{"id":5541,"date":"2015-09-30T05:30:55","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T05:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=5541"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:47:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:47:47","slug":"russia-air-forces-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russia-air-forces-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia&#8217;s Air Forces: from Setting Up Provocations in Ukraine to Cargo Delivering to Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Investigating profiles of the Russian servicemen, the international volunteer group InformNapalm.org disclosed several facts about Russia&#8217;s air forces&#8217; preparations for possible provocations with the usage of\u00a0striking aviation. Also the airdrome used for weapons transfering to Syria was found.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GSYfgoGAT3o\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The volunteers noticed several\u00a0distinctive features on the photos of\u00a0Mi-28N &#8216;Night Hunter&#8217;\u00a0helicopter, uploaded by <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/albums154917868?z=photo154917868_376737671%2Fphotos154917868\">Petr Gordienko<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/18OrV\">archive<\/a>),\u00a0a\u00a0serviceman of the 1st guards mixed aviation division of the fighter regiment (military unit No. 75386, Krymsk, Krasnodar krai, Russia). Despite the applied blur effect, we could spot the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The side number is painted over and is missing on its common place (mark 1)<\/li>\n<li>The aircraft\u00a0registration number is missing (mark 2)<\/li>\n<li>The left engine hull also has the\u00a0marking painted over.<\/li>\n<li>The gun is unmounted, the\u00a0helicopter rotor cannot be seen (possibly it is being prepared for transportation)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/metky.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13197\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/metky.jpg\" alt=\"\u043c\u0435\u0442\u043a\u0438\" width=\"1268\" height=\"549\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHere are a couple of pictures of Mi-28N helicopter with standard marks for comparison.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1111.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13213\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1111.jpg\" alt=\"111\" width=\"1193\" height=\"605\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/222.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13214\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/222.jpg\" alt=\"222\" width=\"1325\" height=\"601\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The base military airdrome Krymsk (the size of the\u00a0flight landing strip is 3000 x 60 m) is located on the Northern edge of the town.\u00a0It is noteworthy that this airfield is the largest one in Krasnodar krai and <strong>is now used as\u00a0transshipment point for the aviation&#8217;s Syrian assignments<\/strong>. An-124 and Il-76\u00a0transport aircrafts take off from this base heading Syria. Monitoring and analyzing the radio communication, the call sign of the Russian air base in Latakia (Latakia Bassel Al-Assad International Airport)\u00a0was\u00a0determinated &#8211; &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/mil-avia\/78797-260915-porog\" target=\"_blank\">POROG<\/a>&#8216; [<em>doorstep<\/em>].<\/p>\n<p>The pictures found in the social profile of <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id153391880\">Ibraim Abdakirov<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/rFqwK\">archive<\/a>), another Russian serviceman, are also of interest.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13205\" style=\"width: 827px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/an-124.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13205\" class=\"wp-image-13205\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/an-124.jpg\" alt=\"An-124 at the Krymsk base\" width=\"817\" height=\"508\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-13205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>An-124 at the Krymsk base \/ photo from the Russian serviceman social profile<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13206\" style=\"width: 1023px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/yl-76.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13206\" class=\"wp-image-13206 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/yl-76.jpg\" alt=\"Night loading equipment on the aircraft IL-76. Krymsk airbase\" width=\"1013\" height=\"637\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-13206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Night loading equipment on the aircraft IL-76. Krymsk airbase<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/12027654_135355420148974_3601500191245522206_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13198\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/12027654_135355420148974_3601500191245522206_n.jpg\" alt=\"12027654_135355420148974_3601500191245522206_n\" width=\"420\" height=\"306\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Based on the data from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flightradar24.com\/\">Flightradar24<\/a>\u00a0service the InformNapalm team registered a number of recent flights of the Russian <strong>An-124<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>An-124 (tail\u00a0No. RA-82035,\u00a0military transport aviation of Russia&#8217;s air forces) returned from Syria to Krymsk on September 23.<\/p>\n<p>An-124 (tail\u00a0No. RA-82039) left\u00a0Gelendzhik airport heading towards\u00a0Syria on September 24, and came back to Krymsk on September 25.<\/p>\n<p>An-124 (tail\u00a0No. RA-82040) returned to Krymsk from the Syrian assignment on September 25, and flew there again on September 26.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/mil-avia\">radio communication interceptions<\/a> of various flights of the Russian aircrafts to Syria and back can be found in the internet.