Original article: Colonel Cassad Translated by @TamrikoT / Edited by @GBabeuf Formally, fighters from Praviy Sektor (PS) only appeared in the Donbass in July of 2014, after the official date of formation of the 5th Battalion of the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps (UVC); however, the members of this extremist organization in fact took part in the … Continue reading
Visuals of a trip by Nahia Sanzo. To be supplemented. #Donetsk—#Snezhnóye—#SaurMogila
Original: Komsomolskaya Pravda Translated by Alexander Fedotov / Edited by @GBabeuf Photos: Aleksandr Kots, Dmitry Steshin The heroic history of two wars is intertwined at Saur-Mogila. And, for Abdullah—even of three. A fighter from Donetsk’s Vostok Brigade told us how he was sent to the USSR on a semi-secret programme, called ‘Watan’, and why he … Continue reading
Preamble: This posting will continue to be updated. Please watch this space for more information. 19:40 – August 9, 2014—The Encirclement of Donetsk Has Been Postponed Original: Colonel Cassad LiveJournal Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov / Edited by @GBabeuf This morning an operational crisis arose. In the night of August 7th-8th, an armoured group of … Continue reading
Original: Voice of Sevastopol, August 8, 2014 Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov Edited by S. Naylor The Collapse of the Southern Cauldron The Southern Cauldron has reached its boiling point; it is living out its final hours. Everything that did not manage to flee to Russia or to break out of encirclement is in … Continue reading
Preamble: This is the first of two interviews with Ukrainian soldiers that recently exploded in the Ukrainian mass media. The second interview is substantially longer, and will be translated in due time. It is not our custom to publish interviews taken by the Ukrainian mass media. However, this one (and the one that eventually will follow … Continue reading
Video: Igor Strelkov Press Conference, July 28, 2014 Note: English subtitles prepared by The Vineyard of the Saker team. Spanish subtitles prepared by Carlos Ramirez: Link to the Video with Spanish Subtitles Transcript: Igor Strelkov Press-Conference, July 28, 2014 Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov / Edited by S. Naylor & @Gbabeuf Original video: Icorpus.ru YouTube … Continue reading
Video: Interview with Igor Strelkov, July 8, 2014 NOTE: Translated in a Hurry; Subject to Change Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov Edited by S. Naylor Host: Good day. Today, in the studio of our First Republican television channel, we welcome, for the purpose of making an address to the citizens of DPR [Donetsk People’s Republic], … Continue reading
Combined for July 6, 2014 Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov Map: The Changing Situation in Novorossiya (Up to July 6, 2014) July 6, 2014 – Report from a Militiaman of the Saur-Mogila Unit A militiaman from Saur-Mogila reports that the day was not wasted by the defenders of the strategic height: “Near Dmitrovka, our … Continue reading
Combined for July 3, 2014 Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov July 2, 2014 – Interview with Fyodor Berezin, July 2, 2014 The ceasefire was used by the Junta troops to regroup, resupply, re-staff the army with reserves, and so on. The war continues. It is directed at forcing the Donbass people to completely exit … Continue reading
Combined for July 2, 2014 Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov Edited by S. Naylor 18:00 – July 1, 2014 – Briefing from Igor Strelkov In the course of the night from June 30 – July 1, the enemy conducted a series of artillery strikes against Slavyansk, Semyonovka, Nikolayevka, and Kramatorsk, using howitzer, mortars and … Continue reading
#1 –Direct Information from Igor Strelkov & the Militia, July 1, 2014
#1 – Direct Information from Igor Strelkov & the Militia, June 30, 2014
UPDATED FROM EARLIER POST: Starting With Post #3. NOTE 1: Apologies for any grammatical/spelling errors – the hurdles inherent in simultaneously thinking in two languages and in trying to get these translations out in close to real time cause articles to go haywire. NOTE 2: The only briefing from Igor Strelkov today is at Post #8. Combined for … Continue reading
(and on the matter of the response by some readers of the Vineyard of the Saker Blog thereto) Berezin’s Account: Ukrainian Successors to Hitlerite Wehrmacht Rape and Murder in Saurovka Vineyard of the Saker Posting: Here The Saker’s Responses to the Criticism: Here and Here by Gleb Bazov / Edited by S. Naylor First, apologies for … Continue reading
Message from Fyodor Berezin, Igor Strelkov’s Deputy, June 25, 2014, 00:40 Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov / Edited by S. Naylor & @GBabeuf Original: Strelkov Info The Russian Hamlet of Saurovka and the Banderite Abominations There is in the Donbass a minuscule village: Saurovka. It is directly beside the Saur-Mogila memorial. The Ukie army, … Continue reading