{"id":4291,"date":"2015-06-03T19:50:23","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T19:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=4291"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:24:05","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:24:05","slug":"royal-flush-russian-special-forces-soldier-fighting-in-ukraine-showed-us-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/royal-flush-russian-special-forces-soldier-fighting-in-ukraine-showed-us-all\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRoyal Flush\u201d. Russian Special Forces soldier fighting in Ukraine showed us all!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of January the Ukrainian investigative team of <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/5375-rossyjskyj-spetsnazovets-zasvetyl-rossyjskoe-oruzhye-y-tehnyku-pod-sanzharovkoj\">InformNapalm.org<\/a>\u00a0found a profile of a Russian soldier who was fighting in Ukraine on the side of so-called Lugansk People\u2019s Republic. His name is Krivko. This guy really gave us ample proof of Russian aggression against Ukraine, posting photos of his activities in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a brief summary of what this guy showed us, so everybody can see who is really fighting against the Ukrainian Army.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>He is <strong>Russian citizen<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>He is a soldier of\u00a0<strong>3<\/strong><strong><sup>rd<\/sup><\/strong><strong> Brigade of Special Forces<\/strong>of\u00a0Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, aka\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spetsnaz_GRU\">Spetsnaz GRU<\/a>. He is from the same\u00a03<sup>rd<\/sup> Brigade of Special Forces as Russian POW Aleksadr Aleksandrov and Evgeniy Erofeev captured by Ukrainian Army on May 16 2015 near Lugansk.<\/li>\n<li>He <strong>took part in the attack on the Lugansk Airport on August 31 2014<\/strong> when the Russian Army totally destroyed and captured the airport. \u00a0He was also on a training camp inside Ukraine on the territory controlled by so-called Lugansk People\u2019s Republic just 8km away from Lugansk Airport and posted photos from there.<\/li>\n<li>He <strong>uses a\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AS_Val\"><strong>AS \u201cVal\u201d<\/strong><\/a><strong>assault rifle<\/strong>, which is only manufactured in Russia and is used by Russian Special Forces units. And he was wounded in a battle against Ukrainian Army near\u00a0Sanzharivka on Jan 28 2015.<\/li>\n<li>He is driving armored personnel carrier <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BPM-97\"><strong>BPM-97 \u201cVystrel\u201d<\/strong><\/a>, once again this is only manufactured only in Russia and only used by Russian Special Forces units.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>IMPORTANT UPDATE.<\/strong> We found a video with this Russian soldier Krivko made by\u00a0Graham Phillips, he uploaded that video to his Youtube channel on September 5, 2014. In the video he interviews people who he calls Novorossiya militia. The location where he takes the video is the territory of Lugansk Airport . The airport was lost on August 31 2014. Krivko is the guy in tactical glasses.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/129191371\" width=\"978\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"\u0421\u043e\u043b\u0434\u0430\u0442 3-\u0439 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u044b \u0441\u043f\u0435\u0446\u043d\u0430\u0437\u0430 \u0413\u0420\u0423 \u0420\u0424\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here is screenshot from the video and another photo he posted on his page later. You can see that he wears the same hat, and he has adjusted things like the radio and bags identically on him in both photos.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierKRIVKO_uniform-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Krivko on a video from Lugansk Airport and from village 8 km from the airport<\/p>\n<p>The photo was taken in Pershozvanivka village (it has geo-location mark), at that time it was under `separatist\u2019 control. The village is located about 8 km from Lugansk Airport and it appears it was used as some kind of training camp by Russian units when they prepared for the attack on the airport.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierPershozvanivkaMap-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pershozvanivka village, 8 km from Lugansk Airport<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierPershozvanivkaFishingLOCATION-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo of Krivko in Ukraine with geo-location<\/p>\n<p>Here is a link to Krivko\u2019s profile\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/hakir79\">https:\/\/vk.com\/hakir79<\/a>.