informnapalm--2020-04-13--Russian occupation forces kill a Ukrainian soldier on Palm Sunday

As informed by the Ukrainian Joint Forces ’ Operation Headquarters , one Ukrainian soldier was killed during a shelling on the Palm Sunday , and one other received a combat-related injury .
Says the Headquarters : “ Even though it was a great Christian holiday , the Palm Sunday , the enemy opened fire with hand-carried anti-tank grenade launchers on the positions of the Joint Forces units in Luhansk Oblast .
With a great sorrow , we have to inform that Ukraine has lost yet another one of her valiant defenders as a result of this shelling , and one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ organization known as the Luhansk People ’ s Republic did not release any information about the combat activities of April 12 .
The armed conflict in Donbas region of Eastern Ukraine has been lingering since the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 .
Both Ukraine and the West accuse Russia of armed support of the [ anti-Ukrainian ] militants .
The Kremlin denies these accusations and claims that if any Russians take part in the combat missions in the Donbas , these are just “ volunteers.
” According to the data published by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lives were lost due to the armed conflict in Donbas from March 2014 till October 31 , 2019 .
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Photo by Andriy Dubchak: Zolote Luhanks Oblast, November 2019
As informed by the Ukrainian Joint Forces’ Operation Headquarters, one Ukrainian soldier was killed during a shelling on the Palm Sunday, and one other received a combat-related injury.
Says the Headquarters: “Even though it was a great Christian holiday, the Palm Sunday, the enemy opened fire with hand-carried anti-tank grenade launchers on the positions of the Joint Forces units in Luhansk Oblast. With a great sorrow, we have to inform that Ukraine has lost yet another one of her valiant defenders as a result of this shelling, and one other defender was injured.”
The terrorist organization known as the Luhansk People’s Republic did not release any information about the combat activities of April 12.
The armed conflict in Donbas region of Eastern Ukraine has been lingering since the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014. Both Ukraine and the West accuse Russia of armed support of the [anti-Ukrainian] militants. The Kremlin denies these accusations and claims that if any Russians take part in the combat missions in the Donbas, these are just “volunteers.”
According to the data published by the UN, between 13,000 and 13,200 lives were lost due to the armed conflict in Donbas from March 2014 till October 31, 2019.
Original by Radio Svoboda: Український військовий загинув на Донбасі внаслідок обстрілу у Вербну неділю – ООС
Translated specially for InformNapalm by George Pinchuk
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informnapalm--2020-04-11--Russia lost another modern Zastava drone in Donbas: list of military units operating this UAV

Russia continues to wage an unprovoked hybrid war against Ukraine , deploying not only obsolete Soviet weapons and equipment , but also modern reconnaissance and fire adjustment assets .
At the same time , Russian military and political leadership continues to deny or ignore abundant evidence of the presence of Russian troops in the Donbas .
Despite prolonged economic sanctions against the Russian Federation , the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic , and the rapid drop in prices for Russian oil , the Kremlin continues to spend millions of dollars of Russian taxpayers on military aggression and persistently tries @ @ @ @ @ @ @ community has collected new data on the latest facts of Russian aggression and systemated some of the available information .
These data can be used by journalists , politicians and diplomats to step up media and diplomatic pressure on the aggressor , as well as to tighten economic sanctions in order to force the Russian Federation to cease the aggression .
According to the report of April 5 , 2020 on the official Facebook page of the Joined Forces Operation ( JFO ) , the Ukrainian military shot down a new Russian Zastava @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the area of Svitlodarsk bulge , Donetsk Oblast .
The drone system is designed for reconnaissance and fire adjustment .
This UAV system has been produced in Russia since 2012 under the license of Israel Aerospace Industries ( IAI ) and is a licensed copy of the Israeli Bird Eye 400 light portable mini-UAV .
Its price is estimated at $ 2 million .
The Zastava UAV production was launched at the Ural Civil Aviation Plant in Yekaterinburg , Russia .
The price may look inflated , as with import substitution the production @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much lower .
However given the corruption in the Russian military industrial complex , it is difficult to estimate the actual cost of manufacturing and maintaining the system .
The JFO page showed photos of the downed UAV and reported that it it was handed over to the intelligence agencies to study the data from its storage media .
It is noted that the downed Zastava UAV is an evidence of the direct participation of the Russian Armed Forces in the war in eastern Ukraine .
Russian Armed Forces deploy these UAVs to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ukrainian military .
Pictured : the downed Russian Zastava UAV from the JFO page , April 5 , 2020 This is not the first instance of the Russian Zastava-type UAV being shot down during the war in the Donbas .
One of the previous cases occurred in 2015 in Luhansk Oblast .
Then the Zastava UAV was shot down by Ukrainian border guards who posted the relevant video .
There are several photos on the Internet and reports about Zastava UAV put in service by the Russian army .
Pictured : On June @ @ @ @ @ @ @ training ground , General Novikov , head of the UAV department of the Russian General Staff , reports to the leadership of the Ministry of Defense about the Zastava UAV ( Bird Eye 400 ) / source : topwar.ru .
Photo : military personnel of the Central Military District are preparing to launch the Zastava UAV at the Chebarkul training ground during a snap exercise / ria.ru .
Currently , it is known that the Zastava UAV is operated by at least 12 units of the Russian Armed Forces ; military personnel from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recorded in InformNapalm OSINT investigations as direct participants in the aggression against Ukraine in Donbas .
The data about these units is available through active links in our Russian Aggression database : Apparently , the documentation about the losses of the Zastava UAVs in the Russian Armed Forces should be primarily sought in the listed units , as their personnel was spotted participatin the hostilities in Donbas .
In addition , various modern Russian UAV systems and electronic warfare systems often fall into the focus of our investigations .
They constitute direct and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against Ukraine .
As of 2020 , there have recorded facts of deployment of at least 8 different types of Russian military UAVs in the east of Ukraine : Granat-1 , Granat-2 , Granat-4 , Forpost , Orlan-10 , Eleron-3SV , Takhion and Zastava .
Read and share more from InformNapalm • • Newest Russian equipment in Donbas in aerial photo ( photo and coordinates ) • ‘ Drone Company ’ of Russian 19th Motorized Rifle Brigade .
A story of their Ukrainian ‘ trip ’ • Russian soldiers who lost Takhion drone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ commander of the 2nd Army Corps in the focus of the UCA .
Part 1 Orlan-10 drone • Volunteers gathered evidence of 32 Russian military units taking part in the invasion of Crimea • Proofs of the Russian Aggression : InformNapalm releases extensive database of evidence Translated by , edited by .
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Russia continues to wage an unprovoked hybrid war against Ukraine, deploying not only obsolete Soviet weapons and equipment, but also modern reconnaissance and fire adjustment assets. At the same time, Russian military and political leadership continues to deny or ignore abundant evidence of the presence of Russian troops in the Donbas. Despite prolonged economic sanctions against the Russian Federation, the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the rapid drop in prices for Russian oil, the Kremlin continues to spend millions of dollars of Russian taxpayers on military aggression and persistently tries to destabilize Ukraine. InformNapalm international volunteer community has collected new data on the latest facts of Russian aggression and systemated some of the available information. These data can be used by journalists, politicians and diplomats to step up media and diplomatic pressure on the aggressor, as well as to tighten economic sanctions in order to force the Russian Federation to cease the aggression.
Russia lost another modern reconnaissance drone in Donbas
According to the report of April 5, 2020 on the official Facebook page of the Joined Forces Operation (JFO), the Ukrainian military shot down a new Russian Zastava unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the area of Svitlodarsk bulge, Donetsk Oblast. The drone system is designed for reconnaissance and fire adjustment. This UAV system has been produced in Russia since 2012 under the license of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and is a licensed copy of the Israeli Bird Eye 400 light portable mini-UAV. Its price is estimated at $2 million. The Zastava UAV production was launched at the Ural Civil Aviation Plant in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The price may look inflated, as with import substitution the production cost of the system should have been much lower. However given the corruption in the Russian military industrial complex, it is difficult to estimate the actual cost of manufacturing and maintaining the system.
The JFO page showed photos of the downed UAV and reported that it it was handed over to the intelligence agencies to study the data from its storage media. It is noted that the downed Zastava UAV is an evidence of the direct participation of the Russian Armed Forces in the war in eastern Ukraine. Russian Armed Forces deploy these UAVs to conduct reconnaissance and adjust fire against the Ukrainian military.
