Projectile event in Shaktars'k area, Ukraine on Sun 27th July 2014

27th July 2014

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GeoConfirmed conflictmap UKR.

27 SEP 2014.

An artillery unit, reportedly belonging to the "Oplot battalion" (Claimed to be separatists) firing in east north-eastern direction.

The Oplot Battalion became a brigade in September 2014 and was in 2023 integrated in the Russian army.

It is now 5th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade named after A.V. Zakharchenko and also listed in the Open Sanctions list.

48.049383, 38.484859

8GWW2FXM+QW Shakhtars'k, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

GeoLocated by @Montrey82631182

Reported involved units:

5th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade ▸ 51st Guards Combined Arms Army ▸ Southern Military District ▸ Russian Ground Forces

Geolocation:

https://x.com/GeoRaccoon/status/2077888056112152663

Location:

https://geoconfirmed.org/ukraine/e6980978-c608-4899-aaac-a9d281529540

Sources:

https://x.com/Montrey82631182/status/2060683574185992475

https://youtube.com/watch?v=OHS3V6Ys0hc

https://youtube.com/watch?v=B4M1Ztz6HTY

Open sanctions list:

https://opensanctions.org/entities/NK-RcmJWYcdrdpY2WZV7WiZg4/

Visit our map: https://geoconfirmed.org/map/ukraine

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Ukraine (UKR)

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