{"id":5013,"date":"2015-08-13T11:14:56","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T11:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=5013"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:23:01","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:23:01","slug":"2s19-msta-s-self-propelled-mortar-of-the-17th-brigade-near-novoazovsk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/2s19-msta-s-self-propelled-mortar-of-the-17th-brigade-near-novoazovsk\/","title":{"rendered":"2S19 &#8216;Msta-S&#8217; Self-Propelled Mortar of the 17th Brigade near Novoazovsk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0InformNapalm team continues gathering undeniable facts of the Russian participation in the undeclared war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Another investigation has disclosed and identified an artillery unit of the 17th separate motorized rifle brigade (military unit No. 65384, the 58th general army, Southern Military District, Shali, Republic of Chechnya\u0431 Russia) which took part in combat actions in Donbas (Mariupol direction).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KGjQMIsfLeg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We could track the tour of duty of the\u00a0gunmen of this unit &#8211; from their\u00a0moving out &#8216;for trainings&#8217; (to Volgograd and Astrakhan Oblasts) in the beginning of summer 2014 till the following assignment to Rostov Oblast and sending to\u00a0Donbas. The investigation was done based on the analysis of the <a href=\"http:\/\/vk.com\/id218715797\" target=\"_blank\">VK online profile<\/a> of sergeant Konstantin Nv-Pashinin (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/D2w92\" target=\"_blank\">archive<\/a>), a serviceman of the self-propelled mortar division of the 17th brigade.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11417 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/profile.jpg\" alt=\"profile\" width=\"813\" height=\"841\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/vozle-sau-boevik.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11484 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/vozle-sau-boevik.jpg\" alt=\"vozle sau boevik\" width=\"774\" height=\"661\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/donbass.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11440\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/donbass-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"donbass\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/boevik.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11483\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/boevik-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"boevik\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ukr-sigareti.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11485\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ukr-sigareti-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"ukr sigareti\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/v-lesu-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11488\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/v-lesu--230x130.jpg\" alt=\"v lesu -\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/v-lesu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11489\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/v-lesu-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"v lesu\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/chech-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11486\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/chech--230x130.jpg\" alt=\"chech ---\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11441\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/23-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/chech-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11487\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/chech-1-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"chech -\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We were able to find\u00a0both the identity\u00a0and the location of the military unit. The\u00a0well-known Russian&#8217;s\u00a0masquerade during which they become &#8216;Novorossiya fighters&#8217; (informal clothes, white arm bandages, etc) and their equipment masked as the war trophies did not confuse us. Also we identified all the places in Donbas where this Chechnya artillery\u00a0unit had acted, and\u00a0all of them are linked to specific objects and terrain. In particular, as for the beginning of fall 2014, the self-propelled mortars of the 17th brigade were located near the Novoazovsk\u00a0windfarm.<\/p>\n<p>Please check this out in details:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/melnici.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11416 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/melnici.jpg\" alt=\"melnici\" width=\"1031\" height=\"577\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite the pictures in the sergeant&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id218715797?z=albums218715797\" target=\"_blank\">photo album<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/pzKNX\" target=\"_blank\">archive<\/a>) were uploaded randomly we still were able to find the chronology of\u00a0his Rostov-Ukraine trip and some other important details. It was done thanks to this data and the information from other open sources (a set of YouTube video clips):<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; In June\u00a02014, the artillery units of the 17th brigade from Chechnya were noticed in Volgograd and Astrakhan Oblasts, at the Prudboy and Ashuluk training sites where they are prepared for the assignment<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/volgograd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11431\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/volgograd-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"volgograd\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ashuluk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11429\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ashuluk-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"ashuluk\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/poezd.jpg-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11434\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/poezd.jpg--230x130.jpg\" alt=\"poezd.jpg -\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; on\u00a0July 30, 2014, the transported by trucks &#8216;Msta-S&#8217; mortars of this unit were noticed in Rostov, Russia. Please check out the screenshot of the\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TGVNf9QV0Os\" target=\"_blank\">Msta-S are transported by trucks. Rostov-on-Don. 30.07.2014<\/a>&#8221; video.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/na-tiagache.