nIt is clear that this tank was immediately announced as \u201cconfiscated\u201d although it had neither Ukrainian army labeling nor any traces of a fight. For example, I can show the samples of tanks captured in actuality.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/212.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-3251 \" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/212.jpg\" alt=\"212\" width=\"823\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nAs anyone can see, the appearance of a tank captured during fighting is pretty different from the \u201cparade\u201d appearance of the separatist\u2019s tanks.\r\n\r\nNow about propaganda. Is it necessary to mention how these tanks are marked in Lostarmour?\u00a0For instance:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/39.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3252\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/39-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"39\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nIt is indicative to mention that the so called Novorussia is the first owner of this tank, as well as the tanks under the numbers 5, 7 and 35. In this way the audience gets acquainted with the idea that any suddenly-emerged territorial new growth can obtain combat army equipped with main battle tanks out of the blue. If this site also would point the source country of the tanks, the picture would become more visual and take onquite an opposite meaning. Then the statistical enlistment of destroyed and captured gear would turn from an instrument of terrorist propaganda into incontestable evidence of Russian aggression against Ukraine.\r\n\r\nWhat is the problem?\r\n\r\nThe problem of the military use of Russian T-64s is the extended term of their conservation. It was difficult to find any machines among them capable of being used in a fight \u2013 therefore even tanks from Eastern Military District were put in charge. Russian authorities were ready to pay even though they should be delivered by plane. An IL-76 can carry one tank. According to information from livejournal <a href=\"http:\/\/sled-vzayt.livejournal.com\/\">http:\/\/sled-vzayt.livejournal.com,<\/a> T-64s were transported by Il-76from Krasnoyarsk to Rostov Oblast in May 2014. What is even stranger, in October an An-124 was also brought in. It can carry 2-3 tanks at once, but aviation again was transporting tanks only one by one! On the other hand, each tank was transported in a \u201cfrom the sky straight to the fight\u201d mode. So calculate for yourself how much Russia paid for the opportunity to use it in Ukraine.And the fact that Krasnoyarsk tanks have been used in Ukraine is already proven.\r\n\r\nLet us take the <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/wall-16215141?offset=0&z=photo-16215141_329759740%2Fwall-16215141_170\">photograph of Ilya Artemyev<\/a> made by him on the 2544<sup>th<\/sup> CBRT (Central Basis of Technical Reserve) of RF army. Although this picture is from 8 June 2014, it is quite possible that it was made sometime earlier.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/46-1024x684.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3253\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/46-1024x684-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"46-1024x684\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWho else wants to say that the Russian army is not participating in military actions in the east of Ukraine?\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/56.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3254\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/56-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"56\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nAnd here is a picture of another tank, also from Krasnoyarsk, but also with separatist markings and also in the ATO zone:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/65.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3255\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/65-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"65\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nLook on the right side of the tank: \u201c2131\u201d. Four digit numbers are very specific for Soviet tanks; therefore the possibility of error is almost impossible.\r\n\r\nBut the storage bases of the Russian army are not only the source of supply for T-64 tanks in the ATO zone. Crimea also contributed. During the spring of 2014, the Russian army captured over 300 tanks of this type on the peninsula.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/74.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-3256 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/74.jpg\" alt=\"74\" width=\"759\" height=\"417\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThere are no doubts that the majority of these tanks are already fighting in Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts as the main weapon of Russian aggression.\r\n\r\nLet us look at the tanks according to their serial numbers.\r\n\r\n<strong>The first ten: Absolutely Russian<\/strong>\r\n\r\nOne very simple fact for the beginning. There are only two countries around the globe that have tanks of this model and are able to deliver them to the ATO zone: Ukraine (it uses these tanks mainly) and Russia (it has over 2000 tanks of this model in storage, though they are not officially enlisted). At first glance, even the absence of Ukrainian identification marks like standard tactical numbers and white strips might seem to be enough to determine that Russia is the real source of the illegal tanks. But there are also other, more solid proofs.\r\n\r\nTanks T-64 # 6, 7 and 8 were identified during their transportation across the Russian Federation as part of a military convoy on RF Ministry of Defense transports.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/83.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-3257 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/83.jpg\" alt=\"83\" width=\"701\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThe very unusual mounting (vertical) of the dynamic armor blocks on the rubber screens makes the identification process very accurate. These two also belong to the same group of tanks of the Russian invasion forces:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/94.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-3258 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/94.jpg\" alt=\"94\" width=\"637\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThus, all the tanks of bandit formations fighting in the Donbas with \u00a0vertically mounted dynamic armor blocks on the sides of the bodies are Russian tanks. But that's not all.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/102.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-3259 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/102.jpg\" alt=\"102\" width=\"729\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nTank T-64 under board number 7 already has a separatist\u2019s identification number on the lid of the infrared projector while being transported on a trailer travelling through Russian territory(!). Thus, once again, on the basis of photographic and video material, a very simple fact is proved: the distribution of numbers, and hence the distribution of tanks to DNR \/ LNR terrorist groups occurs in Russia. This means that the general management of the \u201cNovorussia\u201d project is carried out from Russia.\r\n\r\nSpecifically, for the whole group of T-64 tanks with blue numbers, it is possible to conclude: they unambiguously belong to the Russian Federation.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/118.