\u00a0The irony is that he deactivated his profile after it became public but then re-activated it. His details were also added to the Security Service of Ukraine\u2019s list of terrorists fighting in Ukraine. He was listed as a mercenary and instructor. Here is a link\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/psb4ukr.org\/criminal\/master-yoda-krivko\/\">https:\/\/psb4ukr.org\/criminal\/master-yoda-krivko\/<\/a>.\u00a0Initially he used nickname \u201cMaster Yoda\u201d. The interesting fact is that Alexey Mozgovoy, the leader of pro-Russian terrorists who controlled Alchevsk, and was killed on May 23 2015, is in his friends list. Here is the link to Mozgovoy\u2019s page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id265927036\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id265927036<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the same day when he posted the photo from Pershozvanivka village (added\u00a0on September 22, but obviously taken earlier) he posted photos of Ukrainian and USA MRE packages that his group obviously got from the positions of the Ukrainian army they took, or from Ukrainian POW they captured. It\u2019s not a secret that Ukrainian soldiers who defended Lugansk Airport had\u00a0USA MRE.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierUSA_MRE-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>USA MRE, Ukrainian MRE, photo posted by Krivko on September 22 2014<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierUKRfood-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian MRE, photo posted by Krivko on September 22 2014<\/p>\n<p>Other photos from the same location\u00a0were posted on October 3 and October 9 2014. Some photos had interesting comments, but Krivko closed them from public viewing. Still the screenshot of some of his photos before he changed security settings of his profile are available here <a href=\"https:\/\/psb4ukr.org\/criminal\/master-yoda-krivko\/\">www.psb4ukr.org<\/a>\u00a0On a screenshot taken on November 1 2014 you can see his comment added on October 3 when the photo was uploaded \u201cHalf an hour before storming Lugansk Airport\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierScreenShotNov11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"665\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHalf an hour before storming Lugansk Airport\u201d \u2013 screenshot taken on November 1 2014, photo added on October 3 2014<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KrivkoScreenshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1046\" height=\"891\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Russian military training camp in Pershozvanivka, Lugansk Region, Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Russian soldiers on a training camp in Pershozvanivka, Ukraine<\/p>\n<p>After the battle for Lugansk Airport it looks like he received some time off. He posts a lot of photos from\u00a0Sochi, Russian Federation at the end of November and beginning of December.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierSochiNov28-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Krivko in Sochi, added on Nov 28 2014<\/p>\n<p>On January 2015 28 at about 3:30pm Krivko aka \u201cMaster Yoda\u201d was wounded in a battle against Ukrainian Army near\u00a0Sanzharivka. He was taken to the hospital in Stakhanov and posted a few photos from there. The photos below were\u00a0taken just before the battle at 13:34 on Jan 28, and in those photos you can see the AS Val assault riffle used only by Russian Special Forces units.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KrivkoScreenJan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"567\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Russian Special Forces soldier Krivko with AS Val riffle in Ukraine<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KrivkoScreenshotVAL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"513\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Russian Special Forces soldier Krivko with AS Val riffle in Ukraine<\/p>\n<p>Earlier that day Krivko was in Bryanka. He posted a photo taken there at 02:17am. In the photo is a plate from \u201cUkraine presidential elections\u201d voting office number #30 of Bryanka city.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldier27Jan2014_Bryanka-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkraine presidential elections\u201d voting office number #30 of Bryanka city<\/p>\n<p>In the evening of the day he was wounded he posted a photo of his wounds. The time stamp in the photo is Jan 28 2015 20:40.