{"id":4975,"date":"2015-08-12T10:59:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T10:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=4975"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:23:01","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:23:01","slug":"the-russian-8th-motorized-rifle-brigade-as-part-of-the-people-s-militia-of-lnr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/the-russian-8th-motorized-rifle-brigade-as-part-of-the-people-s-militia-of-lnr\/","title":{"rendered":"The Russian 8th Motorized Rifle Brigade as Part of the &#8220;People&#8217;s Militia&#8221; of LPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another\u00a0OSINT investigation resulted in the new article which showed how the Russian military equipment dissolves in the LPR&#8217;s &#8220;People&#8217;s Militia&#8221; and how the Russian servicemen get a veteran status after assignments to Ukraine.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OxIjjNf13sU\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The website of the Channel One [Russia] contains a TV <a href=\"http:\/\/www.1tv.ru\/news\/world\/225358\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a>\u00a0named &#8220;<strong>The training of the only mountain motorized rifle brigade is\u00a0carried on in the Republic of Chechnya<\/strong>&#8221; from\u00a0February 1, 2013. This report tells about the 8th brigade (military unit No. 16544, Southern Military District, Borzoy, Republic of Chechnya, Russia) training at\u00a0the training site &#8216;Daryal&#8217; in North Ossetia. Starting from 01:58 we can see the MT-LB armored tracked vehicles\u00a0with the 8th brigade&#8217;s tactical signs &#8211; white circle in a square (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/SY35B\" target=\"_blank\">archived<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mtlb-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10631 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mtlb-2.jpg\" alt=\"mtlb 2\" width=\"1023\" height=\"857\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screenshotwww.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10632\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screenshotwww-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshotwww\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is also a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JMfUzCznP74\" target=\"_blank\">Youtube video<\/a>\u00a0named &#8220;<strong>The exercises with the personnel of the 2nd motorized rifle brigade of the People&#8217;s Militia of LPR have been conducted in Novopavlovsk<\/strong>&#8221; from March 15, 2015. It was prepared by the so-called information-analytic agency &#8216;Yugo-Vostok&#8217; [<em>South-East<\/em>]. At 07:02 and 07:36 you can notice a modernized MT-LB with the 6P11 &#8216;Utes&#8217; machine gun installed which has the mentioned signs of the 8th brigade (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ibbCY\" target=\"_blank\">archived<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mtlb-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10633\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mtlb-1.jpg\" alt=\"mtlb 1\" width=\"1023\" height=\"783\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screenshotnnn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10634\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screenshotnnn-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshotnnn\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other Russian military equipment (with the painted out hull numbers) can also be seen in this video.<\/p>\n<p>To confirm the 8th\u00a0brigade&#8217;s sign once more time, we have checked several VK online\u00a0profiles of the soldiers who served in this\u00a0brigade in Chechnya. Photos of the\u00a0equipment with the same sign can be found in these profiles. The online profile (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/94Plc\" target=\"_blank\">archived<\/a>) of <strong>Sergei Chainikov<\/strong>, a serviceman of the 8th mountain brigade, does not have\u00a0undeniable photos from Donbas, but it has a bunch of pictures (uploaded on November 4, 2014) which has strong indications\u00a0that those pics are not\u00a0made in Chechnya, but are related to the Rostov-Ukraine assignment: the covered faces,\u00a0groups of the equipment and weapons, non-Caucasian landscape, informal clothes, etc).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/prof.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10635 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/prof.jpg\" alt=\"prof\" width=\"846\" height=\"798\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/palatka.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10636 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/palatka.jpg\" alt=\"palatka\" width=\"788\" height=\"669\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/komandirovka.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10637 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/komandirovka.jpg\" alt=\"komandirovka\" width=\"785\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/s-ch-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10638 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/s-ch-1.jpg\" alt=\"s ch 1\" width=\"790\" height=\"697\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/grad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10639 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/grad.jpg\" alt=\"grad\" width=\"775\" height=\"666\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other interesting pictures, including the copies of documents with comments, have been found as well. The most attention was drawn by the photo (uploaded on May 6, 2015) of the &#8216;veteran certificate&#8217; with <strong>No. 0389711, issued by the Ministry of Defense of Russia on November 24, 2014,<\/strong> and signed by the\u00a0Chief Human Resources Officer of the Southern Military District\u00a0<strong>major-general S. Panevchik<\/strong>. Chainikov also left a comment that he had recently returned from &#8216;BZ&#8217; [&#8216;Boyevoye Zadaniye&#8217;, combat mission] and could not have boasted with the veteran status before that.