Russia is a source of military mercenaries

What has happened to modern Russia. In this country the socioeconomic conditions for most of its citizens are low and that's why a number of Russian men are ready to sacrifice their lives for the sake of a little money.They came under the influence of Russian media propaganda and then enrolled as militia troops because it seems to them they can make easy money acting as "peacemakers" in Eastern Ukraine and somewhere in the mythological territory of Islamic state.

    The most sanctioned countries!Interesting and it's important to understand why it is going like that.

These days there is a lot of discussion across the internet about increasing numbers of "fascists" or "Nazis" in Ukraine. Where is this misinformation coming from? Which pro-Russian bots dreamed up such bullshit? It's the trivial trolling of people with little culture. In fact, the Russian radicals have swallowed this line hook and sinker and are now fighting in Ukraine for the so-called (and completely unrecognized) Luhansk and  Donetsk People's Republics. These radical ideas are quite typical of people from Russia and they run the full spectrum: Nazis and Trotskyists, and National-Bolsheviks. This information can readily be found on the internet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Fascism:_Traditions,_Tendencies,_Movements

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Will_of_a_Russian_fascist

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashist

http://antifashist.com/

https://vk.com/antifashistcom

A year of Putin's arm traffic

Oleksandr Argat (Kyiv, Ukraine)

We are observing a second year of hybrid war waged by Russia in Ukraine. Gradualness is one of the key features of this type of war. Rates are rising gradually. Some time is given to the other side to get used to that previous shocking reality. And all this is accompanied by total lies and denials. The Internet bots from Olgino (a district in St Petersburg where the offices where such bots work are located) are trapping  people into believing (with any kind of evidence) there is no Russian army in Eastern Ukraine. But sufficient data has been already collected, which tells us that the Russian Federation is involved in war against Ukraine. And the puppet states like the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) are absolutely useless and have zero ability in the military sphere without the direct coordination and regular support of the Russian Federation.By the way Russians who specialize in internet forums fully recognize and discuss some practical aspects "of the Northern Wind" - this is another name for Putin's military trade or supply of weapons systems for «miners and tractor drivers". Then they can cheat more and more western politicians because the western world cheats itself regarding questioning the Russian Federation over the Pro-Russian separatists' "basic stockpile" consisting of salvage. But Russians could not resist the temptation to provide its own "Sauron's army of orcs" from examples which are produced or taken into service after the Soviet collapse and even theoretically could not be used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The AS "Val" or "Shaft" is a Soviet-designed assault rifle featuring an integrated suppressor

"Val" came into service as arms of special units of the USSR in the late 80's. However, in Ukraine this kind of weapon never arrived. So frankly speaking this is not a Soviet but Russian weapon only. You don't find it anywhere in the territory of Ukraine. Ukrainian soldiers from the zone of conflict are not equipped with this silent machine that shoots the special ammunition. And it is not produced in Ukraine generally.

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VSS Vintorez

The VSS (Russian "Special Sniper Rifle"), also called the Vintorez ("thread cutter")

Here we have the same situation as the abovementioned weapon. Although a small number of the rifles is in Kyiv's special unit of the Security Service of Ukraine. There are also some photo proofs of such kind of weapons in Eastern Ukraine. However, Ukraine has very few examples of this weapon.

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Dragunov sniper rifle

Despite the fact that in this photo behind the young man is the already mentioned VSS, most importantly, in his hands is a modernized SVD, as indicated by a fire extinguisher and complex butt of the rifle. Most likely the Russian army was equipped with SVDSM in 2015.

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The Russian Large Caliber Sniper Rifle

This is a 12.7 mm sniper rifle, which was produced only in 2004 and adopted by the army only in 2013. In addition to this picture, there is plenty of other photographic evidence of deliveries of Russian weapons to terrorist troops in Donbass. The main function of this weapon is shooting an armored vehicles.

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Pecheneg machine gun

Is a 7.62 mm machine gun, which Russians began to mass-produce in 1999. It was made on the basis of the PKM, but the picture clearly shows a typical butt and trunk. In this picture you can see the newly acquired Pecheneg being carried by rebel leader Motorola. Photo dated April 2015.

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Kord machine gun

This is a 12.7 mm machine gun on light-weight machine, which was a trend in equipment in recent years. This machine gun was adopted by the Russians armed forces in 1997, but mass production started in 2001. There is a lot of photo evidence of the presence of militants with guns of this type on infantry machines. Pro-Russian separatists commented on the availability of the new guns somewhere in social networks "Before the upcoming battles we spend every day training and re-training. We acquired some new types of weapons. They fire a heap, and the impact is weaker. Our boys love them. Thank you good people for this piece of iron".

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GP-34 grenade launcher

A 40 mm grenade launcher, which was produced in Russia in 2009. It is visually different from the earlier Soviet model GP-25 due to the presence of a backsight to the right. This example Ak-74M with GP-34 was taken from the Russian sabotage-reconnaissance group as a trophy in May 2015 in the area of Novotroitsk.

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 Shot to TBG-7v "Tannin

Thermobaric shot for the shoulder-launcher was constructed by Russian army designers in 1997.

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RPG-7 OG-7V

Fragmentation shot for shoulder-launcher was constructed by Russian army designers in 1999. You can view the video which shows Russian warriors using this weapon. Soldiers of Ukrainian 8^th regiment won such charges as trophies.

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Grenade RShG-1

Reactive assault grenade that Russians put into service in 2000.

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GAZ-3937 Vodnik AAV

Armored vehicle, which Russians put into service in 2005.

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  BPM-97 Vistrel

Light-armored vehicle KAMAZ 43269.  The first batch of them Russian army purchased in 2008.

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KAMAZ-4350 «Mustang»

4x4 truck that was adopted in Russia in 2002.

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BTR-82A

Modernization of BTR-80, which the Russians put into service only two years ago - in 2013. Russian journalists showed a burned armored personnel carrier near Novosvitlivka.

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T-72BA Tank

Modernization of the Soviet T-72 developed in 1998 and put into service in 2000.

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 Т72B3 Tank

The newest upgrade of the T-72 tank, which the Russians put into service only in 2013. Gained as a trophy of the Ukrainian army forces near Ilovaisk.

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BM-21 Grad

Modification of the Grad MLRS on KAMAZ chassis. First demonstrated in 2011.

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SA-22 Greyhound

Anti-aircraft gun missile system, which was adopted only in 2012

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SAM «Tor-M2»

Anti-aircraft missile system adopted in Russia in 2008.

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 UAV «Zastava»

Russian localization of the Israeli drone. Production started in 2013 in Izhevsk.

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UAV «Forpost»

Similarly, an Israeli drone localization from Izhevsk. The irony is that the shown trophy features in the presentation of the company.

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 CBR «Aistenok»

Counter battery radar, which was first demonstrated in Russia in 2008.

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Reserves of Russia's arsenals were enough to ensure its satellites by Soviet era arms and equipment only. But they keep on supplying newest arms developments. Possible explanation – Russians used Donbass as a testing ground. Collected photographic evidence is only the tip of the iceberg. Occupants in Ukraine test the latest equipment in radio intelligence, electronic warfare, communications and troop control systems.

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