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierHospitalWounds-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wounded in a battle near Sanzharivka<\/p>\n<p>The next day early he\u00a0posted the medical report written\u00a0by his doctor in Stakhanov hospital. The document says that he was wounded near Sanzharivka during military actions at 15:30 on Jan 28 2015. The medical form is written in the Ukrainian language, meaning he was treated by a Ukrainian speaking doctor.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierHospital-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wounded near Sanzharivka during military actions at 15:30 on Jan 28 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on January 13 2015 Krivko posted a photo of himself on an armored personnel carried BPM-97 \u201cVystrel\u201d used only by Russian Special Forces, but still these vehicles were reported by news outlets as being used by pro-Russian separatists. The 1st time that this vehicle was seen was in Lugansk on Jan 1 2015, the same day when one of the separatist leader\u2019s Bednov aka \u201cBatman\u201d was killed. On January 10 2015 a military convoy with heavily armed men arrived to Kransodon which is controlled by local pro-Russian separatists. They came on the same BPM-97 APCs. The troops from the APCs blocked the separatists\u2019 base and disarmed them. Read a report on this with photos and video here <a href=\"http:\/\/lugansk-news.com\/russian-army-units-in-krasnodon-blocked-the-base-of-local-terrorists-at-least-4-russian-bpm-97-vystrel-in-the-video\/\">Russian Army clean Krasnodon from local separatists \u2013 Report\u00a01<\/a> and here\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lugansk-news.com\/russian-army-bpm-97-vystrel-and-gaz-39371-vodnik-in-krasnodon-ukraine\/\">Russian Army clean Krasnodon from local separatists \u2013 Report 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierBPM97-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Russian soldier on BPM-97 \u201cVystel\u201d in Ukraine<\/p>\n<p>This guy also has a lot of photos that identifies him as a soldier of Russian Army special forces unit. The photos below were taken in Samara, Russian Federation. The sign on the background says \u201cSamara\u2019s Regional Civic Organization \u2013 Union of\u00a0Veterans of Airborne Troops and Special Forces Troops\u201d (in Russian \u201c\u0421\u0430\u043c\u0430\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0420\u0435\u0433\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430\u044f \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f \u041e\u0440\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0437\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f \u0421\u043e\u044e\u0437 \u0412\u0435\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432 \u0412\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0443\u0448\u043d\u043e-\u0414\u0435\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u0432\u043e\u0439\u0441\u043a \u0438 \u0432\u043e\u0439\u0441\u043a \u0441\u043f\u0435\u0446\u0438\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043d\u0430\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f\u201d). Here is a link to this Airborne Veterans Organization website <a href=\"http:\/\/sonko.samregion.ru\/sonko\/catalog\/272\">http:\/\/sonko.samregion.ru\/sonko\/catalog\/272<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierSamara-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierSamaraVDV.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"423\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Krivko in Samara.<\/p>\n<p>Samara\u2019s Regional Civic Organization \u2013 Union of Veterans of Airborne Troops and Special Forces Troops<\/p>\n<p>There is also a photo that identifies him as a\u00a0soldier of\u00a03<sup>rd<\/sup> Brigade of Special Forces\u00a0of\u00a0Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, aka Spetsnaz GRU. In the photo with his friends they are holding a flag; the letters on\u00a0the flag is the abbreviation of the full name of the\u00a03<sup>rd<\/sup> Brigade of\u00a0Spetsnaz GRU.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldier3rdBrigade-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Krivko with a flag of the 3rd Brigade of Special Forces of Russian Federarion<\/p>\n<p>Here is a link to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com.ua\/maps\/place\/Shlyuzovoy\/@53.4684174,49.5152046,15135m\/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x41687fe6c8914a91:0x58fb15e8b71181ba\">Google Map<\/a> of the location where the photo was take that match the map behind the guys in the photo.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierSpecialForcesSamara-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meeting of soldiers of 3rd Brigade of Special Forces in Samara<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/9343-flesh-royal-soldat-3-j-brygady-spetsnaza-gru-rf-otkryl-vse-karty\">Original article<\/a> by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lugansk-news.