Pictured: the downed Russian Zastava UAV from the JFO page, April 5, 2020
This is not the first instance of the Russian Zastava-type UAV being shot down during the war in the Donbas.
One of the previous cases occurred in 2015 in Luhansk Oblast. Then the Zastava UAV was shot down by Ukrainian border guards who posted the relevant video.
Pictured: Ukrainian border guards record downed Russian Zastava UAV, 2015 / State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
Units of the Russian army operating Zastava UAV systems
There are several photos on the Internet and reports about Zastava UAV put in service by the Russian army.
Pictured: On June 28, 2013, at the Alabino training ground, General Novikov, head of the UAV department of the Russian General Staff, reports to the leadership of the Ministry of Defense about the Zastava UAV (Bird Eye 400) / source: topwar.ru.
Photo: military personnel of the Central Military District are preparing to launch the Zastava UAV at the Chebarkul training ground during a snap exercise / ria.ru.
Currently, it is known that the Zastava UAV is operated by at least 12 units of the Russian Armed Forces; military personnel from 8 of these units have been repeatedly recorded in InformNapalm OSINT investigations as direct participants in the aggression against Ukraine in Donbas.
The data about these units is available through active links in our Russian Aggression database:
Apparently, the documentation about the losses of the Zastava UAVs in the Russian Armed Forces should be primarily sought in the listed units, as their personnel was spotted participatin the hostilities in Donbas.
In addition, various modern Russian UAV systems and electronic warfare systems often fall into the focus of our investigations. They constitute direct and irrefutable evidence of the Russian military aggression against Ukraine. As of 2020, there have recorded facts of deployment of at least 8 different types of Russian military UAVs in the east of Ukraine: Granat-1, Granat-2, Granat-4, Forpost, Orlan-10, Eleron-3SV, Takhion and Zastava.
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Translated by Andrii Gryganskyi, edited by Artem Velichko.
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informnapalm--2020-04-03--Is Russia Preparing New Occupier Forces at the Ukrainian Border?

This story is about a new potential threat from Russia .
So far , it is at a preliminary stage , but the danger can be closer and more real than it seems .
The Russian Federation used the armed units it calls Kazaks* during its annexation of Crimea and invasion into parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions .
Now , similar structures are being formed along the border between Russia and the Kharkiv , Sumy , and Chernihiv regions of Ukraine .
Specialists trained to work with the Kazaks are being sent from the Russian Federal Security Service @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in towns along the border with Ukraine .
These specialists recruit Kazak formations and prepare them to perform special military tasks .
Simultaneously , local paramilitary Kazak formations are being included into regular Russian troops located near the border with Ukraine .
Members of these formations now are regularly participating in the regular Russian army drills .
This means that there is an opportunity for the paramilitary formations to undergo a transformation from the volunteer Kazak “ fraternities ” into units highly capable of modern combat .
Also , at the end of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Kazaks , making them subject of a more rigorous state control .
Taken together , these facts point at the plans to use the Kazaks for a variety of purposes and , in particular , for possible special combat missions against Ukraine .
They plan to replicate the experience of the occupier forces At the end of 2019 , a number of changes were introduced into the laws of the Russian Federation to enhance the centralization of the Kazak structures .
In November 2019 , the Russian president signed into law the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ About the All-Russia Kazak Community ” , thereby creating a special office to direct all Kazak units , with its headquarters in Moscow .
President Putin also signed into law the decree # 544 , which makes Nikolai Doluda the chief of the above-mentioned office .
This man was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Krasnodar region of Russia in 2006 and served also as the Ataman ( military commander ) of the Kazak paramilitary force of the Kuban region of Russia since 2007 .
In 2014 , Doluda took part in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Forces .
There is also a presidential decree # 380rp , which approved the new list of members of a special Presidential Council of Kazak Affairs .
Governors of Russian federal regions were excluded from the list .
This , too , makes the control of Kazaks more centralized .
Kazak formations exist all over the Russian Federation .
Besides the regions where Kazaks existed historically ( the Don , Kuban , Volga , Southern Urals , Baikal , and Russian Far East regions ) , new Kazak paramilitary units have appeared also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and elsewhere .
Many of them began to form in the 1990s , but until now remained decorative .
Of all these formations , the Kuban and the Don Kazaks have been the best organized and trained .
In 2014 , Russia used the Kuban Kazaks to seize the Crimea Peninsula from Ukraine , and the Don Kazaks in the Russian military operations in the Donbas .
In fact , the Don Kazak units are , to this day , functioning as part of the Russian policing forces in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ people ’ s militia.
” Nikolai Doluda , whom we mentioned above , played a big role in the transformation of the Kuban Kazak community from something that reminded more of an “ ethnographic theater ” to a real fighting force .
Now he is the supervisor of the entire community of Kazaks in Russia .
For quite a long time , Kazaks have been treated by the leadership of the Russian Federation as their regular armed forces ’ reserve .
Back in 2012 , Nikolai Makarov , the Head of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Izvestia newspaper : “ We are forming Kazak troops .
Every military district will have at least one brigade of Kazaks.
” The process is slow , but it is continuing .
A number of the Russian Armed Forces ’ units and formations have the word “ Kazak ” in their official titles , but creation of units entirely consisting of Kazaks is something that started rather recently .
The mechanism of recruiting the reservists has been worked out in the Don region of Russia since 2016 .
Each Kazak reservist company reports @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Eleventh Special Engineering Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces , located near the border with Ukraine , in the city of Kamensk-Shakhtinskoye .
The drills are held for 2-3 days every month , and for three weeks once a year .
The units were made to take part in large-scale military exercises like Zapad-2017 , Vostok-2018 , Centr-2019 and other .
The first Kazak unit where the recruits began to serve as regular army soldiers was formed in 2018 in the Western Military District of Russia , in Belgorod Oblast .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ motorized rifle regiment .
This regiment is located in the town of Valuyki and in the village of Solot .
It is interesting that a number of different Russian federal regions report about the plans to recruit Kazaks into the Russian Armed Forces .
Thus , an anonymous @ UkraineHack telegram channel has , a few days ago , published a “ Plan of the Central Military District ” where it is mentioned how the reservist Kazaks will be recruited into the contract-based service to the units in regular Russian Army .
Who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ force along the Ukrainian border ?
The Russian security service , FSB , and one of its units , the Federal Border Control Service , play a significant role in the preparation of the Kazak formations for combat missions .
It is interesting that since August 2018 , the regional border control service of the Belgorod and Voronezh Oblasts has been headed by Dmitriy Prokopov , a person who has an experience of working with the Kazak community of Kuban .
Till 2012 , he was the head of the regional border control @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the jurisdiction of the Black and Azov Sea coastal guard of the FSB .
Prokopov ’ s transfers to other regions coincide with the uptick in Kazaks recruitment by the Russian government for the purpose of fulfilling certain tasks , including border control .
In 2014 , Dmitriy Prokopov was the First Deputy of the chief of the Office of Border Patrol of the FSB in the Astrakhan Oblast and the Autonomous Republic of Kalmykia .
It was exactly the time when a regional legislation about the Kazak enforcement and the respective federal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ work resulted in the establishing of the Kazak border patrol formation .
It began to serve in March 2017 .
Even though Colonel Prokopov was already transferred to another FSB jurisdiction , it was his work that facilitated the shaping of this formation .
Now , the number of those who serve in this formation keeps growing , and the frequency with which it performs the border patrol raids is increasing .
Prokopov ’ s next destination was the island of Sakhalin .
As the first deputy of the island ’ s Border @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the second half of 2016 he became in charge of the transition of the first Kazak paramilitary band into a regular border patrol unit .
He also started to create another Kazak formation .
In August 2018 , Dmitriy Prokopov was appointed chief of the Belgorod and Voronezh Regional Border Patrol Department of the FSB .
In March 2019 , the Duma ( parliament ) of the Voronezh Oblast adopted a law about “ encouraging volunteers to patrol [ Russian ] borders .
Primarily , under “ volunteers ” the law meant the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Belgorod Oblast .
Simultaneously , other individuals from the South of Russia were also assigned to operational positions in these Regions .
For example , Colonel Denis Pospelov , who had served in the city of Taganrog , was made the Chief Commandant of the city of Oktyabrskoye of the Belgorod Oblast .
