The Russian command sent to Ukraine anti-aircraft missile battalion from the 60th separate motorized rifle brigade 5 Combined Arms Army of the Eastern Military District of the Russian Federation Armed Forces, under the command of Major Yuri Korchinskiy Russian army.
As the press service of the Main Directorate of Intelligence Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the compound is intended to ensure the deployment of air defense shield in the Donbass new motorized brigade.
It is noted that the anti-missile battalion sent to Ukraine has a membership of 168 people, 21 pieces of equipment and 30 vehicles. The structure of the compound are exclusively military officers and personnel.
According to intelligence reports, before the redeployment to the territory of Ukraine division took additional training in the area of ??Mr.. Novocherkassk, Rostov region, where the Centre territorial troops of the Armed Forces Southern IN.
"As part of the planned measures operational camouflage personnel division have been issued covering documents and worked out the corresponding legends for covert use units in Ukraine (according to the Russian expression" are not there ")", - stated in the message department.
It is stated that the division of modern armed SAM "Tor-M2U", not inferior in efficacy SAM "Buk", by which the militants shot down the Malaysian "Boeing 777" in 2014.
"We appreciate the redeployment of anti-aircraft missile division 60 OMSBR as the growing threat of air terrorism for all air objects, including - civil aircraft, given the well-known terrorist acts of the Russian Federation, which led to the tragedy of the passenger plane Boeing 777 Malaysian MH-17 airlines flight" - the report indicates.
Earlier, the military intelligence of Ukraine reported an increase in the threat of offensive actions by insurgents.
At the same time, the report intelligence and analytical company Stratfor writes that a full-scale offensive against the Ukraine would be detrimental to Russia. Now, after the recent events in Crimea can occur not only in the aggravation of Russian-Ukrainian relations. Stress can have serious consequences for Russia's dialogue with the West. As reported by the publication The Wall Street Journal, with reference to its source, the Pentagon noticed the movement of Russian troops in the Crimea. A Pentagon spokesman said that "in the case of heavy fighting, the most likely military targets will be concentrated in the Donbass, and not in the Crimea".