CORRECTED (Entirely inadvertently, an error was made in the translation of the document below. Our apologies for any inconvenience caused) Memorandum of September 19, 2014 outlining the parameters for the implementation of commitments of the Minsk Protocol of September 5, 2014 (1) Minsk Memorandum, September 19, 2014 (Original) – (2) Link to OSCE Document Repository MEMORANDUM with respect … Continue reading
Original Opinion – written by Gleb Bazov Caveat: the views expressed herein do not necessarily match those of Slavyangrad.ORG It is impossible to prove or disprove the existence of the divine plan. Russia’s cunning plan in Ukraine belongs to the same category. In analyzing the statements made by Sergei Lavrov in his interview with Russia Beyond … Continue reading
Original: El Murid (Anatoliy Nesmeyan) LiveJournal Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov The latest round of sanctions imposed by the European Union has essentially put an end to any discussion about the possibility of an agreement with the West. Notwithstanding all the concessions and betrayal. The very fact that Russia faltered in Ukraine and did … Continue reading
Address by Igor Ivanovich Strelkov, September 11, 2014 Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov (Subheadings by the Translator) Edited by S. Naylor It has been a month since the moment when I had to resign from my position as the Donetsk Peoples’ Republic (“DPR”) Minister of Defence and the Commander-in-Chief of the Militia. I will … Continue reading
The Strelkov Briefing, September 11, 2014 Translated and Subtitled by the Kazzura Channel The Mozgovoi Manifesto, September 8, 2014 Translated and Subtitled by Daniil Mihailovich
The Minsk “Ceasefire” Protocol and Russian Diplomacy’s Masterful “Sabotage” If Flaubert achieved for me his acme with three or four simple words “She pretended to think,” Saker reached his peak with this marvellous description of the politically and diplomatically atrocious “Minsk ceasefire protocol“: “Knowing the degree to which Russian diplomats are normally maniacally fastidious and … Continue reading
Original: Mikhail Belyayev LiveJournal Translation Gleb Bazov / Edited by @GBabeuf Have you ever wondered how complete and unconditional betrayal looks? How a knife looks when it is stuck by a steady hand right between the shoulder blades during a friendly embrace? How poison looks when it is mixed into a glass of water given … Continue reading
(1) Protocol of the Trilateral Contact Group – Minsk, September 5, 2014 (Original) – (2) Link to OSCE Document Repository PROTOCOL on the results of consultations of the Trilateral Contact Group with respect to the joint steps aimed at the implementation of the Peace Plan of the President of Ukraine, P. Poroshenko, and the initiatives of the President of Russia, V. … Continue reading
Alexey Mozgovoi, September 4, 2014: Against the Oligarchs and False Politicians. For the People. Novorossiya shall be! Oligarchs out! Power to the real, common people! This is our [first] chance in many decades to build an equitable, human and humane society. WITH RESPECT TO STRELKOV HAVING BEEN BETRAYED AND BETRAYAL IN GENERAL. There are so many who did not … Continue reading
Original: RussEurope – Ukraine : mettre la politique au poste de commande Translated by @GBabeuf / Edited by Jacques Sapir August 29th, 2014 @ 12:40—Jacques Sapir It is now high time that Politics resumes its rights in the Ukrainian crisis. However, this requires in the first instance, that a cease-fire should be speedily arranged between the governments … Continue reading
Map of Operations, August 10-27, 2014 – Created by Kot Ivanov and Anthony Hartin Novorossiya Military Briefing – Novorossiya Shall Be! Original: Colonel Cassad LiveJournal Translated from Russian by Daniel Mikhailovich / Edited by Gleb Bazov We are currently witnessing an epic and, in its own way, historic event. The Ukrainian regular army and the punitive battalions are suffering … Continue reading
Map of Operations, August 10-25, 2014 – Created by Kot Ivanov and Anthony Hartin
Original: Novorossiya Militia’s Briefings (VKontakte) Translated by Vera Van Horne / Edited by Paul Shalley & Gleb Bazov Natalia, the mother of the murdered Christina, wrote a letter to the mother of Poroshenko’s children, asking: “Who gave the order to kill my children?” I met Natalia, whose daughter and granddaughter were killed in the Grad shelling of … Continue reading
Don’t wait for orders! Don’t delay With reference to rest! Forge forth! Through wind and piercing rain And blizzard’s howling wail! Abandon comfort’s cozy quilt — You’re young, the way is yours! You’ll have the time to rest your soul When they lament your death! Be brave, be fair, don’t heed the tongues That ridicule and … Continue reading
Map of Operations, August 10-22, 2014 – Created by Kot Ivanov English Version Created by Anthony Hartin Original: Colonel Cassad LiveJournal Translated from Russian by Daniel Mihailovich and Gleb Bazov 1. By August 22nd, 2014 it became completely obvious that the Junta will not be able to occupy Donetsk either by August 24th, 2014 or by September … Continue reading
Original: Cassad.Net / Interview by Victor Shapinov Translated from Russian by Inessa Chabalina Edited by S. Naylor Militiaman with the call name “Artem” – my old comrade from “Borotba.” Before the war, he organized the working-class youth of Donbass in the struggle against fascism and capitalism, built a local cell organization. When the war started, he could … Continue reading
