{"id":4206,"date":"2015-05-17T21:32:41","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T21:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=4206"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:50:11","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:50:11","slug":"ukrainian-military-destroys-a-russian-spetsnaz-incursion-into-shchastya-and-captures-two-wounded-spetsnaz-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/ukrainian-military-destroys-a-russian-spetsnaz-incursion-into-shchastya-and-captures-two-wounded-spetsnaz-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian Army Destroys Russian Spetsnaz GRU Recon Group near Shchastya and Captures Two Russian Servicemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/38RN7by4No8\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>[Warning: <\/em><em>Graphic photographs are included in this post]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After fierce fighting with a Russian diversion reconnaissance group (DRG) \u00a0in the vicinity of the town of Shchastya on Saturday April 16, 2015, \u00a0two Russian soldiers were captured &#8211; a captain and a sergeant &#8211; both of the Spetsnaz GRU unit from Tolyatti, Samara Oblast, Russia. Both were wounded, although severity of their wounds is unknown at this time. The total loss of Russian attackers is also to be determined. Three Ukrainians soldiers were killed and three wounded in the battle. Ukrainian military units that participated in the battle were troops from the\u00a0<span id=\"ouHighlight__59_60TO77_78\">92<\/span><span id=\"noHighlight_0.24080068389727877\"> <\/span><span id=\"ouHighlight__62_68TO80_86\">Brigade<\/span><span id=\"noHighlight_0.7804719005825169\">,<\/span><span id=\"noHighlight_0.8214656301707186\"> <\/span><span id=\"ouHighlight__71_72TO89_91\">8th<\/span><span id=\"noHighlight_0.4215056922052333\"> <\/span><span id=\"ouHighlight__74_77TO93_100\">Regiment<\/span><span id=\"noHighlight_0.7250175137879123\"> <\/span><span id=\"ouHighlight__79_79TO102_104\">and<\/span><span id=\"noHighlight_0.956171768342717\"> <\/span><span id=\"ouHighlight__81_85TO106_110\" class=\"highlight\">Aidar<\/span> Battalion.<\/p>\n<p>The Coordinator of the InformNapalm team Roman Burko reported about this event on his Facebook page: &#8220;Insiders report that today, during a fight with the militant DRG at Shchastya, two Russian Spetsnaz troops were captured by Ukrainian forces&#8230;&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/burkonews\/posts\/510455799102298\">posted on Saturday, May 16, 2015<\/a>) and later: &#8220;<em>The guys from the frontline reported that by 5:00 am, the fight with the enemy&#8217;s DRG at Shchastya was over. The report about the captured Russian servicemen has been confirmed&#8230;&#8221; (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/burkonews\/posts\/510691759078702\">posted on Sunday, May 17, 2015<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Today, May 17, the Anti-terrorist Operation Headquarters, through its spokesman colonel Andriy Lysenko, confirmed the report about the captured Russian servicemen at a press briefing while responding to a question about the accuracy of information on the capturing of the two soldiers of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU).<\/p>\n<p>Let us remind you that back in 2014, there were numerous reports in the media that a separate brigade of Spetsnaz GRU was sent from Tolyatti to Crimea to protect a site of strategic importance. In March of 2015, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rbc.ua\/rus\/news\/luganskuyu-obl-perebroshen-rossiyskiy-spetsnaz-1427189245.html\">there was a report<\/a> that this unit, was transferred to Luhansk Oblast .<\/p>\n<p>A doctor named Grigory Maximets has also confirmed the information about two wounded Russian servicemen on his Facebook page and posted photographs of their treatment in the medical centre: &#8220;<em>Yesterday, May 16,\u00a0 Russian Spetsnaz attacked the Ukrainian town of Shchastya from occupied Luhansk. Based on the words of the two wounded Russian soldiers that were brought to the medical unit (of the Aidar battalion and the 59th hospital) they were confused by their commanders telling them that the Aidar battalion had left Shchastya and they were sent to confirm this&#8230;) <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/05\/DRG-wounded-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4209\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/05\/DRG-wounded-2-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"DRG wounded 2\" width=\"317\" height=\"179\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/05\/DRG-wounded-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4208\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/05\/DRG-wounded-3-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"DRG wounded 3\" width=\"318\" height=\"180\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><em>posted by\u00a0<a id=\"js_2\" class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/grigory.maximets\/posts\/569709399835357\">Grigory Maximets<\/a>\u00a0approximately at 2:50 p.m. on May 17, 2015.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the day after the capture of the two Russian soldiers, the LNR posted pictures of\u00a0identity cards of the two prisoners on social networks, purporting to show that the Russian\u00a0soldiers were LNR troops, and not Russian military.<\/p>\n<p>This is a photo of the ID supposedly issued by the LNR to Alexander Alatolievich Alexandrov, sergeant of contract service of the Russian armed forces from the town of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, date of birth January 7, 1987, call sign &#8216;Alex&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/05\/DRG-wounded-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4210\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/05\/DRG-wounded-4-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"DRG wounded 4\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Commander of the intelligence group, Captain Eugene Vladimirovich Erofeev from Kuybyshev, Russia, date of birth January 18, 1985, call sign \u201cDolphin\u201d supposedly got this ID card.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/05\/Flame-thrower-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4211\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/05\/Flame-thrower-5-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"Flame thrower 5\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The InformNapalm publishes this material, even the graphic photographs, in order to prevent any attempt by individuals to hide or deny the evidence of the Russian attack and capture of their troops.