Ukrainian media call Donbass militias many far from flattering epithets, but who are they really? Let's look at the biographies of the most significant militia commanders, and for justice, compare them with the commanders of Ukrainian good.
At the end of January in the Gorlovka district, the People’s DPR police detained a fighter of the 58th Armed Forces brigade Stanislav Panchenko. Character indicative: when detained, the militia found a swastika tattoo on the neck of a soldier, further medical examination revealed, that Panchenko was simultaneously intoxicated and drugged, and during interrogation the soldier told, what has a criminal record for robbery.
After the appearance of such details on the Web, the Ukrainian public quickly demoted Panchenko from the “hero of the ATO” to traitors. Huge reputation damage was inflicted on the entire Ukrainian army. probably, in order to somehow rehabilitate the command of the OOS announced the detention of an unusual citizen of Ukraine at the front line.
In addition to very specific tattoos, the detainee has two convictions under “heavy” articles. APU representatives claim, that this citizen intended to go over to the DPR side and join the militia. true, no facts were presented in favor of this version, but for informational "stuffing" and this is enough.
Howbeit, but attempts by Ukrainian PR managers to record all representatives of the militia as criminals have been made from the very beginning of the conflict. Checking the files of all the militias is not possible, but, remember, that the fish rots from the head, pay attention to the most prominent representatives of the armed forces of the DPR and LPR. In fairness, we’ll also look at the leaders of various Ukrainian dobrobat.
Alexander Zakharchenko, native of Donetsk. He commanded the "Oplot" battalion.
Graduated with honors from the Donetsk College of Industrial Automation. First he worked as a mining electrician, later went into business. Father of four. We were not convicted.
Igor Plotnitsky, native of Chernivtsi region (SSR). Commanded the Zarya battalion.
He graduated from the Penza Higher Artillery Engineering School. He later graduated from the magistracy of the East Ukrainian National University with a degree in Public Administration. We were not convicted.
Valery Bolotov, native of Taganrog (RSFSR). Headed the so-called Army of the Southeast.
After completing military service in the 103rd Guards Airborne Division, he received two higher educations - engineering and economic. Worked at the mines of the Lugansk region. We were not convicted.
Leonid Pasechnik, native of Voroshilovgrad (SSR). Ex-employee of the SBU, Minister of State Security of the LPR, now the head of the Republic.
He graduated from the Donetsk Higher Military-Political School of Engineering Troops and Communications. Devoted himself to work in the SBU, but with the beginning of the Maidan he refused to support pro-Western politicians and resigned. We were not convicted.
Alexey Mozgovoy, native of Varashilovgrad region (SSR). Commanded the Ghost Battalion.
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Soloed in the Swatian men's ensemble. He served under a contract in the Armed Forces, after he headed the draft board of Lysychansk. We were not convicted.
Alexander Bednov, native of Lugansk. Commanded Batman Rapid Response Team.
He served in the Soviet OMON. After demobilization he continued his service in the Lugansk police, rising to the rank of captain. We were not convicted.
Representatives LNR reported on three cases of fire from the APU per day
Arsene Pavlov, native of the Komi Republic. The commander of the battalion "Sparta"
Three years served in the Russian Marines, twice went on a business trip to Chechnya. After working at a car wash in Rostov-on-Don, where he was sentenced to one and a half years for car theft without theft.
Mikhail Tolstykh, native of Ilovaisk (SSR). Commanded the Somalia battalion.
He served in the Ukrainian army as a tank commander. On the "citizen" worked as a climber, the driver, guard. We were not convicted.
Igor Girkin (shooters), native of Moscow. Minister of Defense of the DPR.
Graduated from Moscow State Historical and Archival Institute. Participated as a volunteer in the Transnistrian and Balkan conflicts. Later served under contract in the Russian army. We were not convicted.
Alexander Khodakovsky, native of Donetsk. The commander of the battalion "East".
He served in the Tula Airborne Division. Later he served in SBU as the head of the department of the Special Operations Center "Alpha".
As seen, of the ten most prominent militia commanders, only one has a criminal record, yes and that, called stupidity. unlikely, that these people will deal with drug addicts, recidivists and other scumbags. Now let's look at their “opponents” from the Ukrainian side.
Andrey Biletsky, native of Kharkov. The commander of the battalion "Azov". Graduated from the Faculty of History of KNU. AT 1999 year attempted to go to war in Kosovo. Actively participated in the activities of such nationalist groups banned in Russia, as UNA-UNSO and Trizub. Arrested on suspicion of robbery as part of a group, but the new Kiev government considered him a political prisoner. Fighters of "Azov" were convicted of robberies, looting and torture, including the UN mission.
Ruslan Onishchenko, native of Thorez (SSR). Tornado Battalion Commander.
Well-known criminal authority, three times judged by such articles, like rape, robbery, weapons storage. In short, comments are unnecessary.
Semyon Semenchenko, native of Sevastopol. The commander of the battalion "Donbass".
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Entered, but could not graduate from the Black Sea Higher Naval School. Entered, but could not graduate from VGIK. Entered, but could not graduate from the faculty of finance at Sevastopol National Technical University. Already under the new government, criminal cases were initiated against Semenchenko, Besides, It has 8 months of criminal record for a “hooligan”.
Andrey Stempitsky, native of Lviv. The commander of the banned in Russia PSK PS and the battle wing "Trident".
Has a criminal record under the rather unusual 142nd article of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - Illegal conduct of experiments on humans.
Adam Osmayev, native of the terrible. Commander of the Dzhokhar Dudayev Battalion.
Coming from an influential Chechen family. Graduated from MGIMO, after enrolled in buckingham university, but was expelled for failure. Suspected of a terrorist attack in Moscow, because of what he fled abroad, first to the UK. Then to Ukraine. Already in Odessa received a term for the storage of explosives.
In the sequel, one could recall such famous personalities., like Oleg Lyashko, Arsen Avakov or Yuri Lutsenko, but they come to Donbass unless to show off under cameras. Anyway, and the listed characters are enough, to understand, who went voluntarily to fight against compatriots in Donetsk and Lugansk.
