{"id":7360,"date":"2016-01-16T11:43:04","date_gmt":"2016-01-16T11:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=7360"},"modified":"2016-01-16T11:43:04","modified_gmt":"2016-01-16T11:43:04","slug":"jan15-syria-signal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/jan15-syria-signal\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle Cry of the Russian 66th Signal Brigade: &#8220;I&#8217;m Not a Coward&#8230; But I&#8217;m Scared!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>InformNapalm community wants to outline some &#8216;cheats&#8217; our OSINT investigators\u00a0have used in a &#8216;chess game&#8217; they played with \u00a0the Russian special agents who followed our\u00a0accusatory publications about the Russian servicemen nominated for &#8216;best leak&#8217; award.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Like they say, &#8216;you cannot hide from InformNapalm&#8217;.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the end of December, 2015, we published the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/dec23-syria-track\/\">Tracking Down the Russian 66th Signal Brigade: from Donbas to Syria<\/a>&#8221; article. The protagonist of the story was <strong>Ruslan Skaev<\/strong>, a contract soldier from the 66th separate signal brigade\u00a0(military unit No. 41600, Stavropol, Russia). As usual, the profile of the subject was\u00a0cleaned up by the Russian secret services which monitor all our investigations. But regardless of the efforts of the Russian occupants, this kind of wiping out of the information is senseless since all the information and Skaev&#8217;s career path is\u00a0archived\u00a0in several places and will be reclaimed on a D-day.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s lift the veil on the process of monitoring our &#8216;guinea pigs&#8217; and their transformation from tough guys into\u00a0juveniles.<\/p>\n<p>It\u00a0bears reminding that\u00a0besides\u00a0Ruslan Skaev the\u00a0group picture\u00a0showed\u00a0another\u00a0serviceman from the 66th brigade &#8211; <strong>Andrei Shulga<\/strong> (archive of <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ZBTEI\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/Gexjw\">album<\/a>). It seems that the profile of Shulga was deleted because of the shown <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/QE9qs\">picture of their departure<\/a> on the &#8216;Syrian assignment&#8217; from the port of Novorossiysk and the well-known <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/5qM99\">photo of Ruslan Skaev &#8216;under the palm&#8217;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Shulga-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18480\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18480\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Shulga-1.jpg\" alt=\"Shulga 1\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Shulga-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18481\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18481\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Shulga-2.jpg\" alt=\"Shulga 2\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As it turned out, coward is coward even in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>We were able to identify <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/vk.com\/id146534481\">Denis Romankov<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in the photo of Shulga with\u00a0his comrades. Denis comes from Budyonnovsk (Stavropol krai, Russia) and stands out for a birthmark on his right cheek.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Romankov-5.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18482\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18482\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Romankov-5.jpg\" alt=\"Romankov 5\" width=\"580\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Romankov-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18483\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18483\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Romankov-2.jpg\" alt=\"Romankov 2\" width=\"774\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Romankov-3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18484\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18484\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Romankov-3.jpg\" alt=\"Romankov 3\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Romankov-4.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18485\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18485\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Romankov-4.jpg\" alt=\"Romankov 4\" width=\"338\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a miracle but the profile vanishes after\u00a0the publication of the story about the 66th brigade &#8211; this\u00a0confirms his presence in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, step by step we approach the winner of the title &#8216;the most secured\u00a0coward&#8217; of the 66th brigade. And the winner is&#8230; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/vk.com\/id139816649\">Sergey Gusev<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>from Saratov (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/OfpuP\">archive<\/a>), who has another profile under the pseudonym <a href=\"http:\/\/vk.com\/id149074875\"><strong>Sergey Belov<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(archive of <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/gBhxn\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/mG0kO\">album<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ShzJY\">contacts<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-4.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18487\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18487\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-4.jpg\" alt=\"Gusev 4\" width=\"338\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18488\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18488\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-3.jpg\" alt=\"Gusev 3\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-5.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18489\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18489\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-5.jpg\" alt=\"Gusev 5\" width=\"807\" height=\"454\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sergei Belov\/Gusev\u00a0<\/strong>have been seen not only in the list of contacts of Andrei Shulga but also in the group pictures with him. Right after the publication of our story, Sergei deleted all the evidence of his\u00a0service in the 66th brigade and friendship with Shulga. But InformNapalm predicted this scenario and saved all the information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-7.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18490\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18490\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-7.jpg\" alt=\"Gusev 7\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-6.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18491\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18491\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-6.jpg\" alt=\"Gusev 6\" width=\"338\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-8.