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lugansk-News.com<\/a>, translated by Lugansk News team and edited by Inform Napalm.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of January the Ukrainian investigative team of InformNapalm.org\u00a0found a profile of a Russian soldier&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4297,"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":[485,330,177,240],"class_list":["post-4291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mainnews","category-news","category-terrorussians","tag-3rd-brigade-of-spetsnaz-gru","tag-russian-invasion-of-ukraine","tag-russian-special-forces","tag-war-in-ukraine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u201cRoyal Flush\u201d. 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His name is Krivko. This guy really gave us ample proof of Russian aggression against Ukraine, posting photos of his activities in Ukraine.\r\n\r\nHere is a brief summary of what this guy showed us, so everybody can see who is really fighting against the Ukrainian Army.\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>He is <strong>Russian citizen<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>He is a soldier of\u00a0<strong>3<\/strong><strong><sup>rd<\/sup><\/strong><strong> Brigade of Special Forces<\/strong>of\u00a0Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, aka\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spetsnaz_GRU\">Spetsnaz GRU<\/a>. He is from the same\u00a03<sup>rd<\/sup> Brigade of Special Forces as Russian POW Aleksadr Aleksandrov and Evgeniy Erofeev captured by Ukrainian Army on May 16 2015 near Lugansk.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>He <strong>took part in the attack on the Lugansk Airport on August 31 2014<\/strong> when the Russian Army totally destroyed and captured the airport. \u00a0He was also on a training camp inside Ukraine on the territory controlled by so-called Lugansk People\u2019s Republic just 8km away from Lugansk Airport and posted photos from there.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>He <strong>uses a\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AS_Val\"><strong>AS \u201cVal\u201d<\/strong><\/a><strong>assault rifle<\/strong>, which is only manufactured in Russia and is used by Russian Special Forces units. And he was wounded in a battle against Ukrainian Army near\u00a0Sanzharivka on Jan 28 2015.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>He is driving armored personnel carrier <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BPM-97\"><strong>BPM-97 \u201cVystrel\u201d<\/strong><\/a>, once again this is only manufactured only in Russia and only used by Russian Special Forces units.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<strong>IMPORTANT UPDATE.<\/strong> We found a video with this Russian soldier Krivko made by\u00a0Graham Phillips, he uploaded that video to his Youtube channel on September 5, 2014. In the video he interviews people who he calls Novorossiya militia. The location where he takes the video is the territory of Lugansk Airport . The airport was lost on August 31 2014. Krivko is the guy in tactical glasses.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/vimeo.com\/129191371\r\n\r\nHere is screenshot from the video and another photo he posted on his page later. You can see that he wears the same hat, and he has adjusted things like the radio and bags identically on him in both photos.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierKRIVKO_uniform-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/>\r\n\r\nKrivko on a video from Lugansk Airport and from village 8 km from the airport\r\n\r\nThe photo was taken in Pershozvanivka village (it has geo-location mark), at that time it was under `separatist\u2019 control. The village is located about 8 km from Lugansk Airport and it appears it was used as some kind of training camp by Russian units when they prepared for the attack on the airport.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierPershozvanivkaMap-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/>\r\n\r\nPershozvanivka village, 8 km from Lugansk Airport\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierPershozvanivkaFishingLOCATION-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/>\r\n\r\nPhoto of Krivko in Ukraine with geo-location\r\n\r\nHere is a link to Krivko\u2019s profile\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/hakir79\">https:\/\/vk.com\/hakir79<\/a>.\u00a0The irony is that he deactivated his profile after it became public but then re-activated it. His details were also added to the Security Service of Ukraine\u2019s list of terrorists fighting in Ukraine. He was listed as a mercenary and instructor. Here is a link\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/psb4ukr.org\/criminal\/master-yoda-krivko\/\">https:\/\/psb4ukr.org\/criminal\/master-yoda-krivko\/<\/a>.