{"id":4537,"date":"2015-07-16T07:19:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T07:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=4537"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:23:48","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:23:48","slug":"there-are-no-russian-troops-in-donbas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/there-are-no-russian-troops-in-donbas\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;There Are No Russian Troops in Donbas&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A self propelled mortar mount 2S9 Nona, which was named \u2018Kind Nona\u2019 by militants, again helped us to dispel the main Russian propaganda thesis claiming that \u201cthere are no Russian troops in Donbas\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>New investigation discloses the ties between Russian armed forces and militant gang formations in Donbas.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mJ8Me8WhZHw\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Denis Kovaliov is, presumably, a contract soldier of the 33rd separate motorized rifle brigade, military unit No. 22179, located in the town of Maikop, Republic of Adygea, Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Analysis of his <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id286416786\">online profile<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/MzOhu\">archive<\/a>) resulted in finding a picture of a destroyed self-propelled mortar mount 2S9 Nona, constructed on the basis of an airborne combat vehicle. The mortar has an inscription \u2018Kind Nona\u2019 on its side and a smiling face painted on the turret. The picture was uploaded on January 14, 2015.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11059327_900630996675701_5446313319352413294_n-andrei.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10407 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11059327_900630996675701_5446313319352413294_n-andrei.jpg\" alt=\"11059327_900630996675701_5446313319352413294_n andrei\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The list of his social network <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/friends?id=286416786&amp;section=all\">friends<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/wS40q\">archive<\/a>) and relatively fresh pictures taken in Miasnikovski raion of Rostov Oblast indirectly confirm the fact that Denis Kovaliov is a Russian serviceman of the 33rd separate motorized rifle brigade, which is in its \u2018Rostov-Ukrainian assignment\u2019 now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-foto-miasnikovski-raion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10408\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-foto-miasnikovski-raion.jpg\" alt=\"d k foto miasnikovski raion\" width=\"800\" height=\"777\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10409\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-profile-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"d k profile\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-dobraia-nona-14.01.2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10410\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-dobraia-nona-14.01.2015-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"d k dobraia nona 14.01.2015\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-albom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10411\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-albom-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"d k albom\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-foto-miasnikovski-raion_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10412\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-foto-miasnikovski-raion_-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"d k foto miasnikovski raion_\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-foto-rostov.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10413\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-foto-rostov-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"d k foto rostov\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The presented on these pictures \u2018Kind Nona\u2019 and other self-propelled mortars with alike inscriptions are well-known since 2014. These mortars were actively used by the combined Russian-separatist forces in Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Some items of this equipment were taken by militants to Donetsk during their retreat.<\/p>\n<p>The picture of \u2018Kind Nona\u2019 was found also in the <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id276852635\">online profile<\/a> of \u2018Novorossiya\u2019 militant Viktor Makovik (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/Sw3hi\">archive<\/a>). The picture was uploaded on November, 9, 2014. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/psb4ukr.org\/criminal\/makovik-viktor\/\">\u2018Peacemaker\u2019<\/a> center Makovik comes from Giaginskaya, Republic of Adygea, Russia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/v-m-dobraia-nona-09.11.2014_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10414\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/v-m-dobraia-nona-09.11.2014_.jpg\" alt=\"v m dobraia nona 09.11.2014_\" width=\"770\" height=\"578\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/v-m-profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10415\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/v-m-profile-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"v m profile\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mir.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10416\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mir-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"mir\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Denis Kovaliov, mentioned above, is a serviceman of the 33rd brigade which is also located in Republic of Adygea and this does not look like an accidental match.<\/p>\n<p><b>Note<\/b>: It is interesting that according to Russian blog <a href=\"http:\/\/bmpd.livejournal.com\/1231746.html\">\u201cCenter of strategies analysis and \u2018bmpd&#8217; technologies\u201d<\/a> the 33rd separate motorized rifle brigade was relocated to Novocherkassk (Rostov Oblast, Russia). This means that this brigade is located right at the Ukrainian border.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile we cannot confirm this information since it was based on the data compilation (<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/3343-podrazdelenye-33-j-msbr-gornoj-v-sostave-syl-vtorzhenyya\">in Russian<\/a>) which was falsified with the disinformation purpose. Maikop remains the main place of deployment of the 33rd brigade, even though there is a battalion task group of the 33rd brigade (<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/7509-rossyjskoe-voennoe-komandovanye-na-granytse-s-ukraynoj-obustrayvaet-kapytalnye-polevye-lagerya\">in Russian<\/a>) deployed in the area of Kadamovsky shooting site together with other Russian units.