Map of Operations, August 10-20, 2014 – Created by Kot Ivanov English Version Created by Anthony Hartin Collected Military Briefings, August 19-21, 2014 Original: Colonel Cassad LiveJournal Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov Novorossiya Military Briefing, August 19, 2014 August 19, 2014 – 23:30 – Colonel Cassad LiveJournal The most difficult battles are currently happening near Ilovaisk. … Continue reading
Map of Operations, August 10-20, 2014 (created by Kot Ivanov / translated by Tony Hartin) Original: Colonel Cassad LiveJournal Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov Lugansk People’s Republic There has been no assault on Lugansk as such. Following an unsuccessful attempt immediately to take Khryashevatoye, where street battles unfolded, a part of the advancing forces … Continue reading
Map of Operations, August 10-18, 2014 – Created by Kot_Ivanov (Kot_Ivanov LiveJournal) English-Language Version Prepared by Tony Hartin (Clickable for Zoom)
Preamble: What you will see below are three videos of statements by Ukrainian soldiers. They show, straight from the source, the devastation wrought by the fratricidal war perpetrated by the Ukrainian government – a devastation inflicted not only on the millions of civilians in Donbass, millions of whom have been refugees and thousands of whom have been murdered, but … Continue reading
Combined Briefings for August 17, 2014 Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov Igor Ivanovich Strelkov Brief Statement about Igor Ivanovich Strelkov Original: Summer56 LiveJournal Note: Apart from the Antiquariat Forum, where Igor Strelkov used to post all his short briefings and commentary, the LiveJournal blog of Summer56 was the first independent platform that Igor Strelkov used for his … Continue reading
Map: Hostilities in Novorossiya, August 6-15, 2014 Link to Novorossiya Military Briefing – Situation by August 16, 2014 22:00 (UA) – Aug 16 – Military Briefing Original: Yurasumy LiveJournal Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov Right away, allow me to make a reservation. Some of the information has yet to be confirmed. It is provided here for … Continue reading
Map: Hostilities in Novorossiya, August 6-15, 2014 Link to Novorossiya Military Briefing, July 15, 2014 Original: Colonel Cassad, August 16, 2014, 02:27 Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov Briefly about the situation in Donbass as at the beginning of August 16, 2014 In the last two days, just as was announced earlier, the Militia was finally … Continue reading
Original: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov Edited by S. Naylor Statement of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Connection with the Attempts to Derail the Delivery of Humanitarian Aid to Those Suffering from Hostilities in the Southeastern Region of Ukraine 1919-15-08-2014 The attempts to create … Continue reading
Map: Hostilities in Novorossiya, August 6-15, 2014 Translated by Gleb Bazov Overall, it is becoming increasingly clear that the widely publicized offensive on Donetsk has, as expected, amounted to zilch. The Ukrainian Armed Forces does not have any more strength. It simply does not. And that is all. Moreover, the Junta forces are facing several … Continue reading
Original: El Murid LiveJournal (Anatoliy Nesmeyanov) Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov / Edited by @ApathyKills & @GBabeuf My status in Donetsk was wholly undefined. Igor Ivanovich allowed me to be present virtually everywhere (except for those places that were strictly out-of-bounds, and about which I anyway had no knowledge). Just in case, I was … Continue reading
Original: El Murid LiveJournal (Anatoliy Nesmeyanov) Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov / Edited by @GBabeuf Over the course of my stay in Donetsk I saw nothing that was markedly different from what is publicly known. Up close, however, many things certainly appeared completely different in detail. When the Slavyansk Brigade came to Donetsk, almost … Continue reading
Video: The Dead and Wounded from Sukhodolsk (18+) Translated by Valentina Lisitsa / Subtitles by Marcel Sardo Transcript: The Dead and Wounded from Sukhodolsk (18+) Translated by Valentina Lisitsa / Edited by Gleb Bazov Videographer: [some unintelligible] Those are three little girls … And three adults … These are just children … Hospital Nurse: Here is a little girl … Man: … Continue reading
Video: The Militia Defeats Praviy Sector Corps, August 12, 2014 Translation by Gleb Bazov / Subtitles by Marcel Sardo Transcript: The Militia Defeats Praviy Sector Corps, August 12, 2014 Militiaman: There was a bus with Praviy Sector [militants]. It was travelling from Zaporozhye in the direction of Donetsk. It came up on our checkpoint – the checkpoint at Demoliye … Continue reading
Video: Emergency Statement by JSC Concern Stirol Press Secretary, Pavel Brykov Translated and Subbed by the Vineyard of the Saker Team Transcript: Emergency Statement by JSC Concern Stirol Press Secretary, Pavel Brykov Edited by Gleb Bazov Today is August 10th, 2014 My name is Pavel Brykov. I am the press secretary of JSC Concern Stirol. … Continue reading