It is also known that his deputy , Denis Kalmykov used to be the Chief Commandant of the city of Novoshakhtinsk under the auspices of the Regional Border Patrol Department of the FSB in the Rostov Oblast .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a broader trend .
To summarize , we have the following : • The Russian Federal Security Service ( FSB ) employs operatives with an experience of re-shaping Kazak paramilitary formations into regular combat formations ; • These Kazak formations are being located along the border between Russia and Ukraine ; • The control of the Kazak formations is being centralized .
The events of the recent years have taught us that the above mentioned actions of the Russian strategists are in no way incidental .
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By Oleksandr BEELOKOBYLSKY
RSS (Radio Svoboda)
This story is about a new potential threat from Russia. So far, it is at a preliminary stage, but the danger can be closer and more real than it seems.
The Russian Federation used the armed units it calls Kazaks* during its annexation of Crimea and invasion into parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Now, similar structures are being formed along the border between Russia and the Kharkiv, Sumy, and Chernihiv regions of Ukraine.
[*A note from the translator. There is a historical term “Cossack” in the literature, applied to mounted popular militias armed with spears. It has been, traditionally, applied to both Russian and Ukrainian militias of this kind. However, in this translation we prefer to call the Russian militants Kazaks, which actually corresponds to the Russian pronunciation of this word. The Ukrainian Cossacks (or rather Kozaks) have nothing to do with this story.]
Specialists trained to work with the Kazaks are being sent from the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) to various official positions in towns along the border with Ukraine. These specialists recruit Kazak formations and prepare them to perform special military tasks. Simultaneously, local paramilitary Kazak formations are being included into regular Russian troops located near the border with Ukraine. Members of these formations now are regularly participating in the regular Russian army drills. This means that there is an opportunity for the paramilitary formations to undergo a transformation from the volunteer Kazak “fraternities” into units highly capable of modern combat.
Also, at the end of 2019, Russia changed its laws regarding the Kazaks, making them subject of a more rigorous state control. Taken together, these facts point at the plans to use the Kazaks for a variety of purposes and, in particular, for possible special combat missions against Ukraine.
They plan to replicate the experience of the occupier forces
At the end of 2019, a number of changes were introduced into the laws of the Russian Federation to enhance the centralization of the Kazak structures. In November 2019, the Russian president signed into law the relevant decree #543, titled, “About the All-Russia Kazak Community”, thereby creating a special office to direct all Kazak units, with its headquarters in Moscow.
President Putin also signed into law the decree # 544, which makes Nikolai Doluda the chief of the above-mentioned office. This man was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Krasnodar region of Russia in 2006 and served also as the Ataman (military commander) of the Kazak paramilitary force of the Kuban region of Russia since 2007. In 2014, Doluda took part in the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Armed Forces.
There is also a presidential decree #380rp, which approved the new list of members of a special Presidential Council of Kazak Affairs. Governors of Russian federal regions were excluded from the list. This, too, makes the control of Kazaks more centralized.
Kazak formations exist all over the Russian Federation. Besides the regions where Kazaks existed historically (the Don, Kuban, Volga, Southern Urals, Baikal, and Russian Far East regions), new Kazak paramilitary units have appeared also in the Central Non-Black Earth District, and elsewhere. Many of them began to form in the 1990s, but until now remained decorative.
Of all these formations, the Kuban and the Don Kazaks have been the best organized and trained. In 2014, Russia used the Kuban Kazaks to seize the Crimea Peninsula from Ukraine, and the Don Kazaks in the Russian military operations in the Donbas. In fact, the Don Kazak units are, to this day, functioning as part of the Russian policing forces in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories, a part of the so-called “people’s militia.”
From “theatrical decorations” to actual combat units
Nikolai Doluda, whom we mentioned above, played a big role in the transformation of the Kuban Kazak community from something that reminded more of an “ethnographic theater” to a real fighting force. Now he is the supervisor of the entire community of Kazaks in Russia.
For quite a long time, Kazaks have been treated by the leadership of the Russian Federation as their regular armed forces’ reserve. Back in 2012, Nikolai Makarov, the Head of the Russian Chiefs of Staff, told the Izvestia newspaper: “We are forming Kazak troops. Every military district will have at least one brigade of Kazaks.” The process is slow, but it is continuing. A number of the Russian Armed Forces’ units and formations have the word “Kazak” in their official titles, but creation of units entirely consisting of Kazaks is something that started rather recently.
The mechanism of recruiting the reservists has been worked out in the Don region of Russia since 2016. Each Kazak reservist company reports for a drill to the military base of the Eleventh Special Engineering Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces, located near the border with Ukraine, in the city of Kamensk-Shakhtinskoye. The drills are held for 2-3 days every month, and for three weeks once a year. The units were made to take part in large-scale military exercises like Zapad-2017, Vostok-2018, Centr-2019 and other.
The first Kazak unit where the recruits began to serve as regular army soldiers was formed in 2018 in the Western Military District of Russia, in Belgorod Oblast. It is a part of the Petrokuvsky motorized rifle regiment. This regiment is located in the town of Valuyki and in the village of Solot.
It is interesting that a number of different Russian federal regions report about the plans to recruit Kazaks into the Russian Armed Forces. Thus, an anonymous @UkraineHack telegram channel has, a few days ago, published a “Plan of the Central Military District” where it is mentioned how the reservist Kazaks will be recruited into the contract-based service to the units in regular Russian Army.
https://t.me/UkraineHack/402
Who is in charge of activating Russian Kazak force along the Ukrainian border?
The Russian security service, FSB, and one of its units, the Federal Border Control Service, play a significant role in the preparation of the Kazak formations for combat missions. It is interesting that since August 2018, the regional border control service of the Belgorod and Voronezh Oblasts has been headed by Dmitriy Prokopov, a person who has an experience of working with the Kazak community of Kuban. Till 2012, he was the head of the regional border control service of the city of Timoshevsk inside the jurisdiction of the Black and Azov Sea coastal guard of the FSB.
Prokopov’s transfers to other regions coincide with the uptick in Kazaks recruitment by the Russian government for the purpose of fulfilling certain tasks, including border control.
In 2014, Dmitriy Prokopov was the First Deputy of the chief of the Office of Border Patrol of the FSB in the Astrakhan Oblast and the Autonomous Republic of Kalmykia. It was exactly the time when a regional legislation about the Kazak enforcement and the respective federal aid was adopted. Prokopov’s work resulted in the establishing of the Kazak border patrol formation. It began to serve in March 2017. Even though Colonel Prokopov was already transferred to another FSB jurisdiction, it was his work that facilitated the shaping of this formation. Now, the number of those who serve in this formation keeps growing, and the frequency with which it performs the border patrol raids is increasing.
Prokopov’s next destination was the island of Sakhalin. As the first deputy of the island’s Border Patrol Department of the FSB, in the second half of 2016 he became in charge of the transition of the first Kazak paramilitary band into a regular border patrol unit. He also started to create another Kazak formation.
In August 2018, Dmitriy Prokopov was appointed chief of the Belgorod and Voronezh Regional Border Patrol Department of the FSB. In March 2019, the Duma (parliament) of the Voronezh Oblast adopted a law about “encouraging volunteers to patrol [Russian] borders. Primarily, under “volunteers” the law meant the Kazak formations. A similar campaign started in the Belgorod Oblast.
Simultaneously, other individuals from the South of Russia were also assigned to operational positions in these Regions. For example, Colonel Denis Pospelov, who had served in the city of Taganrog, was made the Chief Commandant of the city of Oktyabrskoye of the Belgorod Oblast. It is also known that his deputy, Denis Kalmykov used to be the Chief Commandant of the city of Novoshakhtinsk under the auspices of the Regional Border Patrol Department of the FSB in the Rostov Oblast. These are just a few examples reflecting a broader trend.
To summarize, we have the following:
• The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) employs operatives with an experience of re-shaping Kazak paramilitary formations into regular combat formations;
• These Kazak formations are being located along the border between Russia and Ukraine;
• The control of the Kazak formations is being centralized.
The events of the recent years have taught us that the above mentioned actions of the Russian strategists are in no way incidental.
Original: Росія біля кордону з Україною готує нові окупаційні сили?