<\/p>\n<p>Another interesting document &#8211; Chainikov&#8217;s request\u00a0(uploaded on November 8, 2014) for a vacation in 2014. According to this report, S. Chainikov is <strong>a contract soldier since\u00a0October 25, 2013 and occupies a grenade launcher operator position in the 3rd\u00a0sub-unit of the 1st platoon of the 3rd company of the 2nd battalion of the military unit No. 16544<\/strong>. His direct commanders are &#8211;\u00a0<strong>sub-unit commander senior sergeant V. Agamirzoev, platoon commander senior lieutenant A. Galaev, company commander captain O. Chigasov, battalion commander lieutenant colonel N. Amirhanyan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/udostoverenie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10640 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/udostoverenie.jpg\" alt=\"udostoverenie\" width=\"777\" height=\"881\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/raport.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10641 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/raport.jpg\" alt=\"raport\" width=\"778\" height=\"844\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taking into account the information above and the previously gathered data about the 8th brigade&#8217;s participation in the fights in Donbas, we can assume that the Russian equipment serves in the 2nd battalion of the LPR&#8217;s People&#8217;s Militia. And the mentioned contract soldier is a &#8216;veteran&#8217; of the Russian aggression in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The topic about the Russian armored vehicles noticed in Ukraine is well covered by the &#8216;sled-vzayt&#8217; investigator. One of his latest stories (<a href=\"http:\/\/sled-vzayt.livejournal.com\/3123.html\" target=\"_blank\">in Russian<\/a>) is dedicated to a MT-LB vehicle with the 6P11 &#8216;Utes&#8217; machine gun &#8211; MT-LB VM or &#8216;Kord&#8217; MT-LB VMK.<\/p>\n<p>A great number\u00a0of our stories is based on the data found by our friends and readers in\u00a0the open sources. This article is based on the information gathered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100007664891091&amp;fref=nf&amp;pnref=story\" target=\"_blank\">Mikhail Net<\/a>\u00a0who tracked down the equipment of the 8th brigade in Donbas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/10616-8omsbr-rf-v-sostave-lnr\/\">Original article<\/a> by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/irakli.komaxidze\">Irakli Komakhidze<\/a>\u00a0 translated by Oleksandr Klymenko<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another\u00a0OSINT investigation resulted in the new article which showed how the Russian military equipment dissolves in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4976,"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":[167,331,240],"class_list":["post-4975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-terrorussians","tag-russian-armed-forces","tag-russian-military-equipment","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>The Russian 8th Motorized Rifle Brigade as Part of the &quot;People&#039;s Militia&quot; of LPR - InformNapalm.org (English)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The participation of the 8th brigade in the fights in Donbas is not a secret any more. 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Here is another proof of that.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/the-russian-8th-motorized-rifle-brigade-as-part-of-the-people-s-militia-of-lnr\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/the-russian-8th-motorized-rifle-brigade-as-part-of-the-people-s-militia-of-lnr\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/the-russian-8th-motorized-rifle-brigade-as-part-of-the-people-s-militia-of-lnr\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/08\/cUIKZ7-sqV4.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/08\/cUIKZ7-sqV4.jpg","width":780,"height":514},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/the-russian-8th-motorized-rifle-brigade-as-part-of-the-people-s-militia-of-lnr\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Russian 8th Motorized Rifle Brigade as Part of the &#8220;People&#8217;s Militia&#8221; of LPR"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/","name":"InformNapalm.org (English)","description":"Latest News from Ukraine","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0a9c5fc44a7fbf844f57e2c2fa5c4bef","name":"Falcon Born","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2ab3370fab9c246db359190da7fc69ece9dd5c0538f0fa255b77632480af62e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2ab3370fab9c246db359190da7fc69ece9dd5c0538f0fa255b77632480af62e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Falcon Born"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/informnapalm.org"],"url":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/author\/roman\/"}]}},"post_src":"<strong>Another\u00a0OSINT investigation resulted in the new article which showed how the Russian military equipment dissolves in the LPR's \"People's Militia\" and how the Russian servicemen get a veteran status after assignments to Ukraine.\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OxIjjNf13sU\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\r\n\r\nThe website of the Channel One [Russia] contains a TV <a href=\"http:\/\/www.1tv.ru\/news\/world\/225358\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a>\u00a0named \"<strong>The training of the only mountain motorized rifle brigade is\u00a0carried on in the Republic of Chechnya<\/strong>\" from\u00a0February 1, 2013. This report tells about the 8th brigade (military unit No. 16544, Southern Military District, Borzoy, Republic of Chechnya, Russia) training at\u00a0the training site 'Daryal' in North Ossetia. Starting from 01:58 we can see the MT-LB armored tracked vehicles\u00a0with the 8th brigade's tactical signs - white circle in a square (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/SY35B\" target=\"_blank\">archived<\/a>).\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mtlb-2.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-10631 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mtlb-2.jpg\" alt=\"mtlb 2\" width=\"1023\" height=\"857\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screenshotwww.