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18492\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18492\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-8.jpg\" alt=\"Gusev 8\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The traces of Gusev&#8217;s trip to Donbas have gone from the photo album as well. There were just several pictures from December of 2014, but they were deleted without a second thought.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-9.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18493\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18493\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-9.jpg\" alt=\"Gusev 9\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-10.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18494\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18494\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-10.jpg\" alt=\"Gusev 10\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-11.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18495\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18495\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-11.jpg\" alt=\"Gusev 11\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s not even about the &#8216;Novorossiya&#8217; badges loved by the Russian servicemen, it&#8217;s about the building in background of one of the photos of coward Sergei Gusev.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-12.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18496\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18496\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-12.jpg\" alt=\"Gusev 12\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This building was identified in <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/3-trips-from-18th-brigade\/\">one of the previous investigations<\/a> when Roman Rever, a\u00a0soldier from the 18th brigade (based in Chechnya), took a photo in front of it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/komandirovka-Roman-rever-.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13871\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13871\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/komandirovka-Roman-rever-.jpg\" alt=\"komandirovka Roman rever -\" width=\"959\" height=\"649\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This building belongs to the Donetsk Mine Rescue brigade and is located on Levitskogo street. The photo was made right\u00a0at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com.ua\/maps\/@48.0290722,37.7946755,3a,75y,46.19h,86.15t\/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTuvYpl8pRwlKoa26QRK08Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656\">the entrance to the territory<\/a>, on the newly built checkpoint.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gornospasatel.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18497\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18497\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gornospasatel.jpg\" alt=\"Gornospasatel\" width=\"761\" height=\"413\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>InformNapalm team wants to thank the wipers from the Russian special services, the 66th brigade and personally Sergei Gusev\u00a0for his\u00a0chicken-heart, since all them drew our attention and let disclose another fact of the Russian military presence in the war conflict in both Syria and Donbas. In result of\u00a0sophisticated schemes we could identify the approximate\u00a0disposition of the Russian forces quartered in Donetsk, in the territory of the rescue brigade.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>(CC BY)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/18435-deviz-66-j-brigady\/\">Original article<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krmvictory\" target=\"_blank\">Victory Krm<\/a>, translated by Stepan Grishin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>InformNapalm community wants to outline some &#8216;cheats&#8217; our OSINT investigators\u00a0have used in a &#8216;chess game&#8217; they played&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":7361,"comment_status":"open","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":[529,528,531],"tags":[167,513],"class_list":["post-7360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-donbas","category-news","category-syria","tag-russian-armed-forces","tag-syria"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Battle Cry of the Russian 66th Signal Brigade: &quot;I&#039;m Not a Coward... 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The protagonist of the story was <strong>Ruslan Skaev<\/strong>, a contract soldier from the 66th separate signal brigade\u00a0(military unit No. 41600, Stavropol, Russia). As usual, the profile of the subject was\u00a0cleaned up by the Russian secret services which monitor all our investigations. But regardless of the efforts of the Russian occupants, this kind of wiping out of the information is senseless since all the information and Skaev's career path is\u00a0archived\u00a0in several places and will be reclaimed on a D-day.\r\n\r\nLet's lift the veil on the process of monitoring our 'guinea pigs' and their transformation from tough guys into\u00a0juveniles.\r\n\r\nIt\u00a0bears reminding that\u00a0besides\u00a0Ruslan Skaev the\u00a0group picture\u00a0showed\u00a0another\u00a0serviceman from the 66th brigade - <strong>Andrei Shulga<\/strong> (archive of <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ZBTEI\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/Gexjw\">album<\/a>). It seems that the profile of Shulga was deleted because of the shown <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/QE9qs\">picture of their departure<\/a> on the 'Syrian assignment' from the port of Novorossiysk and the well-known <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/5qM99\">photo of Ruslan Skaev 'under the palm'<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Shulga-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18480\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18480\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Shulga-1.jpg\" alt=\"Shulga 1\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Shulga-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18481\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18481\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Shulga-2.jpg\" alt=\"Shulga 2\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nAs it turned out, coward is coward even in Syria.\r\n\r\nWe were able to identify <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/vk.com\/id146534481\">Denis Romankov<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in the photo of Shulga with\u00a0his comrades. Denis comes from Budyonnovsk (Stavropol krai, Russia) and stands out for a birthmark on his right cheek.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Romankov-5.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18482\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18482\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Romankov-5.jpg\" alt=\"Romankov 5\" width=\"580\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Romankov-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18483\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18483\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Romankov-2.jpg\" alt=\"Romankov 2\" width=\"774\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Romankov-3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18484\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18484\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Romankov-3.jpg\" alt=\"Romankov 3\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Romankov-4.