{"id":6595,"date":"2015-12-14T12:53:08","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T12:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=6595"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:49:27","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:49:27","slug":"dec04-power-donetsk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/dec04-power-donetsk\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The French’ Legion Guards Power Stations in Donetsk Oblast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the blackout began in the occupied Crimea the InformNapalm OSINT specialists monitor the media controlled by the separatists, which constantly ‘report’ about the terrorist attacks planned by the Ukrainian side. Simultaneously the InformNapalm intelligence specialists were able to identify the illegal\u00a0armed formation\u00a0guarding the power stations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The separatists claim that the Ukrainian army plans actions of sabotage on the currently occupied Eastern territories targeting the administrative, military and public places particularly. Tension increases as the Crimean power blockage is going on. Since November 27 the ‘Legion’ special battalion (part of the Ministry of the Emergency Situations of the so-called ‘DPR’) guards two largest power stations \u2013 in Zuev and Starobesheve \u2013 which provide electricity these occupied territories. To prevent the fictional attacks terrorists have organized the 24h patrols along the perimeter of the territory and kept guards including the snipers. The deadline to keep such guard is not defined yet.<\/p>\n

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What is known about this ‘guarding’ unit? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Sergey Zavdoveev<\/strong><\/a> is the\u00a0commander<\/strong>; he is also a People’s Deputy of the so-called ‘DPR’; he served in the French Foreign Legion back in 1999: the\u00a02nd\u00a0infantry regiment, the Afghanistan campaign, callsign ‘The French’. The battalion is reported to Aleksandr Zakharchenko<\/a> (Head of ‘DPR’) directly. The military unit No.\u00a008888, a tactical sign is a diamond with the number\u00a088 in the middle. An infamous mixed Russian-separatists military unit ‘Ryazan’ is also a part of the battalion. Majority of this battalion soldiers were fighting in Debaltseve, Lohvynove, and Donetsk airport. The battalion was\u00a0re-trained<\/a> in the Summer-Fall of 2015 specializing in the storm and sabotage operations.<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s see who are guarding these strategically important objects:<\/strong><\/p>\n