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Report Names Birthplaces of Russian Soldiers 'Killed in Ukraine'

• The Moscow Times
• Jan. 07 2015 15:09
• Last edited 15:09

Maxim Shemetov / ReutersA pro-Russian rebel re-adjusts his AK machine gun outside of the town of Panteleimonovka, northeast of Donetsk.


Activist website Open Russia has published a map detailing the birthplaces of all Russian soldiers believed to have died fighting in Ukraine in 2014, with the largest group reported to have come from Moscow.

The report is based on a list of names released in November by the Gruz-200 group, a pro-Ukrainian grassroots organization that used publicly available information to determine the number and identities of 227 men believed to have died fighting in Ukraine in 2014.

The information relies on media reports and interviews with relatives of the deceased. Open Russia issued a disclaimer saying there was no way to verify whether all information obtained from Gruz-200 was accurate, but that Open Russia had conducted its own checks of the information offered.

Information on the deaths of Russian soldiers believed to have died in Ukraine has come largely from activists and opposition-minded journalists, while Russia's Defense Ministry has maintained that no Russian soldiers were sent to Ukraine.

Many journalists and Western leaders have maintained that there is ample evidence of Russia's direct involvement in the conflict.

The report published by Open Russia on Tuesday claimed that 15 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine last year came from Moscow, 10 from recently annexed Crimea, 11 from the restive North Caucasus republic of Dagestan and nine from St. Petersburg.

Another nine were said to have come from the Rostov region, which is close to the border with Ukraine. The southern Krasnodar region just east of Crimea reportedly lost nine soldiers.

Chechnya also appeared on the list, with seven Russian troops reported to have died in Ukraine last year having come from the predominantly Muslim republic, the leader of which has expressed support for the separatists in eastern Ukraine.

In a separate report, Open Russia is compiling detailed information on each of the soldiers reported to have died in the line of duty. A statement on the website says all of the information has been verified as best as it can be.

"In each case, we search for confirmation, try to determine the time and location of death and the most trustworthy sources," the statement said.

An initiative among activists and journalists to prove that Russian soldiers were sent to Ukraine kicked into high gear in mid-November, when 12 Russian paratroopers were buried in the Pskov region, their cause of death unknown.

Speculation ran rampant that the men had died fighting alongside separatists in eastern Ukraine, although Russia's Defense Ministry denied this and refused to disclose information on their cause of death.

The soldiers' grave markers were removed after journalists began asking questions, and an attack on several journalists who went to Pskov to research the soldiers' deaths fueled further speculation of a cover-up.

See also:

Putin Downplays Reports of Russian Soldiers Captured in Ukraine

Attacked Lawmaker Releases Purported Dialogues of Russian Soldiers in Ukraine

Moscow Times is a Finnish newspaper. No proof.

 

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Moscow Times is a Finnish newspaper. No proof.

Moscow, Finland ? What's the postal code for that ?

 

[Superboy]

Moscow, Finland ? What's the postal code for that ?

The Moscow Times - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Anyway it is anti Russia media because owners are Finnish. KyivPost uses Moscow Times.

 

[boomslang]

So they lie ?

 

[Superboy]

So they lie ?

Quite often. All media lie to promote official government line.

 

[boomslang]

Quite often. All media lie to promote official government line.

2014–15 Russian military intervention in Ukraine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2014–15 Russian military intervention in Ukraine
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In late February 2014, Russia began to send troops and military equipment into Ukraine (beginning with the appearance of "little green men") in what has been termed a stealth invasion,[57][58][59] following the February 2014 Ukrainian revolution and Euromaidan movement, including the contentious ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych.[60][61][62][63] Starting with the 2014 Crimean crisis, soldiers of ambiguous affiliation began to take control of strategic positions and infrastructure within the Ukrainian territory of Crimea, which Russia then annexed.[64][65] Russian journalists often used the phrase "polite men". Describing them as Russian troops in the Russian media was not done, and dangerous.[66] London-based military experts and the US State Department said the soldiers were likely Russian special forces (possibly including Spetsnaz commandos) and airborne units.[67][68] Putin initially dismissed awkward questions about the presence of Russian troops but then admitted in April that Russian troops had been active in Crimea and said this had laid the ground for the Crimean status referendum.[9][65][69][70]

