{"id":9144,"date":"2016-10-08T21:43:21","date_gmt":"2016-10-08T21:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=9144"},"modified":"2016-10-09T05:43:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T05:43:44","slug":"russian-r-878b-donbas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-r-878b-donbas\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian R-378B jamming station identified in Donbas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On November 5, 2014 Russian-terrorist troops used Russian-made automated jamming station R-378B of Borisoglebsk-2 Electronic Warfare (EW) system on the very frontline in the vicinity of Stakhanov (now Kadiivka).<\/p>\n<p>InformNapalm intel volunteers continue to record the facts and gather evidence of war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine. These is no period of limitation for war crimes, and all collected evidence will be used in a future war crimes tribunal. We know that the only motivation of Russian war criminals is greed. Hiding behind daydream concepts of a mythical \u2018Russian world\u2019 they pretend to defend, Russian soldiers and mercenaries occupy the territories of sovereign neighbor states, violate international law, and grossly abuse human rights. This investigation confirms the use of unique equipment that could fall into the hands of illegal militant groups only from Russia and under Russian close supervision.<\/p>\n<p>Photo and video evidence of Russian R-378B jammer of Borisoglebsk-2 EW system operating in Ukraine was found in the social network account of Vadim Igorevich German, citizen of Russia, who in 2014 was fighting in the so-called \u201cFirst Cossack Regiment of the Don Cossack Host (Vsevelikoye Voysko Donskoye)\u201d &#8211; one of the illegal armed groups in Donbas.<\/p>\n<p>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-electronic-warfare-stations-donbas\/\">Russian electronic warfare stations in Donbas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please, read carefully what this<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/cEc39\"> Russian citizen wrote<\/a> on his wall: \u201cI\u2019m a militant, and I\u2019m proud of it!\u201d. In good old times people would be proud of other jobs and professions, but now people in Russia are proud of a new profession \u2013 a militant in Georgia, Ukraine, Syria and other countries. Money is the major motivator, and preferably U.S. dollars, not rubles. Slaughtering people in other countries is a well-paid job.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-05-07_144227.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2015 the following photos (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/mSOrg\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/Qn3O2\">2<\/a>) were published in a social network, but the location was not identified. It was also difficult to tell whether it was R-330B or R-378B jammer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/reb-borisoglebsk-2-2014.11.05.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"210\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/reb-borisoglebsk-2-2014.jpg\" width=\"246\" height=\"207\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These other photos were published by the Russian militant on December 18, 2014. Please, pay attention to the scorched earth. If you look closely at the front part of the jammer, you will notice a patch of land with yellow, dry, but not completely burnt grass. Remember this, we will come back to this point later.<\/p>\n<p>You can take a look at the image from the open database that was used for precise identification of this military equipment:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/R-378B-Russia.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Video album of the Russian soldier of fortune showcases this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TguLQwQ9Qes\">video<\/a> published on December 2, 2014.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"978\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TguLQwQ9Qes?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Video shows how Russian militants are cooking \u201ca festive breakfast\u201d of Ukrainian fast food noodles for \u201cThe Day of Military Reconnaissance\u201d, and Vadim German says \u201cToday, on November 5\u201d.<br \/>\nBackground information: On November, 5 Russia celebrates the Day of Army Reconnaissance \u2013 a professional holiday the Russian military, whose service in one way or another is related to scouting and reconnaissance.<\/p>\n<p>Then Russian militants move the camera to show the jammer and say: \u201cHere\u2019s what we protect, this f**king shit. It\u2019s called radar system (this is about jamming station R-378B), right? I zoom in. Take a look! We take the bearing of the Ukies, point at a target and f**king fire. And this is our position. This is our invisible man watching. And he is looking in the direction of Ukropia (derogatory slang word for \u2018Ukraine\u2019). The Ukies are there, now I will zoom in a little bit for you. That\u2019s where they are. There\u2019s a road behind that hill, shrubs are out there, that\u2019s where their eyes are (i.e. surveillance post of the Ukrainian Army), and war equipment moves somewhere on the horizon.\u201d Vadim comments everything. \u201cThe the power plant. A strategic facility. It hasn\u2019t been hit yet\u201d. And by the end of the video he says: \u201cAnd that\u2019s where our minivan (an old Soviet UAZ-452) is, that\u2019s in case we will have to get the f**k out of here when they shell us. If we can make it of course.\u201d<\/p>\n<h1>The most important shots from the video<\/h1>\n<p>Jamming station R-378B of Borisoglebsk-2 EW system<br \/>\nYou can see the scorched earth and the patch with yellow untouched grass nearby. Everything is just like in the photo above.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ERELES.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The road behind the hill and shrubs sticking out, where Ukrainian \u201ceyes\u2019\u201d are.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/zelenka.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The power plant<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/elektrostantsiya1.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The old Soviet UAZ-452 to run away in case of artillery response or advance of the Ukrainian Army<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/busik.