<\/p>\n<p>You can estimate the quantity of the military cargoes\u00a0transferred by Russia to Syria based on the\u00a0numerous videos with the Russian weaponry and equipment. For example, one\u00a0An-124 military transport aircraft can take up to 3 Su-25 &#8216;Grach&#8217; [Rook] strike fighters or 2 Su-30\u00a0multirole fighters. By the way, the recent satellite pictures published by the US private reconnaissance company &#8216;Stratfor&#8217; showed exactly these types of the Russian aircrafts in Latakia airport. In our turn, InformNapalm&#8217;s experts\u00a0assumed,\u00a0with a high degree of probability, that at least one of the aircrafts\u00a0was in service of the Russian army. In particular, it belonged to\u00a0the 120th mixed aviation regiment of the 303rd guards mixed aviation division of the 3rd Air Force and Air Defense Command, Eastern Military District. The suggestion is based on the\u00a0analysis of <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/su-30sm-fighters-found-in-the-airport-of-latakia-and-the-russian-manipulations-in-syria\/\">the pictures of Su-30SM fighter<\/a> with side number &#8217;24&#8217; (RF-95003)\u00a0visible through\u00a0a layer of fresh paint, and other indirect evidence.<\/p>\n<p>But while\u00a0we can guess the military cargoes\u00a0shipped from Russia to Syria, the cargo shipped back is still a mystery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/810.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13199\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/810.jpg\" alt=\"810\" width=\"913\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several sources reported about the delivering the bodies of 10 marines from the 810th marine brigade to Sevastopol on September 24. The fact of &#8216;cargo 200&#8217; arrival to Sevastopol from Syria was also <a href=\"http:\/\/gazeta.ua\/ru\/articles\/life\/_iz-sirii-v-sevastopol-priehal-pervyj-gruz-200-dzhemilev\/649252\">stated by Mustafa Dzhemilev, the leader of the\u00a0Crimean Tatars<\/a>. We also got\u00a0the\u00a0information from a source close to Russia&#8217;s Black Sea Fleet that at least 6 of the killed marines had been noticed in the selfie-scandals during the Syrian assignments. Besides that we know about the tighten measures\u00a0related to the leaks of information on &#8216;the Syrian assignments&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Back to the main subject of the investigation, we want to remind you that this is not the first case the OSINT-investigators of InformNapalm team register Russian military helicopters\u00a0with\u00a0painted out\u00a0markings. We disclosed Russian\u00a0Mi-8AMTSh helicopter with fully blacked identification marks in Rostov Oblast in close proximity to the state border of Ukraine in September 2014. The reasons why the military equipment&#8217;s markings were partly or completely hidden are unknown.\u00a0Perhaps such actions are carried out in preparation for the illegal transportation of equipment to Bashar al-Assad&#8217;s regime, and it is also possible that they are carried out in the context\u00a0of the\u00a0&#8216;hybrid&#8217; war in Donbas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/12973-mi28h\">Original article<\/a> by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100010235495201\" target=\"_blank\">Mikhail Kuznetsov,<\/a>\u00a0translated by Oleksandr Klymenko<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investigating profiles of the Russian servicemen, the international volunteer group InformNapalm.org disclosed several facts about Russia&#8217;s air&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","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":[4,528,5,531],"tags":[167,513,240],"class_list":["post-5541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mainnews","category-news","category-terrorussians","category-syria","tag-russian-armed-forces","tag-syria","tag-war-in-ukraine","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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Also the airdrome used for weapons transfering to Syria was found.<\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GSYfgoGAT3o\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\r\n\r\nThe volunteers noticed several\u00a0distinctive features on the photos of\u00a0Mi-28N 'Night Hunter'\u00a0helicopter, uploaded by <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/albums154917868?z=photo154917868_376737671%2Fphotos154917868\">Petr Gordienko<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/18OrV\">archive<\/a>),\u00a0a\u00a0serviceman of the 1st guards mixed aviation division of the fighter regiment (military unit No. 75386, Krymsk, Krasnodar krai, Russia). Despite the applied blur effect, we could spot the following:\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>The side number is painted over and is missing on its common place (mark 1)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The aircraft\u00a0registration number is missing (mark 2)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The left engine hull also has the\u00a0marking painted over.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The gun is unmounted, the\u00a0helicopter rotor cannot be seen (possibly it is being prepared for transportation)<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/metky.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13197\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/metky.jpg\" alt=\"\u043c\u0435\u0442\u043a\u0438\" width=\"1268\" height=\"549\" \/><\/a>\r\nHere are a couple of pictures of Mi-28N helicopter with standard marks for comparison.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1111.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13213\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1111.jpg\" alt=\"111\" width=\"1193\" height=\"605\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/222.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13214\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/222.jpg\" alt=\"222\" width=\"1325\" height=\"601\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThe base military airdrome Krymsk (the size of the\u00a0flight landing strip is 3000 x 60 m) is located on the Northern edge of the town.