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-3260 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/118.jpg\" alt=\"118\" width=\"779\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Tank # 1<\/strong>\r\n\r\nIt falls to the <strong><em>\u201cLegion of St. Isztvan\u201d<\/em><\/strong> nationalist group from\u2026 Hungary?! To understand how far Russia is targeting, I just say that these \u201cbrothers\u201d want the Trans Carpathian region of Ukraine.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/124.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3261\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/124-640x349.jpg\" alt=\"124\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThe participation of Hungarian Nazis in military actions in Ukraine is very symptomatic. Magyars were fighting once here, although with a different partner as part of Army Group South \u2013 not against fascism but for the victory of Nazi Germany. Therefore it was astonishing to see Hungarian nationalists (possibly the descendants of those first fighters) in the ranks of Russian \u201cfighters against fascism\u201d.\u00a0 It is also unclear what Bezler (Bes) was doing there, but the blue cap in the middle of the picture belongs apparently to him. Russia is only country able to gather all these people.\r\nThe fate of this tank is unknown.\r\n\r\nTanks # 2, 3, 4 did not get in frame and possibly never will because of losses and damages.\r\n\r\nIt is possible that these numbers were never inserted, which is also not unusual for Russian gear in Ukraine. I would like to emphasize this fact for the reader\u2019s attention: tanks without labelling that participate \u00a0in fights on the separatists\u2019 side are also Russian. Army regulations in the Russian (and Soviet) army do not require the application of Russian symbols on military gear. Although T-64 tanks with blue numbers 2, 3 and 4 did not get in the picture, their loss is confirmed by the introduction of backups. T-72s with corresponding numbers appeared in the Mariupol direction at the end of summer, as well as # 5, which became a trophy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/napa.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-3262 \" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/napa.jpg\" alt=\"napa\" width=\"821\" height=\"459\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThis is another important moment, indicating the centralized supply from Russian territory. Dropout (destroyed or captured) numbers are assigned to the next tanks. They might be T-72, as well as T-64.\r\n\r\n<strong>T-64 # 5, 6, 7<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThese tanks did not participate in the battles, but did end up captured and demonstrated to the whole world during the exhibition of trophy weaponry in Kyiv.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/nnn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-3263 \" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/nnn.jpg\" alt=\"nnn\" width=\"833\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nBut tank # 7 is even in running condition:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/142.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-3264 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/142.jpg\" alt=\"142\" width=\"717\" height=\"471\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nHowever, Russian military disposition could not do well without a lucky \u201cseven\u201d. And so, a white \u201c7\u201d in the picture.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/153.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-3265 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/153.jpg\" alt=\"153\" width=\"615\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n# 8\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/44444.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3266\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/44444-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"44444\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nApparently it was destroyed. Russia sent a T-72B in exchange, as it supposed to be:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/163.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3267\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/163-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"163\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong># 9<\/strong>\r\n\r\nIt is unknown what happened to blue # 9. But Russia has found a substitute, too:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/171.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-3268 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/02\/171.jpg\" alt=\"171\" width=\"665\" height=\"545\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong># 10<\/strong>\r\n\r\nLet us take a photograph, made by Ilya Artemyev from the 2544<sup>th<\/sup> CBRT (Central Basis of Technical Reserve) of the RF army.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vk.com\/wall-16215141?offset=0&z=photo-16215141_329759740%2Fwall-16215141_170\">http:\/\/vk.com\/wall-16215141?offset=0&z=photo-16215141_329759740%2Fwall-16215141_170<\/a>.\u00a0This base is subordinated to the General Headquarters of RF \u2013 this little fragment of the paper devoted to the activities of this base is evidence.\r\n\r\n\u201cI was preparing myself to the roaring of 600-horsepowered engines, clatter of tracks, creaking running gear, to anything\u2026 And here almost like the birds are singing! Aleksey Kotov, whom I was following to the repair bays, explained: it is storage base for armored vehicles here, not any frontier-zone unit on alert status. The latter have such noises in excess<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">. The main functions of the Kozuli base are maintaining the battle readiness of reserve equipment and on-the-fly compliance with the orders of General Headquarters. In case of war, this unit is to prepare and send the needed number of tanks and other armored vehicles to where the senior officer will indicate within a strictly indicated period<\/span><\/strong>. Railways come up to concrete ramps of equipment bays. From here tanks, already filled with fuel, oil and lubricants, with new batteries, load themselves on the open train platforms and go from here anywhere.\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">So, nobody canceled combat duty here.\u201d (<\/span><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yarsk.ru\/press\/?i=100000091\">http:\/\/www.yarsk.ru\/press\/?i=100000091<\/a>).\r\n\r\n<strong>Preliminary results<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe study of the first ten separatist T-64 tanks leaves no doubts that there are not only separatists in the ATO zone, but rather the Russian army. The adventurism of the \u201cRussian world\u201d, codenamed \u201cNovorussia\u201d, is carried on the Russian citizens\u2019 public dime. They pay for it not only with the fall of the ruble\u2019s exchange value but also with empty shop shelves. The Russian government also will be responsible for the destruction of a neighboring country and the killing of Ukrainian citizens to the fullest extent of international law.\r\n\r\n(\u0441) This material was prepared by the videomonitoring specialist Al Gri exclusively for <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/\">informnapalm.org<\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">. <\/span>The active reference to the source is required when using this information.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nTranslated by Andrii Gryganskyi.\r\n\r\nOriginal https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/4124-ros-tank-in-donbass-part1","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3249","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=3249"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6752,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3249\/revisions\/6752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}