{"id":4444,"date":"2015-07-09T13:45:49","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T13:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=4444"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:44:28","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:44:28","slug":"how-ukrainian-berkut-officer-from-russian-ulyanovsk-assaulted-crimean-parliament-back-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/how-ukrainian-berkut-officer-from-russian-ulyanovsk-assaulted-crimean-parliament-back-in-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"How \u2018Ukrainian Berkut Officer\u2019 from Russian Ulyanovsk Assaulted Crimean Parliament Back in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today\u2019s story is about Russian paratroopers who were used to create the illusion of internal Ukrainian conflict in Crimea via simple masquerade trick.\u00a0Official Russian authorities purposefully lied about \u2018Crimean self-defense\u2019: few months after annexation Russians recognized officially that Russian army without insignia occupied Ukrainian Crimea.<\/p>\n

The further from these events, the more details of \u2018the Crimean scam\u2019 appear. Remember, Mr.\u00a0Girkin-Strelkov talking about \u2018the referendum\u2019 in Crimea: \u201cMilitia was gathering the deputies, to force them into the hall so that they could finally adopt a decision. I was one of the commanders of these militants and saw everything from inside with my own eyes\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Besides \u2018little green men\u2019, there was also a constantly exaggerated theme of local self-defense forces, reinforced by former Ukrainian \u2018siloviki\u2019 (i.e. former employees of the police and special units, who fled Ukraine after the collapse of Yanukovych) all together.<\/p>\n

But \u201cmarching columns\u201d of defectors from the former Ukrainian police in fact consisted entirely from the disguised Russian servicemen. Do you remember a famous Russian paratrooper Nikolay Kozlov, who lost his legs in Donbas?<\/p>\n

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

Nikolay Kozlov with his father. Medal For the Return of Crimea is on Nikolay\u2019s chest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

As Novaya Gazeta<\/a> reported, based on the data provided by Ozersk Military Commissariat, Nikolay Kolzov, 21 y.o. trained as car repair specialist, served in 31st Separate Airborne Assault Brigade (military unit No.\u00a073612) \u00a0until June 2013. Since August 1, 2013 he served in the same brigade on a contract basis.<\/p>\n

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

Photo Nikolay (to the left) in the uniform of Ukrainian police. Picture from his father\u2019s VK page, May 2014.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Crimea became a first combat mission of Nikolay Kozlov. First Nikolay was guarding the \u2018new government\u2019 in the uniform of \u2018young, not-identified and polite people\u2019, later he did the same in Berkut uniform. The picture of Nikolay, posing in the uniform of the now-disbanded Ukrainian special police unit is now widely distributed over the Internet. Many people assumed that Russian paratroopers under the guise of Berkut also participated in the crackdown of Maidan in February. The Kozlov\u2019s uncle is sure that the picture was made in the corridor of the Supreme Soviet, which Nikolay \u2018defended\u2019 under the guise of Berkut.<\/p>\n

Nikolay returned to Ulyanovsk with the medal for the Return of Crimea. He got married. And in August he turned up in Ukraine again, where he this lime lost his two legs.<\/p>\n

The injury of Nikolay provoked quite different response in his family. Already mentioned Sergey Kozlov, Nikolay\u2019s uncle and IT-specialist from Moscow wrote about the injury of his nephew on his Facebook page: \u201cNow he is legless and disabled to the end of his life. But Crimea is ours now\u2026\u201d but his father, Vsevolod Kozlov, appraised the deeds of his son as an act of bravery.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe youth is silly. They expose their pictures everywhere. And these photos are from Ukraine and from Crimea\u2026\u201d \u2014 says Sergey Kozlov in reply.<\/p>\n

\"\u0418\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\u0418\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e\u04323\"<\/a>
\nIndeed, while searching through the profiles of Russian paratroopers of 31st Separate Airborne Assault Brigade, other Russian servicemen disguised as Ukrainian Berkut can be found immediately. For instance: Russian paratrooper Aleksey Ivanov (https:\/\/vk.com\/id206011833<\/a>, archive https:\/\/archive.is\/Cy1Pe<\/a>):<\/p>\n