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18485\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18485\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Romankov-4.jpg\" alt=\"Romankov 4\" width=\"338\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nIt's a miracle but the profile vanishes after\u00a0the publication of the story about the 66th brigade - this\u00a0confirms his presence in Syria.\r\n\r\nThus, step by step we approach the winner of the title 'the most secured\u00a0coward' of the 66th brigade. And the winner is... <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/vk.com\/id139816649\">Sergey Gusev<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>from Saratov (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/OfpuP\">archive<\/a>), who has another profile under the pseudonym <a href=\"http:\/\/vk.com\/id149074875\"><strong>Sergey Belov<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(archive of <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/gBhxn\">profile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/mG0kO\">album<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ShzJY\">contacts<\/a>).\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-4.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18487\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18487\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-4.jpg\" alt=\"Gusev 4\" width=\"338\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18488\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18488\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-3.jpg\" alt=\"Gusev 3\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-5.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18489\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18489\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-5.jpg\" alt=\"Gusev 5\" width=\"807\" height=\"454\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Sergei Belov\/Gusev\u00a0<\/strong>have been seen not only in the list of contacts of Andrei Shulga but also in the group pictures with him. Right after the publication of our story, Sergei deleted all the evidence of his\u00a0service in the 66th brigade and friendship with Shulga. But InformNapalm predicted this scenario and saved all the information.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-7.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18490\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18490\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-7.jpg\" alt=\"Gusev 7\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-6.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18491\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18491\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-6.jpg\" alt=\"Gusev 6\" width=\"338\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-8.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18492\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18492\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-8.jpg\" alt=\"Gusev 8\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThe traces of Gusev's trip to Donbas have gone from the photo album as well. There were just several pictures from December of 2014, but they were deleted without a second thought.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-9.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18493\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18493\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-9.jpg\" alt=\"Gusev 9\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-10.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18494\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18494\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-10.jpg\" alt=\"Gusev 10\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-11.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18495\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18495\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-11.jpg\" alt=\"Gusev 11\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nAnd it's not even about the 'Novorossiya' badges loved by the Russian servicemen, it's about the building in background of one of the photos of coward Sergei Gusev.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-12.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18496\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18496\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gusev-12.jpg\" alt=\"Gusev 12\" width=\"807\" height=\"605\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThis building was identified in <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/3-trips-from-18th-brigade\/\">one of the previous investigations<\/a> when Roman Rever, a\u00a0soldier from the 18th brigade (based in Chechnya), took a photo in front of it.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/komandirovka-Roman-rever-.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13871\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13871\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/komandirovka-Roman-rever-.jpg\" alt=\"komandirovka Roman rever -\" width=\"959\" height=\"649\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThis building belongs to the Donetsk Mine Rescue brigade and is located on Levitskogo street. The photo was made right\u00a0at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com.ua\/maps\/@48.0290722,37.7946755,3a,75y,46.19h,86.15t\/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTuvYpl8pRwlKoa26QRK08Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656\">the entrance to the territory<\/a>, on the newly built checkpoint.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gornospasatel.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18497\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18497\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Gornospasatel.jpg\" alt=\"Gornospasatel\" width=\"761\" height=\"413\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nInformNapalm team wants to thank the wipers from the Russian special services, the 66th brigade and personally Sergei Gusev\u00a0for his\u00a0chicken-heart, since all them drew our attention and let disclose another fact of the Russian military presence in the war conflict in both Syria and Donbas. In result of\u00a0sophisticated schemes we could identify the approximate\u00a0disposition of the Russian forces quartered in Donetsk, in the territory of the rescue brigade.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>(CC BY)<\/em>\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/18435-deviz-66-j-brigady\/\">Original article<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krmvictory\" target=\"_blank\">Victory Krm<\/a>, translated by Stepan Grishin<\/em>","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7360","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\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7360"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7364,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7360\/revisions\/7364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}