\u00a0It is noteworthy that this airfield is the largest one in Krasnodar krai and <strong>is now used as\u00a0transshipment point for the aviation's Syrian assignments<\/strong>. An-124 and Il-76\u00a0transport aircrafts take off from this base heading Syria. Monitoring and analyzing the radio communication, the call sign of the Russian air base in Latakia (Latakia Bassel Al-Assad International Airport)\u00a0was\u00a0determinated - '<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/mil-avia\/78797-260915-porog\" target=\"_blank\">POROG<\/a>' [<em>doorstep<\/em>].\r\n\r\nThe pictures found in the social profile of <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/id153391880\">Ibraim Abdakirov<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/rFqwK\">archive<\/a>), another Russian serviceman, are also of interest.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_13205\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"817\"]<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/an-124.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-13205\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/an-124.jpg\" alt=\"An-124 at the Krymsk base\" width=\"817\" height=\"508\" \/><\/a> <em>An-124 at the Krymsk base \/ photo from the Russian serviceman social profile<\/em>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_13206\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1013\"]<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/yl-76.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-13206 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/yl-76.jpg\" alt=\"Night loading equipment on the aircraft IL-76. Krymsk airbase\" width=\"1013\" height=\"637\" \/><\/a> <em>Night loading equipment on the aircraft IL-76. Krymsk airbase<\/em>[\/caption]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/12027654_135355420148974_3601500191245522206_n.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-13198\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/12027654_135355420148974_3601500191245522206_n.jpg\" alt=\"12027654_135355420148974_3601500191245522206_n\" width=\"420\" height=\"306\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nBased on the data from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flightradar24.com\/\">Flightradar24<\/a>\u00a0service the InformNapalm team registered a number of recent flights of the Russian <strong>An-124<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nAn-124 (tail\u00a0No. RA-82035,\u00a0military transport aviation of Russia's air forces) returned from Syria to Krymsk on September 23.\r\n\r\nAn-124 (tail\u00a0No. RA-82039) left\u00a0Gelendzhik airport heading towards\u00a0Syria on September 24, and came back to Krymsk on September 25.\r\n\r\nAn-124 (tail\u00a0No. RA-82040) returned to Krymsk from the Syrian assignment on September 25, and flew there again on September 26.\r\n\r\nThe\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/mil-avia\">radio communication interceptions<\/a> of various flights of the Russian aircrafts to Syria and back can be found in the internet.\r\n\r\nYou can estimate the quantity of the military cargoes\u00a0transferred by Russia to Syria based on the\u00a0numerous videos with the Russian weaponry and equipment. For example, one\u00a0An-124 military transport aircraft can take up to 3 Su-25 'Grach' [Rook] strike fighters or 2 Su-30\u00a0multirole fighters. By the way, the recent satellite pictures published by the US private reconnaissance company 'Stratfor' showed exactly these types of the Russian aircrafts in Latakia airport. In our turn, InformNapalm's experts\u00a0assumed,\u00a0with a high degree of probability, that at least one of the aircrafts\u00a0was in service of the Russian army. In particular, it belonged to\u00a0the 120th mixed aviation regiment of the 303rd guards mixed aviation division of the 3rd Air Force and Air Defense Command, Eastern Military District. The suggestion is based on the\u00a0analysis of <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/su-30sm-fighters-found-in-the-airport-of-latakia-and-the-russian-manipulations-in-syria\/\">the pictures of Su-30SM fighter<\/a> with side number '24' (RF-95003)\u00a0visible through\u00a0a layer of fresh paint, and other indirect evidence.\r\n\r\nBut while\u00a0we can guess the military cargoes\u00a0shipped from Russia to Syria, the cargo shipped back is still a mystery.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/810.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13199\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/810.jpg\" alt=\"810\" width=\"913\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nSeveral sources reported about the delivering the bodies of 10 marines from the 810th marine brigade to Sevastopol on September 24. The fact of 'cargo 200' arrival to Sevastopol from Syria was also <a href=\"http:\/\/gazeta.ua\/ru\/articles\/life\/_iz-sirii-v-sevastopol-priehal-pervyj-gruz-200-dzhemilev\/649252\">stated by Mustafa Dzhemilev, the leader of the\u00a0Crimean Tatars<\/a>. We also got\u00a0the\u00a0information from a source close to Russia's Black Sea Fleet that at least 6 of the killed marines had been noticed in the selfie-scandals during the Syrian assignments. Besides that we know about the tighten measures\u00a0related to the leaks of information on 'the Syrian assignments'.\r\n\r\nBack to the main subject of the investigation, we want to remind you that this is not the first case the OSINT-investigators of InformNapalm team register Russian military helicopters\u00a0with\u00a0painted out\u00a0markings. We disclosed Russian\u00a0Mi-8AMTSh helicopter with fully blacked identification marks in Rostov Oblast in close proximity to the state border of Ukraine in September 2014. The reasons why the military equipment's markings were partly or completely hidden are unknown.\u00a0Perhaps such actions are carried out in preparation for the illegal transportation of equipment to Bashar al-Assad's regime, and it is also possible that they are carried out in the context\u00a0of the\u00a0'hybrid' war in Donbas.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/12973-mi28h\">Original article<\/a> by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100010235495201\" target=\"_blank\">Mikhail Kuznetsov,<\/a>\u00a0translated by Oleksandr Klymenko<\/em>","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5541","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=5541"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5561,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5541\/revisions\/5561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}