{"id":510,"date":"2014-05-29T11:45:48","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T09:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=510"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:51:34","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:51:34","slug":"considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/","title":{"rendered":"Considerations on the North Caucasus Militants in Donbas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">There are more than enough photos and videos of the North Caucasians from the Donbass in the Internet. Without a doubt the official Kremlin backed off but they are first-rate in playing dirty and decided to play with the fire and let North Caucasians burn their fingers.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The fact is that Russia raised several so-called <strong>National Battalions<\/strong> in the Southern Military District. In particular, these are:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8211; <strong>Special battalion of the 18th Motorized Rifle\u00a0Brigade stationed in Kalinovskaja (Chechnya).<\/strong> The battalion is staffed by local Chechens, mostly former and amnestied militants which later served in Yamadaev&#8217;s &#8220;Vostok&#8221; (&#8220;East&#8221;) battalion. The unit is structurally a part of the brigade but in reality is supervised by the GRU;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8211; <strong>Special\u00a0battalion\u00a0stationed\u00a0in Troitskaya (Ingushetia).<\/strong>\u00a0It is conditionally included in the \u00a019th Motorized\u00a0Rifle\u00a0Brigade\u00a0which is located in Vladikavkaz (North Ossetia). It is staffed by Ingush contractors who have combat experience in counter-terrorist operations. It is also supervised by the GRU;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8211; <strong>National Battalion from the 4th Russian occupation military base<\/strong> located in Georgian region of Tskhinvali (so-called <strong>&#8216;South Ossetia&#8217;<\/strong>). It was raised two years ago by South Ossetian separatists and militants which terrorized Georgian villages and have combat experience. Supervised by the GRU.<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/novoajdar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-512\" alt=\"Caucasian Militants in Lugansk Oblast\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/novoajdar.jpg\" width=\"598\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/novoajdar.jpg 598w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/novoajdar-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">These three national battalions totals approximately 1,200-1,500 soldiers were reserved for a special occasion. Well, here they are&#8230; these guys popped in the Donbass. I am not going to dilate on this any further, I will just note that among these enforcers there must be both Chechens, Ingush and Ossetians. Hopefully, the national security will soon please us with the demonstration of live or better yet, cold &#8220;uninvited guests&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>(c)\u00a0Irakli Komaxidze<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Translated by Vladimir Kolesnikov<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are more than enough photos and videos of the North Caucasians from the Donbass in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511,"comment_status":"closed","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":[529,528,5],"tags":[47,69,167,200,204,237],"class_list":["post-510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-donbas","category-news","category-terrorussians","tag-chechnya","tag-donbas","tag-russian-armed-forces","tag-southern-military-district","tag-spetsnaz-gru","tag-vostok-battalion"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Considerations on the North Caucasus Militants in Donbas - InformNapalm.org (English)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Considerations on the North Caucasus Militants in Donbas - InformNapalm.org (English)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There are more than enough photos and videos of the North Caucasians from the Donbass in the...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"InformNapalm.org (English)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-05-29T09:45:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-12-24T14:51:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/Bonh4stIIAAPSo_.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"599\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"465\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Falcon Born\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Falcon Born\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Falcon Born\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0a9c5fc44a7fbf844f57e2c2fa5c4bef\"},\"headline\":\"Considerations on the North Caucasus Militants in Donbas\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-05-29T09:45:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-24T14:51:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/\"},\"wordCount\":288,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/Bonh4stIIAAPSo_.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Chechnya\",\"Donbas\",\"Russian Armed Forces\",\"Southern Military District\",\"Spetsnaz GRU\",\"Vostok Battalion\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Donbas\",\"News\",\"Russian Military Assessment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/\",\"name\":\"Considerations on the North Caucasus Militants in Donbas - InformNapalm.org (English)\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/Bonh4stIIAAPSo_.