Translated specially for InformNapalm by George Pinchuk
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informnapalm--2020-04-01--Russian occupiers misuse Reuters photo in propaganda PSYOPs in Donbas

Volunteers of InformNapalm international intelligence community analyzed the leaflets spread by Russian occupation forces in the village of Zolote-4 with the purpose of putting psychological pressure on the local population .
On October 29 , 2019 , the withdrawal of troops and military weapons at disengagement site No .
2 near the village of Zolote-4 in Luhansk Oblast began .
After the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces , this village has repeatedly come into the focus of news .
Russian occupation troops repeatedly fired at areas near the withdrawal site using mortars and 122 mm howitzers .
Now , after a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resort to tactics of informational and psychological warfare against the local population and distribute leaflets in Zolote-4 in order to incite local residents to actions demanding further withdrawal of Ukrainian troops .
On March 31 , readers of InformNapalm sent us a photo of a leaflet that was found in the village of Zolote-4 .
The text of this leaflet , written in Russian language against the background of blue and yellow colors of the Ukrainian flag , represents a clear example of information and psychological pressure on the local population .
Also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leaflet to enhance psychological impact .
The text of the leaflet is as follows : “ People near the disengagement line , demand a withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from the settlements .
Ask authorities to assist in the withdrawing of Ukrainian weapons from civilian neighborhoods .
Do not let Ukrainian soldiers hide behind you and your children because you will be hurt by retaliatory fire !
!
!
” What can be learned from the photo InformNapalm volunteers decided to look for the source of this photo .
The search showed that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ news resources .
For example , in a February 9 , 2020 article on the Novorosinform website , this photo accompanies a fake message about placing Ukrainian armored vehicles in a courtyard next to apartment buildings in Kryakivka , Luhansk Oblast .
On August 21 , 2018 , the same website used the above photo for another fake message regarding the placement of Ukrainian weaponry among houses in the town of Krasnohorivka , Donetsk Oblast .
However , these locations have nothing to do with the photo above .
Another Russian news website @ @ @ @ @ @ @ illustrate the July 5 , 2017 news regarding the Minsk talks .
The photo in this article was signed : “ Avdiivka , Ukraine .
June 2015 ( Photo : Gleb Garanich / Reuters ) ” .
InformNapalm volunteers also determined that the photo was taken near a well-known 9-story apartment building on the eastern outskirts of Avdiivka with the address : 15 Vorobyev Street .
The same photo was used more than once to accompany fake messages on the site Novorosinform.org ( which was registered by a private person in Moscow ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ informational-psychological pressure on the civilian population in Zolote-4 .
It seems that Russian officers responsible for information and psychological operations in the Donbas are fond of this particular photo owned by Reuters .
Year after year , it shows in both paper and electronic materials aimed at discrediting Ukrainian troops .
The photo was illegally used to create fake material without specifying the source , location or date it was taken .
As a reminder , in addition to printed propaganda leaflets and fake news on Russia-controlled websites , the Russian Armed Forces @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tools for sending SMS messages to Ukrainian servicemen and civilians in the Donbas .
• Newest Russian equipment in Donbas in aerial photo ( photo and coordinates ) • Exact coordinates of location with newest Russian EW systems in Donbas established • Electronic warfare systems in Donbas .
Specialists from EW company of Russian 19th Motorized Rifle Brigade detected • Volunteers gathered evidence of 32 Russian military units taking part in the invasion of Crimea Translated by Svitlana Kemblowski .
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Volunteers of InformNapalm international intelligence community analyzed the leaflets spread by Russian occupation forces in the village of Zolote-4 with the purpose of putting psychological pressure on the local population.
On October 29, 2019, the withdrawal of troops and military weapons at disengagement site No. 2 near the village of Zolote-4 in Luhansk Oblast began. After the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces, this village has repeatedly come into the focus of news. Russian occupation troops repeatedly fired at areas near the withdrawal site using mortars and 122 mm howitzers. Now, after a long period of shelling, Russian invaders resort to tactics of informational and psychological warfare against the local population and distribute leaflets in Zolote-4 in order to incite local residents to actions demanding further withdrawal of Ukrainian troops.
Leaflets of Russian invaders
On March 31, readers of InformNapalm sent us a photo of a leaflet that was found in the village of Zolote-4. The text of this leaflet, written in Russian language against the background of blue and yellow colors of the Ukrainian flag, represents a clear example of information and psychological pressure on the local population. Also, there is a photo in the leaflet to enhance psychological impact.
The text of the leaflet is as follows: “People near the disengagement line, demand a withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from the settlements. Ask authorities to assist in the withdrawing of Ukrainian weapons from civilian neighborhoods. Do not let Ukrainian soldiers hide behind you and your children because you will be hurt by retaliatory fire!!!”
What can be learned from the photo
InformNapalm volunteers decided to look for the source of this photo. The search showed that the photo was repeatedly used by Russian propaganda news resources.
For example, in a February 9, 2020 article on the Novorosinform website, this photo accompanies a fake message about placing Ukrainian armored vehicles in a courtyard next to apartment buildings in Kryakivka, Luhansk Oblast.
On August 21, 2018, the same website used the above photo for another fake message regarding the placement of Ukrainian weaponry among houses in the town of Krasnohorivka, Donetsk Oblast.
However, these locations have nothing to do with the photo above. Another Russian news website RBC.ru also used the above photo to illustrate the July 5, 2017 news regarding the Minsk talks. The photo in this article was signed: “Avdiivka, Ukraine. June 2015 (Photo: Gleb Garanich / Reuters)”.
InformNapalm volunteers also determined that the photo was taken near a well-known 9-story apartment building on the eastern outskirts of Avdiivka with the address: 15 Vorobyev Street.
Conclusion
The same photo was used more than once to accompany fake messages on the site Novorosinform.org (which was registered by a private person in Moscow) and printed on leaflets spread to apply informational-psychological pressure on the civilian population in Zolote-4.
It seems that Russian officers responsible for information and psychological operations in the Donbas are fond of this particular photo owned by Reuters. Year after year, it shows in both paper and electronic materials aimed at discrediting Ukrainian troops. The photo was illegally used to create fake material without specifying the source, location or date it was taken.
As a reminder, in addition to printed propaganda leaflets and fake news on Russia-controlled websites, the Russian Armed Forces also actively use the latest electronic warfare tools for sending SMS messages to Ukrainian servicemen and civilians in the Donbas.
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informnapalm--2020-03-28--Russia operates captured Ukrainian oil rigs in Ukraine’s exclusive economic zone

While the whole world is fighting COVID-19 , Russia continues its hybrid military operations in the Black Sea and violates the borders of Ukraine .
On March 26th , State Border Guard Service ( SBGS ) of Ukraine announced through its official website that “ Ukraina ” jackup rigs , renamed by the occupation authorities of Crimea to “ Krym-1 ” and “ Tavrida ” , were observed in the area of Odesa oil field .
Evidence of continued industrial operations can be seen on both platforms , and the platforms are flying the Russian flags .
Also , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” of Russian Black Sea Fleet ( hull number 954 ) was patrolling near the platforms .
“ The Coast Guard continues to gather and record the information about illegal commercial operations by Russia in the exclusive ( maritime ) economic zone of Ukraine under the protection of ships and boats of the Russian Black Sea Fleet .
The materials gathered by the Coast Guard of SBGS of Ukraine since 2014 already serve as an evidence for the arbitration proceedings in The Hague , which recognized that Russia illegally expropriated the property of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and its subsidiaries , ” states the website of the SBGS of Ukraine .
What else we know about the seized Ukrainian oil platforms InformNapalm international volunteer community published several original articles about Russian military units and individual servicemen that took part in the seizure of Ukrainian drilling platforms in the Black Sea : • Drilling Rigs of ‘ Chernomornaftogaz ’ Were Captured By The Russian 104th Regiment ’ s Paratroopers • Corporate raids and terrorism of Russian Federation .
“ Boyko ’ s Rigs ” as an indicator of maritime military challenges @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Boyko ’ s Drilling Rigs ” Valued at $ 800 Millions ?
• ‘ Boyko Drilling Rigs ’ Were Found Thanks to Tugboat ’ s Tracks And Photos • Volunteers gathered evidence of 32 Russian military units taking part in the invasion of Crimea • For the first time open access to the book “ Crimea Behind the Veil .