\"\u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e<\/a><\/p>\n

\u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e “\u0412\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0442\u0435” \u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0435\u044f \u0418\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"\u041a\u043e\u043c\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0438<\/a><\/p>\n

\u041a\u043e\u043c\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0434 \u0444\u043e\u0442\u043e<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Screenshots of the comments under the photo: https:\/\/archive.is\/DP98y<\/a><\/p>\n

Have a closer look at the details. Green rug strip with golden tracery looks pretty familiar. It was featured many times in the news covering the seizure of Crimean parliament and Council of Ministers, as well as in official news about new appointments etc.<\/p>\n

\"\u043f\u0430\u0440\u043b\u0430\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442<\/a><\/p>\n

Kozlov\u2019s photo has the same parquet, same rug strip and same ceilings relief.<\/p>\n

Thus, the masquerade of Russian paratroopers from Ulyanovsk 31st Brigade in Crimea, disguised in Ukrainian uniform, is only part of the scenario to impose the idea of a \u2018civil war\u2019 in Ukraine while in fact it is a war organized by the Russian Federation. Now we see a sequel of this scenario in Donbas.<\/p>\n

Original article<\/i><\/a> by<\/i> Anton Pavlushko<\/i><\/a>, translated by Andrii Gryganskyi, edited by Gennadiy Kornev<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Remember, Mr.\u00a0Girkin-Strelkov talking about \u2018the referendum\u2019 in Crimea: \u201cMilitia was gathering the deputies, to force them into the hall so that they could finally adopt a decision. I was one of the commanders of these militants and saw everything from inside with my own eyes\u2026\u201d\r\n\r\nBesides \u2018little green men\u2019, there was also a constantly exaggerated theme of local self-defense forces, reinforced by former Ukrainian \u2018siloviki\u2019 (i.e. former employees of the police and special units, who fled Ukraine after the collapse of Yanukovych) all together.\r\n\r\nBut \u201cmarching columns\u201d of defectors from the former Ukrainian police in fact consisted entirely from the disguised Russian servicemen. Do you remember a famous Russian paratrooper Nikolay Kozlov, who lost his legs in Donbas?\r\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10342\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"711\"]<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Kozlov1.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-10342\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Kozlov1.jpg\" alt=\"Nikolay Kozlov with his father. Medal For the Return of Crimea is on Nikolay\u2019s chest\" width=\"711\" height=\"467\" \/><\/a> Nikolay Kozlov with his father. Medal For the Return of Crimea is on Nikolay\u2019s chest.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nAs<a href=\"http:\/\/www.novayagazeta.ru\/society\/65158.html\"> Novaya Gazeta<\/a> reported, based on the data provided by Ozersk Military Commissariat, Nikolay Kolzov, 21 y.o. trained as car repair specialist, served in 31st Separate Airborne Assault Brigade (military unit No.\u00a073612) \u00a0until June 2013. Since August 1, 2013 he served in the same brigade on a contract basis.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10343\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"350\"]<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Kozlov2.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-10343 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Kozlov2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Nikolay (to the left) in the uniform of Ukrainian police. Picture from his father\u2019s VK page, May 2014.\" width=\"350\" height=\"443\" \/><\/a> Photo Nikolay (to the left) in the uniform of Ukrainian police. Picture from his father\u2019s VK page, May 2014.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nCrimea became a first combat mission of Nikolay Kozlov. First Nikolay was guarding the \u2018new government\u2019 in the uniform of \u2018young, not-identified and polite people\u2019, later he did the same in Berkut uniform. The picture of Nikolay, posing in the uniform of the now-disbanded Ukrainian special police unit is now widely distributed over the Internet. Many people assumed that Russian paratroopers under the guise of Berkut also participated in the crackdown of Maidan in February. The Kozlov\u2019s uncle is sure that the picture was made in the corridor of the Supreme Soviet, which Nikolay \u2018defended\u2019 under the guise of Berkut.\r\n\r\nNikolay returned to Ulyanovsk with the medal for the Return of Crimea. He got married. And in August he turned up in Ukraine again, where he this lime lost his two legs.\r\n\r\nThe injury of Nikolay provoked quite different response in his family. Already mentioned Sergey Kozlov, Nikolay\u2019s uncle and IT-specialist from Moscow wrote about the injury of his nephew on his Facebook page: \u201cNow he is legless and disabled to the end of his life. But Crimea is ours now\u2026\u201d but his father, Vsevolod Kozlov, appraised the deeds of his son as an act of bravery.