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-05-29T09:45:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-24T14:51:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0a9c5fc44a7fbf844f57e2c2fa5c4bef\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/Bonh4stIIAAPSo_.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/Bonh4stIIAAPSo_.jpg\",\"width\":599,\"height\":465},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Considerations on the North Caucasus Militants in Donbas\"}]},{\"@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\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Considerations on the North Caucasus Militants in Donbas - InformNapalm.org (English)","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Considerations on the North Caucasus Militants in Donbas - InformNapalm.org (English)","og_description":"There are more than enough photos and videos of the North Caucasians from the Donbass in the...","og_url":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/","og_site_name":"InformNapalm.org (English)","article_published_time":"2014-05-29T09:45:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-12-24T14:51:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":599,"height":465,"url":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/Bonh4stIIAAPSo_.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Falcon Born","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Falcon Born","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/"},"author":{"name":"Falcon Born","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0a9c5fc44a7fbf844f57e2c2fa5c4bef"},"headline":"Considerations on the North Caucasus Militants in Donbas","datePublished":"2014-05-29T09:45:48+00:00","dateModified":"2015-12-24T14:51:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/"},"wordCount":288,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/Bonh4stIIAAPSo_.jpg","keywords":["Chechnya","Donbas","Russian Armed Forces","Southern Military District","Spetsnaz GRU","Vostok Battalion"],"articleSection":["Donbas","News","Russian Military Assessment"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/","url":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/","name":"Considerations on the North Caucasus Militants in Donbas - InformNapalm.org (English)","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/Bonh4stIIAAPSo_.jpg","datePublished":"2014-05-29T09:45:48+00:00","dateModified":"2015-12-24T14:51:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/0a9c5fc44a7fbf844f57e2c2fa5c4bef"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/Bonh4stIIAAPSo_.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/Bonh4stIIAAPSo_.jpg","width":599,"height":465},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/considerations-on-the-north-caucasus-militants-on-donbass\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Considerations on the North Caucasus Militants in Donbas"}]},{"@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":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">There are more than enough photos and videos of the North Caucasians from the Donbass in the Internet. Without a doubt the official Kremlin backed off but they are first-rate in playing dirty and decided to play with the fire and let North Caucasians burn their fingers.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The fact is that Russia raised several so-called <strong>National Battalions<\/strong> in the Southern Military District. In particular, these are:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">- <strong>Special battalion of the 18th Motorized Rifle\u00a0Brigade stationed in Kalinovskaja (Chechnya).<\/strong> The battalion is staffed by local Chechens, mostly former and amnestied militants which later served in Yamadaev's \"Vostok\" (\"East\") battalion. The unit is structurally a part of the brigade but in reality is supervised by the GRU;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">- <strong>Special\u00a0battalion\u00a0stationed\u00a0in Troitskaya (Ingushetia).<\/strong>\u00a0It is conditionally included in the \u00a019th Motorized\u00a0Rifle\u00a0Brigade\u00a0which is located in Vladikavkaz (North Ossetia). It is staffed by Ingush contractors who have combat experience in counter-terrorist operations. It is also supervised by the GRU;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">- <strong>National Battalion from the 4th Russian occupation military base<\/strong> located in Georgian region of Tskhinvali (so-called <strong>'South Ossetia'<\/strong>). It was raised two years ago by South Ossetian separatists and militants which terrorized Georgian villages and have combat experience. Supervised by the GRU.<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/novoajdar.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-512\" alt=\"Caucasian Militants in Lugansk Oblast\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/05\/novoajdar.jpg\" width=\"598\" height=\"329\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">These three national battalions totals approximately 1,200-1,500 soldiers were reserved for a special occasion. Well, here they are... these guys popped in the Donbass. I am not going to dilate on this any further, I will just note that among these enforcers there must be both Chechens, Ingush and Ossetians. Hopefully, the national security will soon please us with the demonstration of live or better yet, cold \"uninvited guests\".<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>(c)\u00a0Irakli Komaxidze<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Translated by Vladimir Kolesnikov<\/em><\/p>","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510","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=510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7044,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510\/revisions\/7044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}