Occupation Zone ’ s Guide ” On March 25th , the news broke that a Sukhoi Su-27 Russian fighter aircraft crashed 50 km from the Russia-occupied city of Feodosia ( Crimea ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ note that on December 11th , 2019 , a Russian Mi-28N ‘ Night Hunter ’ attack helicopter crashed in Krasnodar Krai .
Its crew previously participated in the aggression against Ukraine .
Translated by Andrii Gryganskyi , edited by Max Alginin .
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While the whole world is fighting COVID-19, Russia continues its hybrid military operations in the Black Sea and violates the borders of Ukraine.
On March 26th, State Border Guard Service (SBGS) of Ukraine announced through its official website that “Ukraina” jackup rigs, renamed by the occupation authorities of Crimea to “Krym-1” and “Tavrida”, were observed in the area of Odesa oil field. Evidence of continued industrial operations can be seen on both platforms, and the platforms are flying the Russian flags. Also, the Project 12411 Large Missile Boat “Ivanovets” of Russian Black Sea Fleet (hull number 954) was patrolling near the platforms.
“The Coast Guard continues to gather and record the information about illegal commercial operations by Russia in the exclusive (maritime) economic zone of Ukraine under the protection of ships and boats of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The materials gathered by the Coast Guard of SBGS of Ukraine since 2014 already serve as an evidence for the arbitration proceedings in The Hague, which recognized that Russia illegally expropriated the property of Ukraine national oil and gas company Naftogaz and its subsidiaries,” states the website of the SBGS of Ukraine.
What else we know about the seized Ukrainian oil platforms
InformNapalm international volunteer community published several original articles about Russian military units and individual servicemen that took part in the seizure of Ukrainian drilling platforms in the Black Sea:
Aggressor’s Losses
On March 25th, the news broke that a Sukhoi Su-27 Russian fighter aircraft crashed 50 km from the Russia-occupied city of Feodosia (Crimea) in the Black Sea.
We also note that on December 11th, 2019, a Russian Mi-28N ‘Night Hunter’ attack helicopter crashed in Krasnodar Krai. Its crew previously participated in the aggression against Ukraine.
For further reading: “Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bombers practiced missile strikes against Ukraine“, – commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Admiral Ihor Voronchenko.
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informnapalm--2020-03-27--A few points about the situation in Ukraine

1 .
It is war .
A very real and very “ hot ” war , and , so far , the only war going on in Europe .
Media calls it a “ conflict ” or something similar , usually avoiding the mere word “ war.
” But that ’ s cowardice and hypocrisy .
Please , friends , do call it WAR when you talk about it anywhere and with anybody – at home , at work , at school , on a plane etc .
2 .
Russia started this war in spring 2014 , and Russia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ridiculous and disingenuous to call it a “ conflict between the Ukrainian government and the Russia-backed rebels ” ( or “ separatists ” ) .
On the side that fights against the Ukrainian soldiers and volunteer fighters , all commanding officers are professional , cadre officers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation .
Among privates , the “ cannon meat , ” some are from the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation , some – from local lowlife , and many are mercenaries from remote areas of Russia and from other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – to name a few ) .
The local lowlife fights because they are crazy , supplied with Russian weapons , and on the Russian payroll , and the mercenaries fight for money and future career in terrorist armies .
But the entire thing is directed from headquarters in Moscow , and the only one person in the world who could command this war to stop is Vladimir Putin .
( But he , of course , will never give this command . )
3 .
The numbers of casualties per day or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is not because it ’ s a “ frozen conflict.
” Far from it : the Russian side opens heavy fire 10 , 15 , 20 or more times a day , almost never missing a day .
They use artillery , large-caliber mortars , grenade launchers , guided anti-tank rockets , heavy machine guns , armored vehicles , and drones .
They fire at the Ukrainian military positions , civilians ’ residences , and even ambulance vehicles .
The ONLY reason the death toll is not in hundreds or thousands per @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , currently , a very advanced modern fighting force equipped with radiolocation and other systems that can detect the exact position of the enemy artillery and quickly suppress their fire .
So , the volleys of the Russian fire cease after some 5-10-20 minutes ( albeit the aggressor always resumes fire after an hour or so ) .
In addition , the Ukrainian military and civilians who still live near the line of fire have well-designed underground trenches , bunkers , residential spaces , and even schools .
4 .
This war will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more years .
It ’ s not a “ land grab , ” as some naive American friends of mine tried to explain it to me in 2014 .
Russia does not need the territories that she annexed or occupied .
The goal that Russia pursues is to destroy Ukraine , make Ukraine disappear as an independent state .
Russia wants Ukraine to bleed , bleed long and hard , bleed to death – not just literally but also economically , technologically , and ideologically .
And it ’ s not just Putin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when he dies will be , in all likelihood , the same , or worse , as far as Ukraine is concerned .
The Mordor , the Evil Empire in any of its reincarnations – the savage Finno-Ugric tribes under Andrei Bogolubsky who burned down Kyiv in 1168 , the Mongol Horde of the 1240s-1400s , the Moscow Principality of the 1500s-1700s , the Russian Empire , the Union of Soviet Social Republics , the Russian Federation – is incompatible with Ukraine .
It ’ s either – or .
Either we ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( the Mordor ) will be thoroughly defeated , like Germany and Japan in 1945 , and dismembered .
5 .
Of course , destroying Ukraine will not quench the Mordor ’ s desire for further expansion and domination .
At the moment , the US Armed Forces and the NATO still exist , and are a formidable shield from Russia .
However , we should keep in mind that currently , the Supreme Leader of Russia ( Putin , or whoever will be there after him ) OWNS his country with all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , gas , gold , diamonds , timber , coal , aluminum and other ores etc. )
.
There is no limit to his spending , and he does not need any Congress to approve his decisions to finance Russia ’ s wars .
So he buys , and buys , and buys – politicians , political parties , governments , the entire countries .
In the USA , he has , obviously , bought many leading politicians who dance to his tune .
This enormous , gigantic , unimaginable ability of Russia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years , result in a total disintegration of NATO and in the situation when Russia and the USA ( and perhaps China ) will just sit down together and divide the world .
In that Brave New World , there will be no place for the Western civilization values like freedom , dignity , individual ’ s rights , pursuit of happiness .
6 .
It may be not too late to prevent this .
But it will require honest admission that Russia is an evil state , the number one enemy of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the face of our planet .
( China , IMHO , is not ; it is authoritarian , but it can trade , while Russia can only destroy , using the selling of its natural resources as the means for this destruction . )
It will need creation of a powerful military anti-Russia coalition , similar to the coalition created against Germany and Japan in 1941 .
And that , in turn , will need abandoning the “ peaceniks ’ ” myth about “ co-existence ” and “ cooperation ” with Mordor , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ free world ” “ defeated ” the USSR , winning the “ cold war.
” All this is a difficult task , needing a consolidation of the American society , a turn away from partisan bitching along the outdated dualist “ liberal vs. conservative ” pseudo-opposites .
There is no more time for nonsense like “ we-need-to-make-greedy-corporations-pay-their-faye-shaye ” vs. “ Italians-die-of-Corona-because-of-their-socialist-medicine , ” or “ every-bad-thing-in-the-world-is-because-of-misogyny ” vs. “ Corona-is-a-hoax-created-by-Deep-State-to-control-our-lives.
” Read in Ukrainian Six days .
Six deaths .
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by George V. Pinchuk volunteer of InformNapalm
1. It is war. A very real and very “hot” war, and, so far, the only war going on in Europe. Media calls it a “conflict” or something similar, usually avoiding the mere word “war.” But that’s cowardice and hypocrisy. Please, friends, do call it WAR when you talk about it anywhere and with anybody – at home, at work, at school, on a plane etc.
2. Russia started this war in spring 2014, and Russia is carrying it out. It is ridiculous and disingenuous to call it a “conflict between the Ukrainian government and the Russia-backed rebels” (or “separatists”). On the side that fights against the Ukrainian soldiers and volunteer fighters, all commanding officers are professional, cadre officers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Among privates, the “cannon meat,” some are from the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, some – from local lowlife, and many are mercenaries from remote areas of Russia and from other countries (Brazil, Latvia, Italy – to name a few). The local lowlife fights because they are crazy, supplied with Russian weapons, and on the Russian payroll, and the mercenaries fight for money and future career in terrorist armies. But the entire thing is directed from headquarters in Moscow, and the only one person in the world who could command this war to stop is Vladimir Putin. (But he, of course, will never give this command.)
