Posted on 09/17/2014 4:33:03 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Relatives of Russian soldiers involved in the fighting in the east of Ukraine, continue to search for the dead and missing soldiers and officers. Meanwhile, in Ukraine itself unfolds a broad campaign to provide information support to parents of Russian military.
Twenty-six-Corporal Andrew Dokuchaev contractor assigned to the reconnaissance regiment of 331, based in Kostroma. The mother of a Russian military Olga Bazakina claims that on August 18, her son with a company was suddenly sent to the so-called business trip to the border with the Tambov region. August 20 Andrew left a note on his page on the social network "Schoolmates" and then link to it broke. It has been almost a month Olga Bazakina looking son. They signed a contract, so no they do not owe anything
- We have spread it pictures of Ukrainian Internet resources - says Bazakina. - Thereafter, daughter in law, began to threaten. She quickly removed. And I went to the prosecutor's office in Kostroma, where I was given the phone number of the Rostov headquarters, which did not got through, and then ring up hospitals in Rostov and Eyske. But they said that my son was among the wounded did not appear. In most of the military unit with us did not even explained, and daughter in law were just told that they have signed a contract, so no they do not owe anything.
But Olga Bazakina sure that her son Andrew is still in Eastern Ukraine. As evidence leads a video posted online, "Classmates", which chronicled her brother-son Sergei. Shortly before that, Sergei and six Russian soldiers were exchanged for Ukrainian soldiers. They are all colleagues Andrew Dokuchaev. Olga Bazakina not exclude the possibility that her son might be among the prisoners.
The fate of another soldier, Nikita Savvina not so complicated. In May, after the signing of the contract with the two-hundredth separate motorized rifle brigade of special purpose, based on the Kola Peninsula in the village Loustari, he was sent to the so-called "survival school" in the suburban Patino. Here he was asked to sign another contract for continued service in the Rostov region, says the wife of Nikita Savvina - Elizabeth.
According to her, the terms of the so-called contract involves sending unit in Rostov at his own expense. When this command often insisted on the voluntary status of servicemen. August 28 Nikita Sawin arrived in Rostov. Here, transfers the contents of the subsequent telephone conversation with her husband, Elizabeth, dressed in their uniforms with no markings.
- Nikita told me that all of them dressed as militia and made it clear that in Ukraine they will be like the militia, - continues the story of Elizabeth Savina. - Allegedly in Ukraine there is no contractor from Russia, and if you will be killed, the will be killed as militias. So they declared command, stressing that if the Donbas and you can meet people in the form of Russian paratroopers, it provocateurs from the Ukrainian side.
For several days, Elizabeth insisted that her husband broke the contract with the military unit and returned home. But he referred to the command, promising soon to start paying for the "battle", superannuation and believes Russian military compensation. Furthermore, any and all guaranteed benefits in the event of injury or death in the course of hostilities.
In the end, Nikita Savin did not submit a letter of resignation and is still in the Rostov region. But Elizabeth did not lose hope to regain her husband's home.
Meanwhile, from her words can be understood that the Kremlin leadership does not abandon the intention to continue military raid in eastern Ukraine. This means that the load of grief-200 will continue to invest in Russia's house. Oddly enough, this circumstance is concerned, only a small handful of people in Russia itself. Exhibit a much greater concern public organizations of Ukraine. A few days ago as part of the anti-war-Ukrainian project "Informnapalm" earned online resource "Cornflower".
His moderator Roman Burco says "Cornflower" arose after Russia began a campaign to search for soldiers who were sent to the Russian authorities Donbass, but not in a hurry to recognize that their own.
- Refusal to acknowledge the problem has become for us in Ukraine totally unexpected. Authorities hide not only information, but also hack accounts of dead soldiers, forcing them to close relatives of the page in social networks. This for us was a completely new challenge in the information war. All the information we extract from public sources, the same social networks or news years, where there are one or two confirmed deaths or disappearances. In addition, we are cooperating with law enforcement bodies of Ukraine. Of course, we can not guarantee comprehensive information, but every time we received information by verifying multiple sources. There are people missing, which is automatically enrolled in the dead, and vice versa. And we show profiles of people on the site, binding on geolocation, places where people have been lost, and so on. There's no bias, we operate quite openly - says moderator-Ukrainian Internet portal "Informnapalm" Roman Burco.
In the meantime, despite the efforts of Russian and Ukrainian volunteers, the Kremlin leadership, the Russian Defense Ministry and the official media do not recognize the lost soldiers in the east of Ukraine servicemen of the Russian army.
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