\u00a0Initially he used nickname \u201cMaster Yoda\u201d. The interesting fact is that Alexey Mozgovoy, the leader of pro-Russian terrorists who controlled Alchevsk, and was killed on May 23 2015, is in his friends list. Here is the link to Mozgovoy\u2019s page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id265927036\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id265927036<\/a>\r\n\r\nOn the same day when he posted the photo from Pershozvanivka village (added\u00a0on September 22, but obviously taken earlier) he posted photos of Ukrainian and USA MRE packages that his group obviously got from the positions of the Ukrainian army they took, or from Ukrainian POW they captured. It\u2019s not a secret that Ukrainian soldiers who defended Lugansk Airport had\u00a0USA MRE.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierUSA_MRE-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/>\r\n\r\nUSA MRE, Ukrainian MRE, photo posted by Krivko on September 22 2014\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierUKRfood-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/>\r\n\r\nUkrainian MRE, photo posted by Krivko on September 22 2014\r\n\r\nOther photos from the same location\u00a0were posted on October 3 and October 9 2014. Some photos had interesting comments, but Krivko closed them from public viewing. Still the screenshot of some of his photos before he changed security settings of his profile are available here <a href=\"https:\/\/psb4ukr.org\/criminal\/master-yoda-krivko\/\">www.psb4ukr.org<\/a>\u00a0On a screenshot taken on November 1 2014 you can see his comment added on October 3 when the photo was uploaded \u201cHalf an hour before storming Lugansk Airport\u201d.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierScreenShotNov11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"665\" \/>\r\n\r\n\u201cHalf an hour before storming Lugansk Airport\u201d \u2013 screenshot taken on November 1 2014, photo added on October 3 2014\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KrivkoScreenshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1046\" height=\"891\" \/>\r\n\r\nRussian military training camp in Pershozvanivka, Lugansk Region, Ukraine.\r\n\r\nRussian soldiers on a training camp in Pershozvanivka, Ukraine\r\n\r\nAfter the battle for Lugansk Airport it looks like he received some time off. He posts a lot of photos from\u00a0Sochi, Russian Federation at the end of November and beginning of December.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierSochiNov28-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/>\r\n\r\nKrivko in Sochi, added on Nov 28 2014\r\n\r\nOn January 2015 28 at about 3:30pm Krivko aka \u201cMaster Yoda\u201d was wounded in a battle against Ukrainian Army near\u00a0Sanzharivka. He was taken to the hospital in Stakhanov and posted a few photos from there. The photos below were\u00a0taken just before the battle at 13:34 on Jan 28, and in those photos you can see the AS Val assault riffle used only by Russian Special Forces units.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KrivkoScreenJan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"567\" \/>\r\n\r\nRussian Special Forces soldier Krivko with AS Val riffle in Ukraine\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KrivkoScreenshotVAL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"513\" \/>\r\n\r\nRussian Special Forces soldier Krivko with AS Val riffle in Ukraine\r\n\r\nEarlier that day Krivko was in Bryanka. He posted a photo taken there at 02:17am. In the photo is a plate from \u201cUkraine presidential elections\u201d voting office number #30 of Bryanka city.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldier27Jan2014_Bryanka-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/>\r\n\r\n\u201cUkraine presidential elections\u201d voting office number #30 of Bryanka city\r\n\r\nIn the evening of the day he was wounded he posted a photo of his wounds. The time stamp in the photo is Jan 28 2015 20:40.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierHospitalWounds-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/>\r\n\r\nWounded in a battle near Sanzharivka\r\n\r\nThe next day early he\u00a0posted the medical report written\u00a0by his doctor in Stakhanov hospital. The document says that he was wounded near Sanzharivka during military actions at 15:30 on Jan 28 2015. The medical form is written in the Ukrainian language, meaning he was treated by a Ukrainian speaking doctor.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierHospital-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/>\r\n\r\nWounded near Sanzharivka during military actions at 15:30 on Jan 28 2015.