3. The numbers of casualties per day or week are relatively low. However, it is not because it’s a “frozen conflict.” Far from it: the Russian side opens heavy fire 10, 15, 20 or more times a day, almost never missing a day. They use artillery, large-caliber mortars, grenade launchers, guided anti-tank rockets, heavy machine guns, armored vehicles, and drones. They fire at the Ukrainian military positions, civilians’ residences, and even ambulance vehicles. The ONLY reason the death toll is not in hundreds or thousands per day is that the Ukrainian military is, currently, a very advanced modern fighting force equipped with radiolocation and other systems that can detect the exact position of the enemy artillery and quickly suppress their fire. So, the volleys of the Russian fire cease after some 5-10-20 minutes (albeit the aggressor always resumes fire after an hour or so). In addition, the Ukrainian military and civilians who still live near the line of fire have well-designed underground trenches, bunkers, residential spaces, and even schools.
4. This war will, most likely, continue for many more years. It’s not a “land grab,” as some naive American friends of mine tried to explain it to me in 2014. Russia does not need the territories that she annexed or occupied. The goal that Russia pursues is to destroy Ukraine, make Ukraine disappear as an independent state. Russia wants Ukraine to bleed, bleed long and hard, bleed to death – not just literally but also economically, technologically, and ideologically. And it’s not just Putin. A leader that will replace him when he dies will be, in all likelihood, the same, or worse, as far as Ukraine is concerned. The Mordor, the Evil Empire in any of its reincarnations – the savage Finno-Ugric tribes under Andrei Bogolubsky who burned down Kyiv in 1168, the Mongol Horde of the 1240s-1400s, the Moscow Principality of the 1500s-1700s, the Russian Empire, the Union of Soviet Social Republics, the Russian Federation – is incompatible with Ukraine. It’s either – or. Either we (Ukraine) will perish, or they (the Mordor) will be thoroughly defeated, like Germany and Japan in 1945, and dismembered.
5. Of course, destroying Ukraine will not quench the Mordor’s desire for further expansion and domination. At the moment, the US Armed Forces and the NATO still exist, and are a formidable shield from Russia. However, we should keep in mind that currently, the Supreme Leader of Russia (Putin, or whoever will be there after him) OWNS his country with all of its vast natural resources (oil, gas, gold, diamonds, timber, coal, aluminum and other ores etc.). There is no limit to his spending, and he does not need any Congress to approve his decisions to finance Russia’s wars. So he buys, and buys, and buys – politicians, political parties, governments, the entire countries. In the USA, he has, obviously, bought many leading politicians who dance to his tune. This enormous, gigantic, unimaginable ability of Russia to BUY can, in a few years, result in a total disintegration of NATO and in the situation when Russia and the USA (and perhaps China) will just sit down together and divide the world. In that Brave New World, there will be no place for the Western civilization values like freedom, dignity, individual’s rights, pursuit of happiness.
6. It may be not too late to prevent this. But it will require honest admission that Russia is an evil state, the number one enemy of the US and the malignant tumor on the face of our planet. (China, IMHO, is not; it is authoritarian, but it can trade, while Russia can only destroy, using the selling of its natural resources as the means for this destruction.) It will need creation of a powerful military anti-Russia coalition, similar to the coalition created against Germany and Japan in 1941. And that, in turn, will need abandoning the “peaceniks’” myth about “co-existence” and “cooperation” with Mordor, and debunking the anti-historical falsehood that the “free world” “defeated” the USSR, winning the “cold war.” All this is a difficult task, needing a consolidation of the American society, a turn away from partisan bitching along the outdated dualist “liberal vs. conservative” pseudo-opposites. There is no more time for nonsense like “we-need-to-make-greedy-corporations-pay-their-faye-shaye” vs. “Italians-die-of-Corona-because-of-their-socialist-medicine,” or “every-bad-thing-in-the-world-is-because-of-misogyny” vs. “Corona-is-a-hoax-created-by-Deep-State-to-control-our-lives.”
Read in Ukrainian Six days. Six deaths. Six faces we must remember
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informnapalm--2020-03-26--For the First Time in Six Years, Twitter Blocked All Official Accounts of the InformNapalm Internati

For the First Time in Six Years, Twitter Blocked All Official Accounts of the InformNapalm International Volunteer Community

We would like to inform our reader that for the first time in 6 years , all official accounts of the InformNapalm international volunteer community – in Ukrainian as well as in foreign languages , – and also the account of the InformNapalm founder and the InformNapalm site ’ s Editor-in-Chief , Roman Burko , were simultaneously blocked by Twitter without any explanation .
This is likely to be a result of a massive attack from the Russian Federation .
The accounts were blocked , all at once , right after we had sent out our tweet that contained some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Russian military equipment in the Donbas .
That tweet was a comprehensive report of data on geographical location of the military equipment from Russia found in the Luhansk region of Ukraine , with aerial photos and identification numbers .
Also , some strange messages were noticed , sent from Facebook admins .
These messages alluded to a possible blockade of InformNapalm ’ s publications .
It looked like a crash in the social network systems , which could have been provoked by malicious trolling from Russia .
Here is what Roman Burko wrote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
A powerful attack on my accounts has been launched .
For the first time in 6 years of war , Twitter blocked my account , for no apparent reason and with no explanation .
The only thing that comes to mind is that it is a mighty assault of Russian trolls caused by this last tweet about the Russian radio-electronics-equipped military vehicles in the Donbas ( screenshot attached ) .
When I started to write this post about blocking of my Twitter account , Facebook automatically showed me an absurd message that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ screenshot attached ) .
It does look like the Russians have already mastered the corona virus-induced panic as a means of blocking those social networks users who present REAL and IMPORTANT proofs of the Russian aggression ” .
The Russian Trolls Have Adapted to New Mechanisms of Blocking Also , we are of the opinion that the Russian troll factories have adapted to using the mechanisms of account blocking designed during the international campaign against fake news about COVID19 .
They use these mechanisms for a massive blocking of every person who unveils @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It is also not excluded that such an unprecedented activity of the Russian trolls is explained by the desire of the leadership of the Russian Federation to obscure any new evidence of their country ’ s aggression in the Donbas .
This evidence stands on the way of Kremlin ’ s plans to demand the lifting of international sanctions in the midst of an international crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic .
How to Help People Share the Intelligence Data from Volunteers During Blockade We urge our readers to take into consideration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a growing aggressiveness , to isolate our volunteers ’ community from sharing the open-source intelligence data through social networks .
This is why we ask you to add our site to your bookmarks , to check regularly our updates , and to help share our publications by all means available to you : in blogs , through Internet pages and groups , through publications in media etc .
Usually , new materials from us at first are published in Ukrainian in the НОВИНИ ( News ) section .
Then we add translations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ To trace how new translations appear , use the icons under the article ’ s title on our site .
Read and share more from InformNapalm • Evidence collected : commander and crew of R-60 missile boat took part in the aggression against Ukraine • Personal identification of LLS Orsk commander who led the crew during the invasion of Crimea • More Russians among OSCE observers in Donbas .
Manipulations detected in reports • Volunteers gathered evidence of 32 Russian military units taking part in the invasion of Crimea • List of armament @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Donbas .
• Award stigma of war criminals from the Russian Army , database and video overview • Crimea Behind the Curtain book made available to the public [ ukr ] Distribution and reprint with reference to the source is welcome !
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We would like to inform our reader that for the first time in 6 years, all official accounts of the InformNapalm international volunteer community – in Ukrainian as well as in foreign languages, – and also the account of the InformNapalm founder and the InformNapalm site’s Editor-in-Chief, Roman Burko, were simultaneously blocked by Twitter without any explanation.
This is likely to be a result of a massive attack from the Russian Federation. The accounts were blocked, all at once, right after we had sent out our tweet that contained some important facts about the presence of modern Russian military equipment in the Donbas. That tweet was a comprehensive report of data on geographical location of the military equipment from Russia found in the Luhansk region of Ukraine, with aerial photos and identification numbers.
Also, some strange messages were noticed, sent from Facebook admins. These messages alluded to a possible blockade of InformNapalm’s publications. It looked like a crash in the social network systems, which could have been provoked by malicious trolling from Russia.

