InformNapalm sleuths have discovered the identities of Russian marines from the Murmansk area and soldiers from a military unit stationed in Chechnya who had taken part in Russia’s hostilities against Ukraine in the Donbas region. Although Chechnya is some 700 kilometers away southeast of Ukraine’s Donbas, while Murmansk lies 2,200 km northwards, the distance wasn’t a problem for Russia to deploy elements of its remote military units against Ukraine in 2014.
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A Russian flag flies near Russia-backed separatists sitting atop a 2S1 Gvozdika (122-mm self-propelled howitzer) as a convoy of Russian-hybrid forces takes a break as they move from the frontline near the eastern Ukrainian city of Starobeshevo in Donetsk region, on Feb. 25, 2015.