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe youth is silly. They expose their pictures everywhere. And these photos are from Ukraine and from Crimea\u2026\u201d \u2014 says Sergey Kozlov in reply.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Yvanov-2.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-10344 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Yvanov-2.jpg\" alt=\"\u0418\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432 2\" width=\"683\" height=\"512\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Yvanov3.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10348\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Yvanov3.jpg\" alt=\"\u0418\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e\u04323\" width=\"981\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a>\r\nIndeed, while searching through the profiles of Russian paratroopers of 31st Separate Airborne Assault Brigade, other Russian servicemen disguised as Ukrainian Berkut can be found immediately. For instance: Russian paratrooper Aleksey Ivanov (<a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id206011833\">https:\/\/vk.com\/id206011833<\/a>, archive<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%253a%252f%252farchive.is%252fcy1pe&h=daqhxur5i&enc=azmxvckzxhq15h-lmndqiturw5cemuc4hpxpocaul-iisqotnrihm3naj1er03ei0vhgd4l5xuywedafboja9s7a2o-bx4eouwri1qgeckab8wm0u92nvue_zjzzffvlah-rykf3pppiwk9to9qv4xfbptm-kn-8hoz0sbaypamlnjtcjl-j1aknqqihamtexba&s=1\"> https:\/\/archive.is\/Cy1Pe<\/a>):\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10345\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1013\"]<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Yvanov1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-10345\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Yvanov1.jpg\" alt=\"\u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e "\u0412\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0442\u0435" \u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0435\u044f \u0418\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430\" width=\"1013\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a> \u0424\u043e\u0442\u043e \"\u0412\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0442\u0435\" \u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0435\u044f \u0418\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_10346\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"960\"]<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/komment-Yvanov.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-10346\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/komment-Yvanov.jpg\" alt=\"\u041a\u043e\u043c\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0434 \u0444\u043e\u0442\u043e\" width=\"960\" height=\"711\" \/><\/a> \u041a\u043e\u043c\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0434 \u0444\u043e\u0442\u043e[\/caption]\r\n\r\nScreenshots of the comments under the photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%253a%252f%252farchive.is%252fdp98y&h=waqetb8sh&enc=azm8r0cxxzlk_tbz0vgi1ry-517cgf0tuk2x6e7ezjkim3xmcax_7td14iakyidimq2hu4wvhzfnrtjtqc5nsqukusnpkgvmozkausfmnn--f_tpz-__imbmafbh6go-_osvizj6twh4ylg0wz7rfhdy9-ifbuna8qbq2noyg4lwnc-6adlwjbi9ufbdign1nyu&s=1\">https:\/\/archive.is\/DP98y<\/a>\r\n\r\nHave a closer look at the details. Green rug strip with golden tracery looks pretty familiar. It was featured many times in the news covering the seizure of Crimean parliament and Council of Ministers, as well as in official news about new appointments etc.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/parlament-Krym.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10347\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/parlament-Krym.jpg\" alt=\"\u043f\u0430\u0440\u043b\u0430\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442 \u041a\u0440\u044b\u043c\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nKozlov\u2019s photo has the same parquet, same rug strip and same ceilings relief.\r\n\r\nThus, the masquerade of Russian paratroopers from Ulyanovsk 31st Brigade in Crimea, disguised in Ukrainian uniform, is only part of the scenario to impose the idea of a \u2018civil war\u2019 in Ukraine while in fact it is a war organized by the Russian Federation. Now we see a sequel of this scenario in Donbas.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/10341-desant-berkut-krym\"><i>Original article<\/i><\/a><i> by<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/anton.pavlushko\"> <i>Anton Pavlushko<\/i><\/a><i>, translated by Andrii Gryganskyi, edited by Gennadiy Kornev<\/i>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4444","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=4444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4457,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4444\/revisions\/4457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}