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After studying the social network account of Vadim German we figured out that his photos were often taken near Stakhanov (now Kadiivka). It is well-known that the city is controlled by militants from the so-called &#8216;First Cossack Regiment of the Don Cossack Host\u201d. The video was shot on the outskirts of Stakhanov, too.<\/p>\n<p>Power plants and substations on the map of this area:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-05-06_165505_cr.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To narrow the search we picked the date \u2013 November 5, 2014 \u2013 and looked up the approximate line of contact on <a href=\"http:\/\/liveuamap.com\/ru\/time\/05.11.2014\">liveUAmap<\/a> that day. The territories occupied by Russia are colored with red.<br \/>\nAlmost immediately we found the <a href=\"http:\/\/wikimapia.org\/#lang=en&amp;lat=48.496381&amp;lon=38.529611&amp;z=17&amp;m=h\">right powerplant<\/a>. It turned out to be \u201cNovodonbaska\u201d substation in Stakhanov (Kadiivka), Luhansk Oblast, 500 MVA capacity.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-05-06_171140.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For more accurate geolocation, we placed a video frame with the substation on top of the Google Maps snapshot with the closest possible date &#8211; October 30, 2014.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-05-07_184701-2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s pull out all photos of <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/4723-the-newest-electronic-warfare-systems-borisoglebsk-2-are-noticed-at-the-border-and-in-the-ato-zone\/\">Borisoglebsk-2 EW system<\/a> taken in 2014-2015. Please, single out the photo taken on February, 3, 2015 when the vehicle was spotted in Bryanka, Luhansk Oblast. According to one of the eyewitnesses the vehicle was moving from Alchevsk to Bryanka. Stakhanov (now Kadiivka) and Bryanka are almost equidistant from Novodonbaska substation.<\/p>\n<p>Now we invite all of you to compare tho pieces of the military equipment by cables, dents and other unique marks based on these photos.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mashyna.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/reb-borisoglebsk-2-2014.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This publication was prepared by InformNapalm volunteers <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KrmVictory\">Victory Krm<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VidaLSorokin\">Vidal Sorokin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Translated by Mc Joy<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Edited by Christina Dobrovolska<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/InformNapalm_logo_05.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8997 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/InformNapalm_logo_05.png\" alt=\"InformNapalm_logo_05\" width=\"136\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a>(CC BY) Information specially prepared for<\/em> website<em>\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/\"><em>InformNapalm.org<\/em><em>, an active link to the authors and our project <strong>is obligatory<\/strong> for any reprint or further use of the material.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 5, 2014 Russian-terrorist troops used Russian-made automated jamming station R-378B of Borisoglebsk-2 Electronic Warfare (EW)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9381,"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],"tags":[697,314,698,331],"class_list":["post-9144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-donbas","category-news","tag-borisoglebsk","tag-electronic-warfare","tag-jamming-station-r-378b","tag-russian-military-equipment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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These is no period of limitation for war crimes, and all collected evidence will be used in a future war crimes tribunal. We know that the only motivation of Russian war criminals is greed. Hiding behind daydream concepts of a mythical \u2018Russian world\u2019 they pretend to defend, Russian soldiers and mercenaries occupy the territories of sovereign neighbor states, violate international law, and grossly abuse human rights. This investigation confirms the use of unique equipment that could fall into the hands of illegal militant groups only from Russia and under Russian close supervision.\r\n\r\nPhoto and video evidence of Russian R-378B jammer of Borisoglebsk-2 EW system operating in Ukraine was found in the social network account of Vadim Igorevich German, citizen of Russia, who in 2014 was fighting in the so-called \u201cFirst Cossack Regiment of the Don Cossack Host (Vsevelikoye Voysko Donskoye)\u201d - one of the illegal armed groups in Donbas.\r\n\r\nRelated article: <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/russian-electronic-warfare-stations-donbas\/\">Russian electronic warfare stations in Donbas<\/a>\r\n\r\nPlease, read carefully what this<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/cEc39\"> Russian citizen wrote<\/a> on his wall: \u201cI\u2019m a militant, and I\u2019m proud of it!\u201d. In good old times people would be proud of other jobs and professions, but now people in Russia are proud of a new profession \u2013 a militant in Georgia, Ukraine, Syria and other countries. Money is the major motivator, and preferably U.S. dollars, not rubles. Slaughtering people in other countries is a well-paid job.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-05-07_144227.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\nBack in 2015 the following photos (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/mSOrg\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/Qn3O2\">2<\/a>) were published in a social network, but the location was not identified. It was also difficult to tell whether it was R-330B or R-378B jammer.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/reb-borisoglebsk-2-2014.11.05.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"210\" \/><img class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/reb-borisoglebsk-2-2014.jpg\" width=\"246\" height=\"207\" \/>\r\n\r\nThese other photos were published by the Russian militant on December 18, 2014. Please, pay attention to the scorched earth. If you look closely at the front part of the jammer, you will notice a patch of land with yellow, dry, but not completely burnt grass. Remember this, we will come back to this point later.