{"id":4776,"date":"2015-07-31T13:51:45","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T13:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=4776"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:23:20","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:23:20","slug":"the-2nd-spetsnaz-brigade-in-the-mariupol-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/the-2nd-spetsnaz-brigade-in-the-mariupol-area\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2nd Spetsnaz Brigade in the Mariupol Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The participation of\u00a0the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate\u00a0spetsnaz forces in the war conflict\u00a0in Ukraine was covered by us in\u00a0numerous articles. But the most attention was paid to this topic after capturing 2 servicemen of\u00a0the 3rd brigade and death of 3 servicemen of\u00a0the 16th special forces brigade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">During another OSINT investigation we discovered the servicemen of the 2nd spetsnaz\u00a0brigade of the\u00a0Main Intelligence Directorate (military unit No. 64044, Pskov, Russia), which operated in Mariupol area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For instance, a photo with &#8216;Novoazovsk, Ukraine&#8217; geotag\u00a0was found in VKontakte\u00a0social network, but the tag was later removed (the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/aKOZN\" target=\"_blank\">archived<\/a>\u00a0copy is available). After looking through the online profile it appeared that it belongs to <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id106286742\" target=\"_blank\">Nikolai Semenov<\/a>, a Navy veteran, who took part in aggression against Georgia in 2008.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/arxiv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9314\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/arxiv.jpg\" alt=\"arxiv\" width=\"770\" height=\"641\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Semenov&#8217;s photo album contains a lot of pictures with proofs of his belonging\u00a0to a special forces unit. Mainly these are the\u00a0distinguishing badges, specific weapons (modern pieces or old ones which still used by spetsnaz) and a photo with the badge of the 61st\u00a0North fleet brigade.\u00a0The most interest is attracted by the informal flag of the 2nd spetsnaz brigade where Semenov serves. There are also other indirect evidences\u00a0&#8211; i.e. the profiles of his comrade-in-arms from Pskov despite there is not much information in them and the faces are usually covered. One of such friends is <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id96938938\" target=\"_blank\">Nikita Petrov<\/a>\u00a0who (together with Semenov) was in Donbas in February, 2015.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/v-zdanii-Semenov.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9312 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/v-zdanii-Semenov.jpg\" alt=\"v zdanii Semenov\" width=\"782\" height=\"653\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/v-zdanii-Petrov-16.021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9320 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/v-zdanii-Petrov-16.021.jpg\" alt=\"v zdanii Petrov 16.02\" width=\"778\" height=\"668\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2-br-gru1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9322 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2-br-gru1.jpg\" alt=\"2 br gru\" width=\"777\" height=\"655\" \/><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/0-Prtrov.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9315\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/0-Prtrov-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"0 Prtrov\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/0-Semenov.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9316\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/0-Semenov-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"0 Semenov\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gruziy-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9317\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gruziy-1-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"gruziy 1\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gruziy-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9318\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gruziy-2-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"gruziy 2\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gruziy-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9319\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gruziy-3-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"gruziy 3\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We understand that the provided information may become a reason for demagogic declarations from skeptics. But the people who do OSINT investigations and discover other facts of Russia aggression would agree with our conclusions. If the mentioned profiles of the 2nd brigade from\u00a0Pskov start to disappear soon (or the published photos are removed) then it would mean covering up the traces. So, we wait and observe.<\/p>\n<p>Other articles on this topic:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/burkonews.info\/2nd-separate-spetsnaz-brigade-ukraine\/\" rel=\"alternate\">2nd Separate Spetsnaz Brigade in Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/burkonews.info\/about-the-russian-2nd-independent-spetsnaz-brigade-of-gru\/\" rel=\"alternate\">About the Russian 2nd Independent Spetsnaz Brigade of GRU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/9207-2-ya-brygada-spn-gru-gsh-vs-rf-na-maryupolskom-napravlenyy\"><i>Original article <\/i><\/a><i>by <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/irakli.komaxidze\"><i>Iraklii Komakhidze<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krmvictory\" target=\"_blank\">krmvictory<\/a><\/em>\u00a0translated by Oleksandr Klymenko<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The participation of\u00a0the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate\u00a0spetsnaz forces in the war conflict\u00a0in Ukraine was covered by us&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4777,"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":[357,167],"class_list":["post-4776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-terrorussians","tag-russian-aggression","tag-russian-armed-forces"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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But the most attention was paid to this topic after capturing 2 servicemen of\u00a0the 3rd brigade and death of 3 servicemen of\u00a0the 16th special forces brigade.