Unlike in the West, in modern Russia late Mikhail Gorbachev was not a popular figure. Many condemn him for his role in dissolution of the USSR. Here's a brief collection of some recent reactions of various Russian bloggers to demonstrate their opinion. Igor Girkin...
Igor Girkin who has remained relatively quiet in the past couple of weeks after his debacle and an alleged attempt to enter Ukraine through Crimea, comes back with a long-winded post on his Telegram channel, once again throwing shade at the Russian Minister of...
Building in occupied Zaporizhye Oblast that was allegedly struck by HIMARS on 26 August An interesting exchange happened today between admins of two large Russian military expert channels, GREY ZONE and Starshe Eddy, discussing the effect of HIMARS strikes that...
The Russian volunteer and blogger Murz who has been deeply involved with providing repairs and collecting aid for the so-called "People's Militia" of the so-called "Donbass Republics" has published his view of the results of the six months of the special operation....
Oleg Zhdanov, the Ukrainian military expert, with his battlefield and military-political situation update on 24 August 2022. The update took place at 16:00 Kyiv time (2PM BST). https://youtu.be/XkKU-n8fm6s Battlefield overview The enemy continues attempts to...
The so-called "Luhansk People's Republic" military command released a video recently, stating that claims about the forced mobilisation in the Donbass fake republics are "staged" and "falsified". The "deputy commissar" explains that all servicemen are provided with...
If the explosions in Crimea sent shockwaves through the Russian media spaces in the pas weeks, yesterday's assassination of Darya Dugina (Platonova), the daughter of a notable Russian propagandist, can only be compared to a nuclear blast in terms of its media...
Russian military commentator “Atomic Cherry” believes Ukraine now has at its disposal long-range weapons capable of breaking through the Russian air defence and reaching deep rears of the Russian forces. This was shared in a Telegram post on 19 August. He believes...
The so-called "People's Republics" of the Donbass are left without running water. This is a translation of a text by a resident of Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast, telling about the situation with water supply in the Donbass. They haven't had almost any running water for...
Ukrainian Special Forces are carrying out informational and psychological operations in Crimea that prove to be very effective. In this post, the ex-Ukrainian defector Oleg Tsaryov, now wanted by Ukrainian authorities, shares on his Telegram channel a case where...
August 16th was certainly an eventful day for residents of the temporarily occupied Crimea. Several explosions rocked the peninsula, including a large blast at the ammunitions stockpile located in the town of Dzhankoy. While a certain number of Russian commentators...
While the popular pro-USSR, Russian nationalist and author Maksim Kalashnikov (and also a friend of Igor Girkin) traditionally has never been shy of spelling his criticisms about the current regime in Russia, his recent livestreams and posts certainly emit an aura...
The "LPR" blogger and volunteer Murz in his latest post describes the shocking manner in which the Russian propagandists are slamming the "forced mobilisation" in Ukraine, meanwhile in the Donbas shops lack basic products due to the delivery drivers being afraid to...
The "LPR" battalion staff commander is seen complaining about the state in which his mobilised reservist forces are taking part in the "liberation" of the Donbass. According to him, apart for fuel and provisions they have almost no supplies, including medicines,...
The so-called "LPR" blogger and volunteer Murz, a long-standing character from the made-up "Novorossiya" kingdom whom we featured on a number of occasions here at WarTranslated, published on 11 August a text titled "Why is everything so slow and difficult?",...
"DPR" "Vostok" battalion commander Aleksandr Khodakovsky, currently on the frontline in the Donbass, spoke on his Telegram channel about recent losses in his unit, and pointed at markable difference in approaches to artillery between Russian and Ukrainian armies....
On the afternoon of Tuesday, August 9, a series of massive explosions occurred in the village of Novofedorovka in the Saki district of annexed Crimea, as a result of which one person died and seven more were injured. Being the largest explosion in Crimea since...
The pro-Russian Telegram analyst "Atomic Cherry" uses data provided by the Russian LostArmour OSINT team combined with WWII and 20th century Soviet military studies to determine an estimated number of Ukrainian casualties in the 5+ months of the war between Ukraine...