\r\n\r\nYou can take a look at the image from the open database that was used for precise identification of this military equipment:\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/R-378B-Russia.png\" \/>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nVideo album of the Russian soldier of fortune showcases this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TguLQwQ9Qes\">video<\/a> published on December 2, 2014.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/TguLQwQ9Qes\r\n\r\nVideo shows how Russian militants are cooking \u201ca festive breakfast\u201d of Ukrainian fast food noodles for \u201cThe Day of Military Reconnaissance\u201d, and Vadim German says \u201cToday, on November 5\u201d.\r\nBackground information: On November, 5 Russia celebrates the Day of Army Reconnaissance \u2013 a professional holiday the Russian military, whose service in one way or another is related to scouting and reconnaissance.\r\n\r\nThen Russian militants move the camera to show the jammer and say: \u201cHere\u2019s what we protect, this f**king shit. It\u2019s called radar system (this is about jamming station R-378B), right? I zoom in. Take a look! We take the bearing of the Ukies, point at a target and f**king fire. And this is our position. This is our invisible man watching. And he is looking in the direction of Ukropia (derogatory slang word for \u2018Ukraine\u2019). The Ukies are there, now I will zoom in a little bit for you. That\u2019s where they are. There\u2019s a road behind that hill, shrubs are out there, that\u2019s where their eyes are (i.e. surveillance post of the Ukrainian Army), and war equipment moves somewhere on the horizon.\u201d Vadim comments everything. \u201cThe the power plant. A strategic facility. It hasn\u2019t been hit yet\u201d. And by the end of the video he says: \u201cAnd that\u2019s where our minivan (an old Soviet UAZ-452) is, that\u2019s in case we will have to get the f**k out of here when they shell us. If we can make it of course.\u201d\r\n<h1>The most important shots from the video<\/h1>\r\nJamming station R-378B of Borisoglebsk-2 EW system\r\nYou can see the scorched earth and the patch with yellow untouched grass nearby. Everything is just like in the photo above.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ERELES.png\" \/>\r\n\r\nThe road behind the hill and shrubs sticking out, where Ukrainian \u201ceyes\u2019\u201d are.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/zelenka.png\" \/>\r\n\r\nThe power plant\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/elektrostantsiya1.png\" \/>\r\n\r\nThe old Soviet UAZ-452 to run away in case of artillery response or advance of the Ukrainian Army\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/busik.png\" \/>\r\n\r\nAfter studying the social network account of Vadim German we figured out that his photos were often taken near Stakhanov (now Kadiivka). It is well-known that the city is controlled by militants from the so-called 'First Cossack Regiment of the Don Cossack Host\u201d. The video was shot on the outskirts of Stakhanov, too.\r\n\r\nPower plants and substations on the map of this area:\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-05-06_165505_cr.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\nTo narrow the search we picked the date \u2013 November 5, 2014 \u2013 and looked up the approximate line of contact on <a href=\"http:\/\/liveuamap.com\/ru\/time\/05.11.2014\">liveUAmap<\/a> that day. The territories occupied by Russia are colored with red.\r\nAlmost immediately we found the <a href=\"http:\/\/wikimapia.org\/#lang=en&amp;lat=48.496381&amp;lon=38.529611&amp;z=17&amp;m=h\">right powerplant<\/a>. It turned out to be \u201cNovodonbaska\u201d substation in Stakhanov (Kadiivka), Luhansk Oblast, 500 MVA capacity.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-05-06_171140.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\nFor more accurate geolocation, we placed a video frame with the substation on top of the Google Maps snapshot with the closest possible date - October 30, 2014.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2016-05-07_184701-2.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\nLet\u2019s pull out all photos of <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/4723-the-newest-electronic-warfare-systems-borisoglebsk-2-are-noticed-at-the-border-and-in-the-ato-zone\/\">Borisoglebsk-2 EW system<\/a> taken in 2014-2015. Please, single out the photo taken on February, 3, 2015 when the vehicle was spotted in Bryanka, Luhansk Oblast. According to one of the eyewitnesses the vehicle was moving from Alchevsk to Bryanka. Stakhanov (now Kadiivka) and Bryanka are almost equidistant from Novodonbaska substation.\r\n\r\nNow we invite all of you to compare tho pieces of the military equipment by cables, dents and other unique marks based on these photos.\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mashyna.jpg\" \/>\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/reb-borisoglebsk-2-2014.jpg\" \/>\r\n\r\nThis publication was prepared by InformNapalm volunteers <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KrmVictory\">Victory Krm<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VidaLSorokin\">Vidal Sorokin<\/a>\r\n\r\n<em>Translated by Mc Joy<\/em>\r\n\r\n<em>Edited by Christina Dobrovolska<\/em>\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/InformNapalm_logo_05.png\"><img class=\" wp-image-8997 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/08\/InformNapalm_logo_05.png\" alt=\"InformNapalm_logo_05\" width=\"136\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a>(CC BY) Information specially prepared for<\/em> website<em>\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/\"><em>InformNapalm.org<\/em><em>, an active link to the authors and our project <strong>is obligatory<\/strong> for any reprint or further use of the material.<\/em><\/a>","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9144","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=9144"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9383,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9144\/revisions\/9383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}