\r\n\r\nEarlier on January 13 2015 Krivko posted a photo of himself on an armored personnel carried BPM-97 \u201cVystrel\u201d used only by Russian Special Forces, but still these vehicles were reported by news outlets as being used by pro-Russian separatists. The 1st time that this vehicle was seen was in Lugansk on Jan 1 2015, the same day when one of the separatist leader\u2019s Bednov aka \u201cBatman\u201d was killed. On January 10 2015 a military convoy with heavily armed men arrived to Kransodon which is controlled by local pro-Russian separatists. They came on the same BPM-97 APCs. The troops from the APCs blocked the separatists\u2019 base and disarmed them. Read a report on this with photos and video here <a href=\"http:\/\/lugansk-news.com\/russian-army-units-in-krasnodon-blocked-the-base-of-local-terrorists-at-least-4-russian-bpm-97-vystrel-in-the-video\/\">Russian Army clean Krasnodon from local separatists \u2013 Report\u00a01<\/a> and here\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lugansk-news.com\/russian-army-bpm-97-vystrel-and-gaz-39371-vodnik-in-krasnodon-ukraine\/\">Russian Army clean Krasnodon from local separatists \u2013 Report 2<\/a>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierBPM97-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/>\r\n\r\nRussian soldier on BPM-97 \u201cVystel\u201d in Ukraine\r\n\r\nThis guy also has a lot of photos that identifies him as a soldier of Russian Army special forces unit. The photos below were taken in Samara, Russian Federation. The sign on the background says \u201cSamara\u2019s Regional Civic Organization \u2013 Union of\u00a0Veterans of Airborne Troops and Special Forces Troops\u201d (in Russian \u201c\u0421\u0430\u043c\u0430\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u0420\u0435\u0433\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430\u044f \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f \u041e\u0440\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0437\u0430\u0446\u0438\u044f \u0421\u043e\u044e\u0437 \u0412\u0435\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432 \u0412\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0443\u0448\u043d\u043e-\u0414\u0435\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u0432\u043e\u0439\u0441\u043a \u0438 \u0432\u043e\u0439\u0441\u043a \u0441\u043f\u0435\u0446\u0438\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043d\u0430\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f\u201d). Here is a link to this Airborne Veterans Organization website <a href=\"http:\/\/sonko.samregion.ru\/sonko\/catalog\/272\">http:\/\/sonko.samregion.ru\/sonko\/catalog\/272<\/a>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierSamara-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierSamaraVDV.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"423\" \/>\r\n\r\nKrivko in Samara.\r\n\r\nSamara\u2019s Regional Civic Organization \u2013 Union of Veterans of Airborne Troops and Special Forces Troops\r\n\r\nThere is also a photo that identifies him as a\u00a0soldier of\u00a03<sup>rd<\/sup> Brigade of Special Forces\u00a0of\u00a0Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, aka Spetsnaz GRU. In the photo with his friends they are holding a flag; the letters on\u00a0the flag is the abbreviation of the full name of the\u00a03<sup>rd<\/sup> Brigade of\u00a0Spetsnaz GRU.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldier3rdBrigade-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/>\r\n\r\nKrivko with a flag of the 3rd Brigade of Special Forces of Russian Federarion\r\n\r\nHere is a link to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com.ua\/maps\/place\/Shlyuzovoy\/@53.4684174,49.5152046,15135m\/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x41687fe6c8914a91:0x58fb15e8b71181ba\">Google Map<\/a> of the location where the photo was take that match the map behind the guys in the photo.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RussianSoldierSpecialForcesSamara-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/>\r\n\r\nMeeting of soldiers of 3rd Brigade of Special Forces in Samara\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/9343-flesh-royal-soldat-3-j-brygady-spetsnaza-gru-rf-otkryl-vse-karty\">Original article<\/a> by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lugansk-news.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lugansk-News.com<\/a>, translated by Lugansk News team and edited by Inform Napalm.<\/em>","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4291","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=4291"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4323,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4291\/revisions\/4323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}