Russian Advocacy Group Publishes Names of 52 Russian Soldiers Killed and 20 MIA During War in the Ukraine

New List of Russian Soldiers Killed in Ukraine: 52 Killed, 20 Missing.

censor.net

September 18, 2014

On the morning of September 17, a consolidated group of the 21th separate mechanized infantry brigade of the 12128 military unit came under artillery fire near Debaltseve. About 20 Russian soldiers were killed and 40 wounded.

It is reported by Elena Vasilieva, the coordinator of the Cargo-200 from Ukraine to Russia and a Russian human rights activist, on her website, Censor.NET reports. She published a long list of 52 killed and 20 missing Russian soldiers, whose fate the organization the Cargo-200 from Ukraine to Russia is going to investigate. 

The 12128 military unit is located in the village of Totskoe-4 in the Orenburg region. The 21 separate mechanized infantry brigade, formed on the basis of the 506 mechanized infantry regiment of the 27 mechanized infantry d ivision.

“What actually happened? Early morning a convoy of ammunition (the 4th mechanized infantry company and the 2nd platoon of supplies and a maintenance company) were heading to a specified point. Suddenly they were attacked by salvo strikes. They destroyed the whole convoy, including 4 Ural trucks. More than 20 people were blown up and many other were wounded. Please note that Debaltseve is far enough from Rostov and on the territory of Ukraine,” Vasilieva said.

“In Debaltseve, it is not the first time that the militants are shelling Russian servicemen with the artillery. Of course, you can think of the losses as errors in calculation, but it the empty steppe. Over the last a few days the militants-terrorists have violated a ceasefire more than 40 times. They shot Russian columns point-blank, while asking for assistance from the Russian government in defining the status of their bandit republic.

And, again the Defense Ministry will antedate servicemen’s (including conscripts) dismissals, making the servicemen into “volunteers” for whom not bear any responsibility? Again, dozens families of the military will lose their survivors’ benefits? And how many times has this happened already? How long can you deceive your own army? How long can you deceive mothers who believed the state and sent their sons to the army?” the human rights activists writes.