Here is what Roman Burko wrote about this:
“Attention, friends. A powerful attack on my accounts has been launched.
For the first time in 6 years of war, Twitter blocked my account, for no apparent reason and with no explanation. The only thing that comes to mind is that it is a mighty assault of Russian trolls caused by this last tweet about the Russian radio-electronics-equipped military vehicles in the Donbas (screenshot attached).
When I started to write this post about blocking of my Twitter account, Facebook automatically showed me an absurd message that my post was “fake” (screenshot attached).
It does look like the Russians have already mastered the corona virus-induced panic as a means of blocking those social networks users who present REAL and IMPORTANT proofs of the Russian aggression”.
The Russian Trolls Have Adapted to New Mechanisms of Blocking
Also, we are of the opinion that the Russian troll factories have adapted to using the mechanisms of account blocking designed during the international campaign against fake news about COVID19. They use these mechanisms for a massive blocking of every person who unveils the truth about the Russian military aggression.
It is also not excluded that such an unprecedented activity of the Russian trolls is explained by the desire of the leadership of the Russian Federation to obscure any new evidence of their country’s aggression in the Donbas. This evidence stands on the way of Kremlin’s plans to demand the lifting of international sanctions in the midst of an international crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
How to Help People Share the Intelligence Data from Volunteers During Blockade
We urge our readers to take into consideration that the Russian Federation is trying, with a growing aggressiveness, to isolate our volunteers’ community from sharing the open-source intelligence data through social networks. This is why we ask you to add our site to your bookmarks, to check regularly our updates, and to help share our publications by all means available to you: in blogs, through Internet pages and groups, through publications in media etc.
Usually, new materials from us at first are published in Ukrainian in the НОВИНИ (News) section. Then we add translations of these materials into other languages. To trace how new translations appear, use the icons under the article’s title on our site.
People reaction about blocking InformNapalm
This is outrageous decision by @Twitter . It’s irresponsible to suspend @informNapalm As former Member of European Parliament I could rely on their information esp aboutwar in Donbas. They are working to find the truth and you should not stop their communication. @TwitterSupport https://t.co/qiKCRslaFp — Rebecca Harms (@RebHarms) 25 березня 2020 р.
We are alarmed @Twitter accounts of our colleagues at Informnapalm were recently blocked with no explanation. R.Burko, founder of Informnapalm, said it may have resulted from #Russian troll attacks due to publication about the presence of modern 🇷🇺 military equipment in Donbas. pic.twitter.com/rgMyDWzRgG — Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group (@hwag_ucmc) 24 березня 2020 р.
We share concerns about suspending accounts of @InformNapalm, which seriously damages investigative reporting on war in #Ukraine. We call on @Twitter to provide explanation of this action. The right to receive objective information should not be violated ➡https://t.co/ReajUJlW4T pic.twitter.com/xxh82TUfcu — LT MFA StratCom (@LT_MFA_Stratcom) 26 березня 2020 р.
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informnapalm--2020-03-25--Newest Russian equipment in Donbas in aerial photo (photo and coordinates)

InformNapalm international intelligence community , in response to gross violations by Russian occupation forces of the conditions of admission of international observers to certain objects in the Donbas , is publishing a new exclusive photo with direct evidence of the presence of the latest Russian military equipment in the occupied areas of the Donbas .
We draw the attention of journalists , politicians and diplomats to the need for a consolidated strengthening of international pressure on the Russian Federation , so that the aggressor will start fulfilling the obligations to fully withdraw its military personnel , mercenaries , weapons , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This is the most important condition for achieving true , not imaginary , peace .
No other “ platforms of reconciliation ” , “ elections ” in the occupied regions or attempts to recognize the Russian puppet terrorist groups as a legitimate side in peace talks are aimed at achieving true peace , but are aimed only at deepening and cementing threats to Ukraine ’ s territorial integrity .
On March 20 , InformNapalm international intelligence community published an analysis of the obstruction of the OSCE SMM by the Russia in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Numerous cases of blocking international observers ’ admission into the occupied territory of the Donbas were presented in the publication .
This material also demonstrated systematic violations by Russian-controlled armed forces that sought to hide Russian weapons and military equipment from observers .
As a result of the analysis , our volunteers concluded that the OSCE drones are more effective in recording violations in the occupied territories than the patrols .
The drones , though subject to periodic interference from the newest Russian systems of electronic warfare , more often identify unique @ @ @ @ @ @ @ operated exclusively by personnel of the Russian Armed Forces .
On March 22 , 2020 , a new OSCE Report 2/2020 was released in which observers noted that on March 21 and 22 , members of the pro-Russian armed forces denied SMM patrols passage at checkpoints in Donetsk Oblast .
Due to these restrictions , the freedom of movement of the Mission across the contact line in Donetsk Oblast was completely restricted , which impeded the implementation of the Mission ’ s mandate .
This once again demonstrates the aggressive intentions of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ movement of weapons and military equipment in the occupied territory of Ukraine .
In turn , InformNapalm international intelligence community has received , through its own channels , a new visual confirmation of the presence of the latest Russian systems of EW in the Donbas .
Today , we present an aerial photograph which complements the text of OSCE SMM Report No .
60/20 from March 12 , 2020 regarding three modern Russian electronic warfare systems : RB-341V , R-934B and RB-636 .
InformNapalm volunteers have analyzed the obtained aerial photograph : they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the photograph and compared the images of the spotted EW equipment with photos available on the Internet .
All the EW stations captured in the photo are in the stowed position ( not deployed ) .
The characteristic angles of the roofs of buildings allowed us to determine the exact coordinates of this place : 48 ° 31 ’ 41.2 ″ N 39 ° 21 ’ 24.2 ″ E. We also include a screenshot from Google Earth for comparison .
Here is an enlarged image of the RB-636 Svet-KU from the aerial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ photo for comparison .
Here is a photo of this system in Luhansk in 2016 .
It was presented and analyzed in the article Svet-KU – Another Novel Russian EW system in Luhansk .
The OSCE SMM report mentions an R-934B Sinitsa system .
Analazing details of the vehicle in the photo , there is a reason to believe that this is a modification of the R-934BMV jamming station Borisoglebsk-2 which has also been repeatedly spotted in the Donbas .
Right : enlarged image from the aerial photo .
Left : photo for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the RB-341V Leer-3 Russian system in Luhansk Oblast in the second part of the article .
InformNapalm volunteers have repeatedly spotted this system in the Donbas since 2015 .
In the upper right corner of the photo , on the roof of the building , you can see an antenna of a radio bearing system .
We were not able to identify the exact antenna ’ s type , though it is very similar to the ARK-PP4 Russian antenna system which has a full range of functions .
Left : enlarged image of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ top view ) .
Right : photo for comparison ( side view ) .
Comparing different satellite images from this location , InformNapalm volunteers noticed that this antenna had appeared on the roof of the building since at least 2016 .
And from time to time there are numbers of KAMAZ military trucks near this building on satellite images .
The fresh shot taken by a drone also shows a group of people in uniform and three cars .
It is possible that the UAV was able to capture Russian military commanders who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ equipment or to give orders to crews .
We turn to eyewitnesses who may have accidentally filmed license plates of these vehicles on March 10 , 2020 in the designated area , or who have other information that may facilitate the identification of Russian servicemen .
Post your info to InformNapalm on Facebook or Twitter Previously , the newest Russian military equipment in the Donbas has been repeatedly captured in aerial photos taken by UAV .
InformNapalm international intelligence community appeals to Ukrainian and foreign diplomats , journalists and politicians to pay greater @ @ @ @ @ @ @ military presence of the Russia in the Donbas .
This information should be used to increase international pressure on the Russian Federation , to introduce additional economic sanctions to force the military-political leadership of Russia and Vladimir Putin personally to fulfill the obligations under the Minsk agreements to withdraw Russian troops from the territory of Ukraine .
Translated by Svitlana Kemblowski .
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InformNapalm international intelligence community, in response to gross violations by Russian occupation forces of the conditions of admission of international observers to certain objects in the Donbas, is publishing a new exclusive photo with direct evidence of the presence of the latest Russian military equipment in the occupied areas of the Donbas. We draw the attention of journalists, politicians and diplomats to the need for a consolidated strengthening of international pressure on the Russian Federation, so that the aggressor will start fulfilling the obligations to fully withdraw its military personnel, mercenaries, weapons, and equipment from the territory of Ukraine. This is the most important condition for achieving true, not imaginary, peace. No other “platforms of reconciliation”, “elections” in the occupied regions or attempts to recognize the Russian puppet terrorist groups as a legitimate side in peace talks are aimed at achieving true peace, but are aimed only at deepening and cementing threats to Ukraine’s territorial integrity.