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/10291-svjaz-dnr-s-rossijskimi-voennymi\"><i>Original article <\/i><\/a><i>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/irakli.komaxidze?hc_location=timeline\" target=\"_blank\">Irakli Komakhidze<\/a> and krmvictory translated by Maksym Sviezhentsev <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A self propelled mortar mount 2S9 Nona, which was named \u2018Kind Nona\u2019 by militants, again helped us&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4538,"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":[528,5],"tags":[167,240],"class_list":["post-4537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-terrorussians","tag-russian-armed-forces","tag-war-in-ukraine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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The mortar has an inscription \u2018Kind Nona\u2019 on its side and a smiling face painted on the turret. The picture was uploaded on January 14, 2015.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11059327_900630996675701_5446313319352413294_n-andrei.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-10407 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11059327_900630996675701_5446313319352413294_n-andrei.jpg\" alt=\"11059327_900630996675701_5446313319352413294_n andrei\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThe list of his social network <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/friends?id=286416786&amp;section=all\">friends<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/wS40q\">archive<\/a>) and relatively fresh pictures taken in Miasnikovski raion of Rostov Oblast indirectly confirm the fact that Denis Kovaliov is a Russian serviceman of the 33rd separate motorized rifle brigade, which is in its \u2018Rostov-Ukrainian assignment\u2019 now.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-foto-miasnikovski-raion.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-10408\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-foto-miasnikovski-raion.jpg\" alt=\"d k foto miasnikovski raion\" width=\"800\" height=\"777\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-profile.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10409\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-profile-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"d k profile\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-dobraia-nona-14.01.2015.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10410\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-dobraia-nona-14.01.2015-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"d k dobraia nona 14.01.2015\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-albom.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10411\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-albom-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"d k albom\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-foto-miasnikovski-raion_.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10412\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-foto-miasnikovski-raion_-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"d k foto miasnikovski raion_\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-foto-rostov.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10413\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/d-k-foto-rostov-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"d k foto rostov\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThe presented on these pictures \u2018Kind Nona\u2019 and other self-propelled mortars with alike inscriptions are well-known since 2014. These mortars were actively used by the combined Russian-separatist forces in Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Some items of this equipment were taken by militants to Donetsk during their retreat.\r\n\r\nThe picture of \u2018Kind Nona\u2019 was found also in the <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id276852635\">online profile<\/a> of \u2018Novorossiya\u2019 militant Viktor Makovik (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/Sw3hi\">archive<\/a>). The picture was uploaded on November, 9, 2014. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/psb4ukr.org\/criminal\/makovik-viktor\/\">\u2018Peacemaker\u2019<\/a> center Makovik comes from Giaginskaya, Republic of Adygea, Russia.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/v-m-dobraia-nona-09.11.2014_.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-10414\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/v-m-dobraia-nona-09.11.2014_.jpg\" alt=\"v m dobraia nona 09.11.2014_\" width=\"770\" height=\"578\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/v-m-profile.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10415\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/v-m-profile-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"v m profile\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mir.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10416\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mir-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"mir\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nDenis Kovaliov, mentioned above, is a serviceman of the 33rd brigade which is also located in Republic of Adygea and this does not look like an accidental match.\r\n\r\n<b>Note<\/b>: It is interesting that according to Russian blog <a href=\"http:\/\/bmpd.livejournal.com\/1231746.html\">\u201cCenter of strategies analysis and \u2018bmpd' technologies\u201d<\/a> the 33rd separate motorized rifle brigade was relocated to Novocherkassk (Rostov Oblast, Russia). This means that this brigade is located right at the Ukrainian border.\r\n\r\nMeanwhile we cannot confirm this information since it was based on the data compilation (<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/3343-podrazdelenye-33-j-msbr-gornoj-v-sostave-syl-vtorzhenyya\">in Russian<\/a>) which was falsified with the disinformation purpose. Maikop remains the main place of deployment of the 33rd brigade, even though there is a battalion task group of the 33rd brigade (<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/7509-rossyjskoe-voennoe-komandovanye-na-granytse-s-ukraynoj-obustrayvaet-kapytalnye-polevye-lagerya\">in Russian<\/a>) deployed in the area of Kadamovsky shooting site together with other Russian units.\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/10291-svjaz-dnr-s-rossijskimi-voennymi\"><i>Original article <\/i><\/a><i>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/irakli.komaxidze?hc_location=timeline\" target=\"_blank\">Irakli Komakhidze<\/a> and krmvictory translated by Maksym Sviezhentsev <\/i>","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4537","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=4537"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4798,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4537\/revisions\/4798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}