2022 рік: Headquarters documents of the RF Center troops

During April-June 2022 Dr.. Employees of the Chernihiv Regional Historical Izia. VV. Tarnovsky during search expeditions collected trophy documents of Russian troops, units of which were located in Chernihiv Oblast. Some of them were handed over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and residents of Chernihiv. In particular, these are materials from Yagidne villages, Tovstolis, Vishneve and Velikiy Schymel, which are dated 2021-2022. They testify to the training of the aggressor's troops, offensive of his group, occupation measures, relocation from the territory of Chernihiv region, prove the crimes of soldiers and officers of the Russian army, political and military leadership of the Russian Federation regarding Ukrainians and Ukraine.

The main array of Russian documents was discovered during trips to the village. Cherry, which is near. Ріпки, in May 2022 Dr..

These are, in particular, the staff documents of the advanced control point (PPU) troop group "Center" of the Central Military District of the Russian Federation, that came to the general staff. The PPU of the "Center" troop group was located in the village of. Cherry (commander - colonel-general o.p. lapin) and led operations for the occupation of Chernihiv region and Kyiv region. Documentary materials are mainly represented by separate pages of originals and drafts of reports, Reports, summary for the middle - the second half of March 2022 р., submitted by the "Center" troop group to the General Staff of the Russian Federation. These are sheets of A4 format, notebook pages, notebooks.

These materials allow you to install, which military formations tried to occupy Chernihiv Oblast. Namely,, 41-and the army is part of the 90th tank division (location - m. Chebarkul, Chelyabinsk region), 3-of a separate special brigade of the General Staff (location - m. Togliatti, Samara region), 24-of a separate brigade of special purpose game (Novosibirsk), 39-of a separate radio engineering brigade (м. Orenburg), 120-th artillery brigade (м. Yurga, Kemerovo region; armed rszo "hurricane", howitzers "msta-s", "msta-b"), 119-th missile brigade (м. Abakan, Republic of Khakassia, armed with "Iskander" anti-tank missiles), 35-of a separate motorized rifle brigade (м. Aleysk Altai Territory), 74-of a separate motorized rifle brigade (м. Yurga, Kemerovo region).

So, based on subdivisions of the 90th td, 35-Six battalion-tactical groups of the 1st and 74th motorized rifle brigades were formed (btrg), that operated in Chernihiv Oblast (two battalions from units 35 omsbr, two btrg with 74 omsbr, two btrg with 80 tp 90s td). The 21st Special Purpose Brigade of the Russian Guard was stationed in the village of Pakul for some time (Moscow region), which included "Kostroma" police units, "Kursk", "ryazan". One of the goals of this brigade was to "clean up" the city. Slavutych together with the "Lypetsk" police unit and operative groups of the FSB.

Among the papers is a brief report of the commander of the "Center" troop group to the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation, dated 19 March 2022 р.: 6-and the 239th regiment of the 90th td of the Russian Federation continued to strengthen the defense near the village of Velika Dymerka (18 km from Kyiv) - carried out a "clearing" of the settlement from "Nazis", destroyed mobile communication repeaters and were supposed to prepare for the capture of the village. Gogol. As noted by the enemy, during this period, Ukrainian troops operated mobile, using anti-fire maneuver tactics.

Since the beginning of hostilities, the population has been deported in large numbers 771 man (of them 672 children and women, as of 19.03.2022) passed through the village of Senkivka. In the occupied part of the region, "MOSN" operated - special purpose medical units from the 425th military hospital (Novosibirsk), who were forcibly removed 8 seriously ill residents of the region, including one child 14 years to Gomel on the territory of Belarus.

Regarding the defense of Chernigov, especially after the destruction of the road bridge over the Desna (22 March), the enemy had the following intelligence: the commander of OC "North" arrived to organize the defense of the regional center, The headquarters of the Ukrainian group was located in the basement of the Cathedral of St. Kateryna, a detachment of the "Azov" battalion entered the city via a pedestrian bridge (to 100 чоловік), in the area of ​​the pedestrian bridge, the ZSU tried to lead a crossing, there were also plans to transfer a TrO battalion from Nizhyn to Chernihiv. The pedestrian bridge and the surrounding area were shelled by the 120th Abr.

The documents also refer to the plan (undated) regrouping with 11 April 2022 Dr.. troops "center" from the Chernihiv and Kyiv directions to the Izyum direction. Parts of the 2nd A. were supposed to leave Kyiv region: 15 omsbr (3 battalions), 30 omsbr (1 battalion), 228 SME of the 90s (tank company), 792 SpN detachment 24 Rev. SpN, 92 rbr, 39 ort no (radio engineering team), 273 rc. Parts of the 41st A were to withdraw from Chernihiv Oblast: 80 tp 90s td (24 tank), 400 sap 90s td, 3 Rev. SpN (179 units of automotive equipment), 24 Rev. SpN (183 units of automotive equipment), 39 ortbr OsN (39 units of automotive equipment), division 120 cloud, 119 rbr.

Also among the papers is the document "For official use Ex. No. 1" regarding the withdrawal of troops (починаючи з 31 March) from Kyiv Oblast and Chernihiv Oblast to the Izyum direction and restoration of combat capability of the occupying troops along the correspondingly established route through designated settlements. 9 In April, the units of the Russian Federation from the Kyiv region were supposed to be already in the village of Tyotkino in the Kursk region.

The director of the museum is Maksym Blakytny