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11435\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/na-tiagache-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"na tiagache\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sau-rostov.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11428\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sau-rostov-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"sau rostov\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the same day the same mortars &#8216;Msta-S&#8217; were seen on the Taganrog highway (&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cyr1rwS-YiY\" target=\"_blank\">Rostov. Voenved. Armored vehicles on Taganrog highway<\/a>&#8221; video)<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: to ensure that the equipment from the videos belongs to the 17th brigade you just need to compare its\u00a0camouflage with the equipment from the pictures of the 17th brigade serviceman K. Nv-Pashinin &#8211; they are the same. Also\u00a0analyzing\u00a0the video you will notice that one of the mortars has its hull number painted over with 2 types of paint &#8211; green and yellow one. Noteworthy is that the mortar No. 524 from the album photo has &#8217;52&#8217; on the green background and &#8216;4&#8217; on the yellow one.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11805662_847692228676981_1967676074_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11436\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11805662_847692228676981_1967676074_n-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"11805662_847692228676981_1967676074_n\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11874196_847692232010314_65466793_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11437\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11874196_847692232010314_65466793_n-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"11874196_847692232010314_65466793_n\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; on September 4, 2014, the self-propelled mortar with the same camouflage was seen in Novoazovsk (&#8216;Al Jazeera&#8217; report &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ocfxP-lerAY\" target=\"_blank\">Ukraine rebels advance towards Mariupol<\/a>&#8220;), but now\u00a0the typical place of the hull number is painted out. Here we\u00a0have two options: either this is not the &#8216;524&#8217; vehicle or is it, but another layer of the paint was added to mask the number.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: We should pay attention to several\u00a0details &#8211; the white flags tied to the mortars&#8217; antennas (seen at 0:12-0:20), which you can also see in Nv-Pashinin&#8217;s\u00a0pictures, as well as the white identification circles on the supply automobiles cabins (see video of the fuel truck, 0:10).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/a-j.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11425 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/a-j.jpg\" alt=\"a j\" width=\"876\" height=\"763\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11863103_847683892011148_1021214623_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11424\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11863103_847683892011148_1021214623_o.jpg\" alt=\"11863103_847683892011148_1021214623_o\" width=\"872\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; at last, on September 24, 2014, our future &#8216;Hague hero&#8217; K. Nv-Pashinin uploaded the pictures of &#8216;Msta-S&#8217; mortar in front of the wind field of the Novoazovsk windfarm. The photos were made around the end of August, 2014. Thanks to this object we identified the exact place where the photo was taken.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11871699_847683898677814_2103741984_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11418\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11871699_847683898677814_2103741984_o.jpg\" alt=\"11871699_847683898677814_2103741984_o\" width=\"900\" height=\"701\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11879788_847683895344481_1296396490_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11419\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11879788_847683895344481_1296396490_o.jpg\" alt=\"11879788_847683895344481_1296396490_o\" width=\"900\" height=\"722\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/vetryki.jpg-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11442 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/vetryki.jpg--230x130.jpg\" alt=\"vetryki.jpg -\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/vetryki.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11443 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/vetryki-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"vetryki\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking through the list of contacts of K. Nv-Pashinin (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/gC0zH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">archive<\/a>)\u00a0you can find other gunmen of the 17th brigade, who also have been assigned to Ukraine. For example, Pavel Kravchenko (<a href=\"http:\/vk.com\/id252322040\" target=\"_blank\">VK profile<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/1BHZk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">archive<\/a>). He does not have much photos in his album, but still there are a couple of them that come from the same series as Nv-Pashinin&#8217;s ones: a brazier made of shells and a medal of Valor, generously given by the Russian Ministry of Defense to the &#8216;Donbas veterans&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/mangal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11493 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/mangal.jpg\" alt=\"mangal\" width=\"774\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/medal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11494 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/medal.jpg\" alt=\"medal\" width=\"783\" height=\"588\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let us remind you that the 17th brigade has become the &#8216;hero&#8217; of several our stories:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/17th-motorized-brigade-southern-military-district-russian-federation-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">The 17th Motorized Brigade of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation is in Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/tankman-russian-officer-17th-independent-motor-rifle-brigade-participated-armed-hostilities-donbas\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cTankman\u201d: Russian Officer of the 17th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade Who Participated in Armed Hostilities in Donbas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/the-17th-brigade-in-donbas-in-summer-2014-photo-proofs\/\" target=\"_blank\">The 17th Brigade in Donbas in Summer, 2014. Photo proofs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/officer-of-the-russian-17th-motor-rifle-brigade-awarded-order-of-courage-for-the-donbas-war\/\" target=\"_blank\">Officer of the Russian 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade Awarded Order of Courage for the Donbas War<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/11391-sau-msta-s-novoazovskom\" target=\"_blank\">Original article<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100007664891091\" target=\"_blank\">Mikhail Net<\/a>\u00a0translated by Oleksandr Klymenko<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0InformNapalm team continues gathering undeniable facts of the Russian participation in the undeclared war against Ukraine. 