On March 20, InformNapalm international intelligence community published an analysis of the obstruction of the OSCE SMM by the Russia in the Donbas during the first quarter of 2020 . Numerous cases of blocking international observers’ admission into the occupied territory of the Donbas were presented in the publication. This material also demonstrated systematic violations by Russian-controlled armed forces that sought to hide Russian weapons and military equipment from observers. As a result of the analysis, our volunteers concluded that the OSCE drones are more effective in recording violations in the occupied territories than the patrols. The drones, though subject to periodic interference from the newest Russian systems of electronic warfare, more often identify unique models of Russian weaponry which can be operated exclusively by personnel of the Russian Armed Forces.
On March 22, 2020, a new OSCE Report 2/2020 was released in which observers noted that on March 21 and 22, members of the pro-Russian armed forces denied SMM patrols passage at checkpoints in Donetsk Oblast. Due to these restrictions, the freedom of movement of the Mission across the contact line in Donetsk Oblast was completely restricted, which impeded the implementation of the Mission’s mandate.
This once again demonstrates the aggressive intentions of the Russian Federation which tries to conceal the movement of weapons and military equipment in the occupied territory of Ukraine.
In turn, InformNapalm international intelligence community has received, through its own channels, a new visual confirmation of the presence of the latest Russian systems of EW in the Donbas. Today, we present an aerial photograph which complements the text of OSCE SMM Report No. 60/20 from March 12, 2020 regarding three modern Russian electronic warfare systems: RB-341V Leer-3, R-934B Sinitsa and RB-636 Svet-KU.
Photo analysis
InformNapalm volunteers have analyzed the obtained aerial photograph: they determined the exact geolocation of the place in the photograph and compared the images of the spotted EW equipment with photos available on the Internet. All the EW stations captured in the photo are in the stowed position (not deployed).
The characteristic angles of the roofs of buildings allowed us to determine the exact coordinates of this place: 48 ° 31’41.2 ″ N 39 ° 21’24.2 ″ E. We also include a screenshot from Google Earth for comparison.
Here is an enlarged image of the RB-636 Svet-KU from the aerial phono (Left). Right: photo for comparison.
Here is a photo of this system in Luhansk in 2016. It was presented and analyzed in the article Svet-KU – Another Novel Russian EW system in Luhansk.
The OSCE SMM report mentions an R-934B Sinitsa system. Analazing details of the vehicle in the photo, there is a reason to believe that this is a modification of the R-934BMV jamming station Borisoglebsk-2 which has also been repeatedly spotted in the Donbas.
Right: enlarged image from the aerial photo. Left: photo for comparison.
Recently, we wrote about the RB-341V Leer-3 Russian system in Luhansk Oblast in the second part of the article. InformNapalm volunteers have repeatedly spotted this system in the Donbas since 2015.
In the upper right corner of the photo, on the roof of the building, you can see an antenna of a radio bearing system. We were not able to identify the exact antenna’s type, though it is very similar to the ARK-PP4 Russian antenna system which has a full range of functions.
Left: enlarged image of the antenna from the aerial photo (top view). Right: photo for comparison (side view).
Comparing different satellite images from this location, InformNapalm volunteers noticed that this antenna had appeared on the roof of the building since at least 2016. And from time to time there are numbers of KAMAZ military trucks near this building on satellite images.
The fresh shot taken by a drone also shows a group of people in uniform and three cars. It is possible that the UAV was able to capture Russian military commanders who arrived in the specified area to test equipment or to give orders to crews.
We turn to eyewitnesses who may have accidentally filmed license plates of these vehicles on March 10, 2020 in the designated area, or who have other information that may facilitate the identification of Russian servicemen. Post your info to InformNapalm on Facebook or Twitter
Conclusions
Previously, the newest Russian military equipment in the Donbas has been repeatedly captured in aerial photos taken by UAV. InformNapalm international intelligence community appeals to Ukrainian and foreign diplomats, journalists and politicians to pay greater attention to the facts of the permanent military presence of the Russia in the Donbas. This information should be used to increase international pressure on the Russian Federation, to introduce additional economic sanctions to force the military-political leadership of Russia and Vladimir Putin personally to fulfill the obligations under the Minsk agreements to withdraw Russian troops from the territory of Ukraine.
Translated by Svitlana Kemblowski. Distribution and reprint with reference to the source is welcome! (Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0) InformNapalm social media pages: Facebook / Тwitter / Telegram.


informnapalm--2020-03-23--Russian hybrid army consciously exposing civilians to risk of lethal fire

The Ukrainian Joint Forces Operation Headquarters inform the world that the armed units of the Russian Federation , in their effort to discredit the Ukrainian defenders , resort to open violations of the international humanitarian law and consciously exposing civilians to risk of lethal fire .
Thus , on March 15 , 2020 , a civilian man wearing a military-style jacket approached the positions of one of the Ukrainian army brigades , walking from the adversary ’ s side .
As the man was moving between the two opposing positions , he was monitored by several individuals located at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The man was detained by the Ukrainian troops and transferred to the Ukrainian state security officers .
After a thorough investigation , it became known that the detained man is a citizen of the Russian Federation who came from the city of Rostov-on-Don to the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine ’ s Donetsk Oblast , looking for a job .
As he failed to find employment and had no place to reside in , the so-called “ law enforcement agencies ” of the occupation administration detained him several times .
Finally , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the man decided to cross into the territory controlled by the government of Ukraine .
According to the man ’ s own admission , he is a mentally ill person .
It is obvious that the occupiers ’ regime decided to use a mentally ill person to achieve their criminal goals .
Thus , instead of directing him to cross the contact line via any of points of controlled entry and exist , they moved the man to the front line and dressed him in an old military-style jacket , which made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ armed militias to those who saw him from a distance .
After this , the occupiers simply pushed the wretched man out of a trench and directed him toward the Ukrainian positions .
The adversary ’ s goal was simple and inhuman : to provoke the Ukrainian defenders to open fire , and then to blame the Joint Operation Forces ’ units of deliberate murder of a civilian and a Russian Federation citizen .
We would like to remind our reader that the Ukrainian units do not use their weapons unless the lives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Translated by George Pinchuk Distribution and reprint with reference to the source is welcome !
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The Ukrainian Joint Forces Operation Headquarters inform the world that the armed units of the Russian Federation, in their effort to discredit the Ukrainian defenders, resort to open violations of the international humanitarian law and consciously exposing civilians to risk of lethal fire.
Thus, on March 15, 2020, a civilian man wearing a military-style jacket approached the positions of one of the Ukrainian army brigades, walking from the adversary’s side. As the man was moving between the two opposing positions, he was monitored by several individuals located at the position of the Russian Federation armed units. The man was detained by the Ukrainian troops and transferred to the Ukrainian state security officers.
After a thorough investigation, it became known that the detained man is a citizen of the Russian Federation who came from the city of Rostov-on-Don to the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, looking for a job. As he failed to find employment and had no place to reside in, the so-called “law enforcement agencies” of the occupation administration detained him several times. Finally, after getting “the last warning”, the man decided to cross into the territory controlled by the government of Ukraine. According to the man’s own admission, he is a mentally ill person.
It is obvious that the occupiers’ regime decided to use a mentally ill person to achieve their criminal goals. Thus, instead of directing him to cross the contact line via any of points of controlled entry and exist, they moved the man to the front line and dressed him in an old military-style jacket, which made him look like a member of the armed militias to those who saw him from a distance. After this, the occupiers simply pushed the wretched man out of a trench and directed him toward the Ukrainian positions.
The adversary’s goal was simple and inhuman: to provoke the Ukrainian defenders to open fire, and then to blame the Joint Operation Forces’ units of deliberate murder of a civilian and a Russian Federation citizen.
We would like to remind our reader that the Ukrainian units do not use their weapons unless the lives and health of our troops are threatened.
Ukrainian Joint Forces Operation headquarters, March 16, 2020
Translated by George Pinchuk Distribution and reprint with reference to the source is welcome! (Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0)
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