After the annexation of Crimea, demonstrations by pro-Russian and anti-government groups, which were taking place in the Donbass area of Ukraine since early March, escalated by mid-April into an armed conflict between the separatist forces of the self-declared Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR respectively) and the Ukrainian government. As this armed insurgency spread across the Donbass, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over the conflict zone on 17 July near Torez in Donetsk Oblast. Evidence from open sources indicated that separatists in Ukraine were in control of a Russian-supplied Buk missile launcher on 17 July and transported it from Donetsk to Snizhne.[71] In August, Russian military vehicles have openly crossed the border in several locations of Donetsk Oblast (including Mariupol), massing over 40,000 army units near the Ukrainian border.[72][73][74][75][76][77][78]

Russia denied allegations of its involvement in eastern Ukraine[79][80] whilst Russian soldiers captured in Ukraine,[81] comments made by rebel leaders such as Zakharchenko,[82][83] and statements such as that of the head of the Russian Union of Committees of Soldiers' Mothers, Valentina Melnikova indicated that Russian service personnel were fighting in Ukraine.[84][85] In August Russia sent dozens of white lorries, green army trucks painted white, into eastern Ukraine, without inspection by Ukraine.[86] The trucks were “almost empty” the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg reported, and the action has been characterized as one of diversion, a distraction, so that at other points equipment and personnel came into Ukraine.[65][87]

In the aftermath of heavy defeat of Ukrainian forces in early September, it was evident Russia had sent soldiers and armour across the border, with locals acknowledging the role of Putin,[88] and Russian soldiers, in effecting a reversal of fortunes.[89] Regular Russian soldiers then quickly disappeared from view.[76]

The representatives of Ukraine, Russia and the rebel leaders signed the Minsk Protocol, a twelve-point agreement that implemented a ceasefire.[90] On 10 September, Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko said most of the Russian forces had withdrawn from Ukrainian territory, and that this heightened the chances for a lasting cease-fire in the southeast.[91] On 13 September it was reported Russia had sent a convoy of aid into eastern Ukraine without inspection by Ukraine, stating this convoy was part of the ceasefire agreement.[92] NATO said Russian forces were still operating in Ukraine in unknown numbers, repositioning to bring great pressure on Mariupol.[93]

In November 2014 the Ukrainian military reported "intensive" movement of troops and equipment from Russia into the separatist controlled parts of eastern Ukraine.[94] The Associated Press reported 80 unmarked military vehicles on the move in rebel-controlled areas.[95] An OSCE Special Monitoring Mission observed convoys of heavy weapons and tanks in DPR-controlled territory without insignia.[96] According to an independent assessment provided to The Daily Beast, there were as many as 7,000 Russian troops inside Ukraine in early November 2014, with between 40,000 and 50,000 at the country’s eastern border.[97] OSCE monitors further observed vehicles apparently used to transport soldiers' bodies crossing the Russian-Ukrainian border on Ukraine on 11 November 2014.[98]

Several members of the international community and organizations such as Amnesty International have criticized Russia for its actions in post-revolutionary Ukraine, and condemned Russia, accusing it of breaking international law and violating Ukrainian sovereignty. Ukrainian and western military officials described Russian incursions as a "stealth invasion",[60] and many countries implemented economic sanctions against Russia or Russian individuals or companies, to which Russia responded in kind. The Kremlin has tried to systematically intimidate and silence human rights workers who have raised questions about Russian soldiers' deaths in the conflict.[99] According to soldiers’ rights advocates the families of Russian soldiers killed, having been sent to Ukraine, have been told to keep silent, and some families say they have not received the various compensations they are entitled to after a breadwinner in military service has been killed.[100]

 

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2014–15 Russian military intervention in Ukraine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2014–15 Russian military intervention in Ukraine
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In late February 2014, Russia began to send troops and military equipment into Ukraine (beginning with the appearance of "little green men") in what has been termed a stealth invasion,[57][58][59] following the February 2014 Ukrainian revolution and Euromaidan movement, including the contentious ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych.[60][61][62][63] Starting with the 2014 Crimean crisis, soldiers of ambiguous affiliation began to take control of strategic positions and infrastructure within the Ukrainian territory of Crimea, which Russia then annexed.[64][65] Russian journalists often used the phrase "polite men". Describing them as Russian troops in the Russian media was not done, and dangerous.[66] London-based military experts and the US State Department said the soldiers were likely Russian special forces (possibly including Spetsnaz commandos) and airborne units.[67][68] Putin initially dismissed awkward questions about the presence of Russian troops but then admitted in April that Russian troops had been active in Crimea and said this had laid the ground for the Crimean status referendum.[9][65][69][70]