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The investigation was done based on the analysis of the <a href=\"http:\/\/vk.com\/id218715797\" target=\"_blank\">VK online profile<\/a> of sergeant Konstantin Nv-Pashinin (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/D2w92\" target=\"_blank\">archive<\/a>), a serviceman of the self-propelled mortar division of the 17th brigade.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/profile.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-11417 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/profile.jpg\" alt=\"profile\" width=\"813\" height=\"841\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/vozle-sau-boevik.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-11484 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/vozle-sau-boevik.jpg\" alt=\"vozle sau boevik\" width=\"774\" height=\"661\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/donbass.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11440\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/donbass-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"donbass\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/boevik.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11483\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/boevik-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"boevik\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ukr-sigareti.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11485\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ukr-sigareti-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"ukr sigareti\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/v-lesu-.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11488\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/v-lesu--230x130.jpg\" alt=\"v lesu -\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/v-lesu.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11489\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/v-lesu-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"v lesu\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/chech-.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11486\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/chech--230x130.jpg\" alt=\"chech ---\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/23.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11441\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/23-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/chech-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11487\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/chech-1-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"chech -\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nWe were able to find\u00a0both the identity\u00a0and the location of the military unit. The\u00a0well-known Russian's\u00a0masquerade during which they become 'Novorossiya fighters' (informal clothes, white arm bandages, etc) and their equipment masked as the war trophies did not confuse us. Also we identified all the places in Donbas where this Chechnya artillery\u00a0unit had acted, and\u00a0all of them are linked to specific objects and terrain. In particular, as for the beginning of fall 2014, the self-propelled mortars of the 17th brigade were located near the Novoazovsk\u00a0windfarm.\r\n\r\nPlease check this out in details:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/melnici.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-11416 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/melnici.jpg\" alt=\"melnici\" width=\"1031\" height=\"577\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nDespite the pictures in the sergeant's <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id218715797?z=albums218715797\" target=\"_blank\">photo album<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/pzKNX\" target=\"_blank\">archive<\/a>) were uploaded randomly we still were able to find the chronology of\u00a0his Rostov-Ukraine trip and some other important details. It was done thanks to this data and the information from other open sources (a set of YouTube video clips):\r\n\r\n- In June\u00a02014, the artillery units of the 17th brigade from Chechnya were noticed in Volgograd and Astrakhan Oblasts, at the Prudboy and Ashuluk training sites where they are prepared for the assignment\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/volgograd.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11431\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/volgograd-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"volgograd\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ashuluk.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11429\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ashuluk-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"ashuluk\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/poezd.jpg-.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11434\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/poezd.jpg--230x130.jpg\" alt=\"poezd.jpg -\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n- on\u00a0July 30, 2014, the transported by trucks 'Msta-S' mortars of this unit were noticed in Rostov, Russia. Please check out the screenshot of the\u00a0\"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TGVNf9QV0Os\" target=\"_blank\">Msta-S are transported by trucks. Rostov-on-Don. 30.07.2014<\/a>\" video.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/na-tiagache.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11435\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/na-tiagache-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"na tiagache\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sau-rostov.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11428\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sau-rostov-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"sau rostov\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n- the same day the same mortars 'Msta-S' were seen on the Taganrog highway (\"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cyr1rwS-YiY\" target=\"_blank\">Rostov. Voenved. Armored vehicles on Taganrog highway<\/a>\" video)\r\n\r\n<em>Note: to ensure that the equipment from the videos belongs to the 17th brigade you just need to compare its\u00a0camouflage with the equipment from the pictures of the 17th brigade serviceman K. Nv-Pashinin - they are the same. Also\u00a0analyzing\u00a0the video you will notice that one of the mortars has its hull number painted over with 2 types of paint - green and yellow one. Noteworthy is that the mortar No. 524 from the album photo has '52' on the green background and '4' on the yellow one.