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10632\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screenshotwww-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshotwww\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThere is also a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JMfUzCznP74\" target=\"_blank\">Youtube video<\/a>\u00a0named \"<strong>The exercises with the personnel of the 2nd motorized rifle brigade of the People's Militia of LPR have been conducted in Novopavlovsk<\/strong>\" from March 15, 2015. It was prepared by the so-called information-analytic agency 'Yugo-Vostok' [<em>South-East<\/em>]. At 07:02 and 07:36 you can notice a modernized MT-LB with the 6P11 'Utes' machine gun installed which has the mentioned signs of the 8th brigade (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ibbCY\" target=\"_blank\">archived<\/a>).\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mtlb-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-10633\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/mtlb-1.jpg\" alt=\"mtlb 1\" width=\"1023\" height=\"783\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screenshotnnn.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10634\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screenshotnnn-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshotnnn\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nOther Russian military equipment (with the painted out hull numbers) can also be seen in this video.\r\n\r\nTo confirm the 8th\u00a0brigade's sign once more time, we have checked several VK online\u00a0profiles of the soldiers who served in this\u00a0brigade in Chechnya. Photos of the\u00a0equipment with the same sign can be found in these profiles. The online profile (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/94Plc\" target=\"_blank\">archived<\/a>) of <strong>Sergei Chainikov<\/strong>, a serviceman of the 8th mountain brigade, does not have\u00a0undeniable photos from Donbas, but it has a bunch of pictures (uploaded on November 4, 2014) which has strong indications\u00a0that those pics are not\u00a0made in Chechnya, but are related to the Rostov-Ukraine assignment: the covered faces,\u00a0groups of the equipment and weapons, non-Caucasian landscape, informal clothes, etc).\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/prof.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-10635 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/prof.jpg\" alt=\"prof\" width=\"846\" height=\"798\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/palatka.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-10636 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/palatka.jpg\" alt=\"palatka\" width=\"788\" height=\"669\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/komandirovka.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-10637 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/komandirovka.jpg\" alt=\"komandirovka\" width=\"785\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/s-ch-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-10638 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/s-ch-1.jpg\" alt=\"s ch 1\" width=\"790\" height=\"697\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/grad.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-10639 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/grad.jpg\" alt=\"grad\" width=\"775\" height=\"666\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nOther interesting pictures, including the copies of documents with comments, have been found as well. The most attention was drawn by the photo (uploaded on May 6, 2015) of the 'veteran certificate' with <strong>No. 0389711, issued by the Ministry of Defense of Russia on November 24, 2014,<\/strong> and signed by the\u00a0Chief Human Resources Officer of the Southern Military District\u00a0<strong>major-general S. Panevchik<\/strong>. Chainikov also left a comment that he had recently returned from 'BZ' ['Boyevoye Zadaniye', combat mission] and could not have boasted with the veteran status before that.\r\n\r\nAnother interesting document - Chainikov's request\u00a0(uploaded on November 8, 2014) for a vacation in 2014. According to this report, S. Chainikov is <strong>a contract soldier since\u00a0October 25, 2013 and occupies a grenade launcher operator position in the 3rd\u00a0sub-unit of the 1st platoon of the 3rd company of the 2nd battalion of the military unit No. 16544<\/strong>. His direct commanders are -\u00a0<strong>sub-unit commander senior sergeant V. Agamirzoev, platoon commander senior lieutenant A. Galaev, company commander captain O. Chigasov, battalion commander lieutenant colonel N. Amirhanyan.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/udostoverenie.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-10640 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/udostoverenie.jpg\" alt=\"udostoverenie\" width=\"777\" height=\"881\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/raport.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-10641 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/raport.jpg\" alt=\"raport\" width=\"778\" height=\"844\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nTaking into account the information above and the previously gathered data about the 8th brigade's participation in the fights in Donbas, we can assume that the Russian equipment serves in the 2nd battalion of the LPR's People's Militia. And the mentioned contract soldier is a 'veteran' of the Russian aggression in Ukraine.\r\n\r\nThe topic about the Russian armored vehicles noticed in Ukraine is well covered by the 'sled-vzayt' investigator. One of his latest stories (<a href=\"http:\/\/sled-vzayt.livejournal.com\/3123.html\" target=\"_blank\">in Russian<\/a>) is dedicated to a MT-LB vehicle with the 6P11 'Utes' machine gun - MT-LB VM or 'Kord' MT-LB VMK.\r\n\r\nA great number\u00a0of our stories is based on the data found by our friends and readers in\u00a0the open sources. This article is based on the information gathered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100007664891091&amp;fref=nf&amp;pnref=story\" target=\"_blank\">Mikhail Net<\/a>\u00a0who tracked down the equipment of the 8th brigade in Donbas.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/10616-8omsbr-rf-v-sostave-lnr\/\">Original article<\/a> by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/irakli.komaxidze\">Irakli Komakhidze<\/a>\u00a0 translated by Oleksandr Klymenko<\/em>","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4975","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=4975"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5455,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4975\/revisions\/5455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}