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/9082-v-plen-pod-schastem-popaly-bojtsy-tolyattynskogo-spetsnaza-gru\">Original article<\/a> translated by Sveta Kemblowski.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Warning: Graphic photographs are included in this post] After fierce fighting with a Russian diversion reconnaissance group&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","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":[529,3,4,528,6],"tags":[69,167,204,240],"class_list":["post-4206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-donbas","category-hotnews","category-mainnews","category-news","category-topical","tag-donbas","tag-russian-armed-forces","tag-spetsnaz-gru","tag-war-in-ukraine","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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a captain and a sergeant - both of the Spetsnaz GRU unit from Tolyatti, Samara Oblast, Russia. Both were wounded, although severity of their wounds is unknown at this time. The total loss of Russian attackers is also to be determined. Three Ukrainians soldiers were killed and three wounded in the battle. Ukrainian military units that participated in the battle were troops from the\u00a0<span id=\"ouHighlight__59_60TO77_78\">92<\/span><span id=\"noHighlight_0.24080068389727877\"> <\/span><span id=\"ouHighlight__62_68TO80_86\">Brigade<\/span><span id=\"noHighlight_0.7804719005825169\">,<\/span><span id=\"noHighlight_0.8214656301707186\"> <\/span><span id=\"ouHighlight__71_72TO89_91\">8th<\/span><span id=\"noHighlight_0.4215056922052333\"> <\/span><span id=\"ouHighlight__74_77TO93_100\">Regiment<\/span><span id=\"noHighlight_0.7250175137879123\"> <\/span><span id=\"ouHighlight__79_79TO102_104\">and<\/span><span id=\"noHighlight_0.956171768342717\"> <\/span><span id=\"ouHighlight__81_85TO106_110\" class=\"highlight\">Aidar<\/span> Battalion.\r\n\r\nThe Coordinator of the InformNapalm team Roman Burko reported about this event on his Facebook page: \"Insiders report that today, during a fight with the militant DRG at Shchastya, two Russian Spetsnaz troops were captured by Ukrainian forces...\" (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/burkonews\/posts\/510455799102298\">posted on Saturday, May 16, 2015<\/a>) and later: \"<em>The guys from the frontline reported that by 5:00 am, the fight with the enemy's DRG at Shchastya was over. The report about the captured Russian servicemen has been confirmed...\" (<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/burkonews\/posts\/510691759078702\">posted on Sunday, May 17, 2015<\/a>).\r\n\r\nToday, May 17, the Anti-terrorist Operation Headquarters, through its spokesman colonel Andriy Lysenko, confirmed the report about the captured Russian servicemen at a press briefing while responding to a question about the accuracy of information on the capturing of the two soldiers of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU).\r\n\r\nLet us remind you that back in 2014, there were numerous reports in the media that a separate brigade of Spetsnaz GRU was sent from Tolyatti to Crimea to protect a site of strategic importance. In March of 2015, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rbc.ua\/rus\/news\/luganskuyu-obl-perebroshen-rossiyskiy-spetsnaz-1427189245.html\">there was a report<\/a> that this unit, was transferred to Luhansk Oblast .\r\n\r\nA doctor named Grigory Maximets has also confirmed the information about two wounded Russian servicemen on his Facebook page and posted photographs of their treatment in the medical centre: \"<em>Yesterday, May 16,\u00a0 Russian Spetsnaz attacked the Ukrainian town of Shchastya from occupied Luhansk. Based on the words of the two wounded Russian soldiers that were brought to the medical unit (of the Aidar battalion and the 59th hospital) they were confused by their commanders telling them that the Aidar battalion had left Shchastya and they were sent to confirm this...) <\/em>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/05\/DRG-wounded-2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4209\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/05\/DRG-wounded-2-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"DRG wounded 2\" width=\"317\" height=\"179\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/05\/DRG-wounded-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4208\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/05\/DRG-wounded-3-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"DRG wounded 3\" width=\"318\" height=\"180\" \/>\r\n<\/a><em>posted by\u00a0<a id=\"js_2\" class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/grigory.maximets\/posts\/569709399835357\">Grigory Maximets<\/a>\u00a0approximately at 2:50 p.m. on May 17, 2015.<\/em>\r\n\r\nInterestingly, the day after the capture of the two Russian soldiers, the LNR posted pictures of\u00a0identity cards of the two prisoners on social networks, purporting to show that the Russian\u00a0soldiers were LNR troops, and not Russian military.\r\n\r\nThis is a photo of the ID supposedly issued by the LNR to Alexander Alatolievich Alexandrov, sergeant of contract service of the Russian armed forces from the town of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, date of birth January 7, 1987, call sign 'Alex'.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/05\/DRG-wounded-4.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4210\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/05\/DRG-wounded-4-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"DRG wounded 4\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nCommander of the intelligence group, Captain Eugene Vladimirovich Erofeev from Kuybyshev, Russia, date of birth January 18, 1985, call sign \u201cDolphin\u201d supposedly got this ID card.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/05\/Flame-thrower-5.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4211\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/05\/Flame-thrower-5-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"Flame thrower 5\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThe InformNapalm publishes this material, even the graphic photographs, in order to prevent any attempt by individuals to hide or deny the evidence of the Russian attack and capture of their troops.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/9082-v-plen-pod-schastem-popaly-bojtsy-tolyattynskogo-spetsnaza-gru\">Original article<\/a> translated by Sveta Kemblowski.<\/em>","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4206","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=4206"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4426,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4206\/revisions\/4426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}