<\/em>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11805662_847692228676981_1967676074_n.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11436\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11805662_847692228676981_1967676074_n-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"11805662_847692228676981_1967676074_n\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11874196_847692232010314_65466793_n.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11437\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11874196_847692232010314_65466793_n-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"11874196_847692232010314_65466793_n\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n- on September 4, 2014, the self-propelled mortar with the same camouflage was seen in Novoazovsk ('Al Jazeera' report \"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ocfxP-lerAY\" target=\"_blank\">Ukraine rebels advance towards Mariupol<\/a>\"), but now\u00a0the typical place of the hull number is painted out. Here we\u00a0have two options: either this is not the '524' vehicle or is it, but another layer of the paint was added to mask the number.\r\n\r\n<em>Note: We should pay attention to several\u00a0details - the white flags tied to the mortars' antennas (seen at 0:12-0:20), which you can also see in Nv-Pashinin's\u00a0pictures, as well as the white identification circles on the supply automobiles cabins (see video of the fuel truck, 0:10).<\/em>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/a-j.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-11425 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/a-j.jpg\" alt=\"a j\" width=\"876\" height=\"763\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11863103_847683892011148_1021214623_o.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-11424\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11863103_847683892011148_1021214623_o.jpg\" alt=\"11863103_847683892011148_1021214623_o\" width=\"872\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n- at last, on September 24, 2014, our future 'Hague hero' K. Nv-Pashinin uploaded the pictures of 'Msta-S' mortar in front of the wind field of the Novoazovsk windfarm. The photos were made around the end of August, 2014. Thanks to this object we identified the exact place where the photo was taken.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11871699_847683898677814_2103741984_o.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-11418\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11871699_847683898677814_2103741984_o.jpg\" alt=\"11871699_847683898677814_2103741984_o\" width=\"900\" height=\"701\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11879788_847683895344481_1296396490_o.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-11419\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/11879788_847683895344481_1296396490_o.jpg\" alt=\"11879788_847683895344481_1296396490_o\" width=\"900\" height=\"722\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/vetryki.jpg-.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-11442 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/vetryki.jpg--230x130.jpg\" alt=\"vetryki.jpg -\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/vetryki.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-11443 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/vetryki-230x130.jpg\" alt=\"vetryki\" width=\"230\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nLooking through the list of contacts of K. Nv-Pashinin (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/gC0zH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">archive<\/a>)\u00a0you can find other gunmen of the 17th brigade, who also have been assigned to Ukraine. For example, Pavel Kravchenko (<a href=\"http:\/vk.com\/id252322040\" target=\"_blank\">VK profile<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/1BHZk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">archive<\/a>). He does not have much photos in his album, but still there are a couple of them that come from the same series as Nv-Pashinin's ones: a brazier made of shells and a medal of Valor, generously given by the Russian Ministry of Defense to the 'Donbas veterans'.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/mangal.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-11493 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/mangal.jpg\" alt=\"mangal\" width=\"774\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/medal.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-11494 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/medal.jpg\" alt=\"medal\" width=\"783\" height=\"588\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nLet us remind you that the 17th brigade has become the 'hero' of several our stories:\r\n\r\n-\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/17th-motorized-brigade-southern-military-district-russian-federation-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">The 17th Motorized Brigade of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation is in Ukraine<\/a>\r\n\r\n-\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/tankman-russian-officer-17th-independent-motor-rifle-brigade-participated-armed-hostilities-donbas\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cTankman\u201d: Russian Officer of the 17th Independent Motor-Rifle Brigade Who Participated in Armed Hostilities in Donbas<\/a>\r\n\r\n-\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/the-17th-brigade-in-donbas-in-summer-2014-photo-proofs\/\" target=\"_blank\">The 17th Brigade in Donbas in Summer, 2014. Photo proofs<\/a>\r\n\r\n- <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/officer-of-the-russian-17th-motor-rifle-brigade-awarded-order-of-courage-for-the-donbas-war\/\" target=\"_blank\">Officer of the Russian 17th Motorized Rifle Brigade Awarded Order of Courage for the Donbas War<\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/11391-sau-msta-s-novoazovskom\" target=\"_blank\">Original article<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100007664891091\" target=\"_blank\">Mikhail Net<\/a>\u00a0translated by Oleksandr Klymenko<\/em>","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5013","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=5013"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5021,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5013\/revisions\/5021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}