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">During another OSINT investigation we discovered the servicemen of the 2nd spetsnaz\u00a0brigade of the\u00a0Main Intelligence Directorate (military unit No. 64044, Pskov, Russia), which operated in Mariupol area.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For instance, a photo with 'Novoazovsk, Ukraine' geotag\u00a0was found in VKontakte\u00a0social network, but the tag was later removed (the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/aKOZN\" target=\"_blank\">archived<\/a>\u00a0copy is available). After looking through the online profile it appeared that it belongs to <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id106286742\" target=\"_blank\">Nikolai Semenov<\/a>, a Navy veteran, who took part in aggression against Georgia in 2008.<\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/arxiv.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-9314\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/arxiv.jpg\" alt=\"arxiv\" width=\"770\" height=\"641\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nSemenov's photo album contains a lot of pictures with proofs of his belonging\u00a0to a special forces unit. Mainly these are the\u00a0distinguishing badges, specific weapons (modern pieces or old ones which still used by spetsnaz) and a photo with the badge of the 61st\u00a0North fleet brigade.\u00a0The most interest is attracted by the informal flag of the 2nd spetsnaz brigade where Semenov serves. There are also other indirect evidences\u00a0- i.e. the profiles of his comrade-in-arms from Pskov despite there is not much information in them and the faces are usually covered. One of such friends is <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id96938938\" target=\"_blank\">Nikita Petrov<\/a>\u00a0who (together with Semenov) was in Donbas in February, 2015.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/v-zdanii-Semenov.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-9312 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/v-zdanii-Semenov.jpg\" alt=\"v zdanii Semenov\" width=\"782\" height=\"653\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/v-zdanii-Petrov-16.021.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-9320 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/v-zdanii-Petrov-16.021.jpg\" alt=\"v zdanii Petrov 16.02\" width=\"778\" height=\"668\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2-br-gru1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-9322 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2-br-gru1.jpg\" alt=\"2 br gru\" width=\"777\" height=\"655\" \/><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/0-Prtrov.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9315\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/0-Prtrov-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"0 Prtrov\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/0-Semenov.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9316\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/0-Semenov-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"0 Semenov\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gruziy-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9317\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gruziy-1-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"gruziy 1\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gruziy-2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9318\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gruziy-2-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"gruziy 2\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gruziy-3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9319\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gruziy-3-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"gruziy 3\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nWe understand that the provided information may become a reason for demagogic declarations from skeptics. But the people who do OSINT investigations and discover other facts of Russia aggression would agree with our conclusions. If the mentioned profiles of the 2nd brigade from\u00a0Pskov start to disappear soon (or the published photos are removed) then it would mean covering up the traces. So, we wait and observe.\r\n\r\nOther articles on this topic:\r\n\r\n-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/burkonews.info\/2nd-separate-spetsnaz-brigade-ukraine\/\" rel=\"alternate\">2nd Separate Spetsnaz Brigade in Ukraine<\/a>\r\n\r\n-\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/burkonews.info\/about-the-russian-2nd-independent-spetsnaz-brigade-of-gru\/\" rel=\"alternate\">About the Russian 2nd Independent Spetsnaz Brigade of GRU<\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/9207-2-ya-brygada-spn-gru-gsh-vs-rf-na-maryupolskom-napravlenyy\"><i>Original article <\/i><\/a><i>by <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/irakli.komaxidze\"><i>Iraklii Komakhidze<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krmvictory\" target=\"_blank\">krmvictory<\/a><\/em>\u00a0translated by Oleksandr Klymenko<\/i>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776","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=4776"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4783,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776\/revisions\/4783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}