Indirect evidence of the presence of Russian paratroopers in Ukraine has been published

Photographs appeared on the Internet allegedly taken in the Lutuginsky district of the Luhansk region, which captured the landing armored vehicle captured by the Ukrainian military (as states BMD-2) and documents that are related to the 234th Guards A landing regiment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, based in Pskov.

Photos and related information were published on Facebook by Ukrainian journalists Leonid Shvets and Roman Bochkala . They argue that in the area of ​​the village of Georgievka near Lutugino, the Ukrainian military entered the battle with the Russian military.

“In the Lutugino area, ours captured BMD-2, on-board number 275, from the 1st parachute-long company of military unit 74268, the Pskov airborne division, the compartment of Art. Lieutenant Popov. The car has all the documentation: a magazine of outfits, evening verification, a magazine of dismissal. Russian Sukhpai release of March this year. The crew ... Well, let's say, lost on the way, ”Shvets wrote.

Later, Bochkala posted photographs in which the armored personnel carrier is visible, as well as the documents of the unit: a statement of fixing weapons for personnel, credit cards in the name of Ilya Maksimov, a passport in the name of Nikolai Krygin, a platoon commander named Popov. Also in the photograph personal items-including landing, packaging of Rollton’s noodles and an optical sight for the AK-74M Tulip, which is mentioned in the weapon statement.

According to Bochkala, the capture of the equipment was carried out by fighters of the 24th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Storm special forces.

The profiles of some Pskov paratroopers mentioned in the documents are indeed in the social network “Vkonakt”, for example, the pages of Nikita Surnachev ( copy ), Ilya Maximov ( copy ), Nikolai Krygin ( copy ).

“Doubts causes that they posted a photo of the BMD-2, machine gun, books of attending classes, statements of fixing weapons, but there are no photographs of fighters. Rollton is not part of Sukhpaik. The sign on the machine gun with the name of the fighter is also embarrassed. Usually only records are made in the statement of consolidation of the weapon. Blue berets are also suspicious. The bank card in the photo is one overdue, ”Military Expert Vasily Sychev commented on Slon published materials.

In the Russian Ministry of Defense, information about the presence of the Russian military in Ukraine was also categorically refuted once again.

“It is likely that the next“ indisputable fact ”will be the Kalashnikov’s machine or F-1 assault rifle with detailed personal diaries of supposedly Russian soldiers,” the representative of the Ministry of Igor Konashenkov, who was captured during the “fierce battles”, will be the “ fierce battles”.

Earlier, the Russian authorities have repeatedly denied the participation of the RF Armed Forces in an armed conflict in Ukraine. In particular, Vladimir Putin stated that in the southeast of Ukraine there are no "neither Russian military personnel nor military instructors."

At the same time, it is known that in the leadership of the so -called "People’s Militia of Donbass" there is a significant number of former Russian military. So, for example, the Armed Forces of the rebels until mid-August 2014 was led by Muscovite Igor Girkin (Strelkov), and another citizen of the Russian Federation Alexander Borodai was the Prime Minister of the Donetsk People’s Republic. Power issues in the Government of the DPR are supervised by Russian citizen Vladimir Antiefeyev, who previously headed the Ministry of State Security in Transnistria.