{"id":5368,"date":"2015-09-17T10:34:55","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T10:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=5368"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:44:28","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:44:28","slug":"drilling-rigs-of-chernomornaftogaz-were-captured-by-the-russian-104th-regiment-s-paratroopers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/drilling-rigs-of-chernomornaftogaz-were-captured-by-the-russian-104th-regiment-s-paratroopers\/","title":{"rendered":"Drilling Rigs of ‘Chernomornaftogaz’ Were Captured By The Russian 104th Regiment’s Paratroopers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another OSINT investigation discloses evidence that the servicemen\u00a0of the\u00a0104th paratrooper regiment of the 76th paratrooper division of Russia’s airborne forces took part in the capturing the\u00a0‘Chernomornaftogaz’ company.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It will be recalled that Yuriy Prodan, the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine, stated in the\u00a0exclusive interview for UNIAN that the drilling rigs were taken under the control of ‘men in green’ armed with AKs. The Ukrainian information agencies used to call them as ‘separatists’ (in Russian<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n

The fact that the ‘separatists’ belonged to the regular forces of the neighboring aggressor-state was realized pretty fast. But the information about the exact involved military units has not been\u00a0made public\u00a0until today.<\/p>\n

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Recalling the eighteen months old event is caused by\u00a0finding the relevant\u00a0photo proofs and information during our new\u00a0OSINT investigation.<\/p>\n

A profile of Ivan Kozlov<\/a>, a ‘veteran of the Crimea annexation’,\u00a0was found in the VK social network (photo album archive<\/a>, contact list archive<\/a>). As for 2014, he was a serviceman\u00a0of the 104th paratrooper regiment\u00a0of the 76th paratrooper division of Russia’s airborne forces. Kozlov’s album has a set of pictures uploaded in December, 2014, where the operation of capturing the Crimea (including the ‘Chernomornaftogaz’ infrastructure) is\u00a0shown.<\/p>\n

Here are the screenshots with the facts which led us to the conclusions we have made.<\/p>\n

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Kozlov’s album also stores the photo<\/a> where he poses with Aleksandr Osipov, his brother-in-arms from the 104th regiment, who died in Donbas in August of 2014, carrying out criminal orders issued by his Russian command. Osipov’s recon\u00a0unit got under the Ukrainian artillery shelling. He was buried without pathos and honors near Pskov, in Vybuty village cemetery on August 24, 2014 (reported by LJ ‘Potsreotizm’<\/a> on September 11, 2014).<\/p>\n

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