After the annexation of Crimea, demonstrations by pro-Russian and anti-government groups, which were taking place in the Donbass area of Ukraine since early March, escalated by mid-April into an armed conflict between the separatist forces of the self-declared Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR respectively) and the Ukrainian government. As this armed insurgency spread across the Donbass, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over the conflict zone on 17 July near Torez in Donetsk Oblast. Evidence from open sources indicated that separatists in Ukraine were in control of a Russian-supplied Buk missile launcher on 17 July and transported it from Donetsk to Snizhne.[71] In August, Russian military vehicles have openly crossed the border in several locations of Donetsk Oblast (including Mariupol), massing over 40,000 army units near the Ukrainian border.[72][73][74][75][76][77][78]

Russia denied allegations of its involvement in eastern Ukraine[79][80] whilst Russian soldiers captured in Ukraine,[81] comments made by rebel leaders such as Zakharchenko,[82][83] and statements such as that of the head of the Russian Union of Committees of Soldiers' Mothers, Valentina Melnikova indicated that Russian service personnel were fighting in Ukraine.[84][85] In August Russia sent dozens of white lorries, green army trucks painted white, into eastern Ukraine, without inspection by Ukraine.[86] The trucks were “almost empty” the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg reported, and the action has been characterized as one of diversion, a distraction, so that at other points equipment and personnel came into Ukraine.[65][87]

In the aftermath of heavy defeat of Ukrainian forces in early September, it was evident Russia had sent soldiers and armour across the border, with locals acknowledging the role of Putin,[88] and Russian soldiers, in effecting a reversal of fortunes.[89] Regular Russian soldiers then quickly disappeared from view.[76]

The representatives of Ukraine, Russia and the rebel leaders signed the Minsk Protocol, a twelve-point agreement that implemented a ceasefire.[90] On 10 September, Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko said most of the Russian forces had withdrawn from Ukrainian territory, and that this heightened the chances for a lasting cease-fire in the southeast.[91] On 13 September it was reported Russia had sent a convoy of aid into eastern Ukraine without inspection by Ukraine, stating this convoy was part of the ceasefire agreement.[92] NATO said Russian forces were still operating in Ukraine in unknown numbers, repositioning to bring great pressure on Mariupol.[93]

In November 2014 the Ukrainian military reported "intensive" movement of troops and equipment from Russia into the separatist controlled parts of eastern Ukraine.[94] The Associated Press reported 80 unmarked military vehicles on the move in rebel-controlled areas.[95] An OSCE Special Monitoring Mission observed convoys of heavy weapons and tanks in DPR-controlled territory without insignia.[96] According to an independent assessment provided to The Daily Beast, there were as many as 7,000 Russian troops inside Ukraine in early November 2014, with between 40,000 and 50,000 at the country’s eastern border.[97] OSCE monitors further observed vehicles apparently used to transport soldiers' bodies crossing the Russian-Ukrainian border on Ukraine on 11 November 2014.[98]

Several members of the international community and organizations such as Amnesty International have criticized Russia for its actions in post-revolutionary Ukraine, and condemned Russia, accusing it of breaking international law and violating Ukrainian sovereignty. Ukrainian and western military officials described Russian incursions as a "stealth invasion",[60] and many countries implemented economic sanctions against Russia or Russian individuals or companies, to which Russia responded in kind. The Kremlin has tried to systematically intimidate and silence human rights workers who have raised questions about Russian soldiers' deaths in the conflict.[99] According to soldiers’ rights advocates the families of Russian soldiers killed, having been sent to Ukraine, have been told to keep silent, and some families say they have not received the various compensations they are entitled to after a breadwinner in military service has been killed.[100]

Russian troops occupied and annexed Crimea with 0 losses. No Russian troops in Donbas.

 

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Russian troops occupied and annexed Crimea with 0 losses. No Russian troops in Donbas.

Read over what you just posted. Can you see how dumb it sounds ? Like something North Korea would claim.

 

[Superboy]

Read over what you just posted. Can you see how dumb it sounds ? Like something North Korea would claim.

North Korea best country in the world.

 

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North Korea best country in the world.

Exactly.

 

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No Russia peaceful Nation

 

[Schutz]

It is quite funny how Putin still denies there is Russian troops there, the HQ of Novorossiya military is on the border with Russia and has a population which is over 90% Russian. Just as bad as America, but atleast the Americans dont deny these things.

 

[Superboy]

It is quite funny how Putin still denies there is Russian troops there, the HQ of Novorossiya military is on the border with Russia and has a population which is over 90% Russian. Just as bad as America, but atleast the Americans dont deny these things.

The people of New Russia are Russians because they speak Russian and are Russian orthodox. Can you imagine the US leaving Canada behind if China invades Canada?