Mykhailo Podolyak, the Adviser to the President of Ukraine, on Ukrainian counteroffensive, Bakhmut, China and rebuilding Ukraine after the war.
Photo by Oleksandr Chekmenev This is a translation of an interview with the Chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine (GUR), Kyrylo Budanov, published by Forbes.ua on 22 February 2023. In this interview, he talks about Russian mobilization, Russia's...
An interview with colonel Oleh Faydyuk, Commander of the 45th Separate Artillery Brigade. He talks about the soldiers training, the beginning of the war, the Kharkiv offensive, the needs of the UA army, and recent battles in Bakhmut and Soledar. Original article in...
Russian regions pay their taxes in blood Summary of Dmitry Oreshkin (Russian political scientist) interview on Populiarnaia Politika - a discussion on Putin's nuclear blackmail, shifting responsibility to the regions and Ksenia Sobchak (Putin’s goddaughter who...
An update from the Ukrainian military expert Oleg Zhdanov for 19th September 2022. https://youtu.be/GTED19hqJQQ Kyiv time 16:00 Interesting day, there is both good and bad news. The enemy is still attempting to occupy Donetsk, hold onto the occupied territories,...
A gloomy Russian solider tells his wife about the hardships of war. He first describes how artillery spotters screwed up leading to shelling of their own positions. Then proceeds to explain how few shells the Russian army can use, hilariously imitating various...
SBU publishes a call in which two unidentified Russian men are allegedly discussing the events at the Yelenovka prison camp where an explosion took place in the morning of 29 July, resulting in deaths of dozens of Ukrainian prisoners. As we can understand from the...
Is there any chance of avoiding a protracted war? Ukrainian journalist and former external adviser to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Yuriy Butusov answered this question during his live stream on 25.07.2022. Translation kindly provided to you by Volodymyr:...
Russians are reacting to the events that are currently on-going in the south frontline of the Ukrainian war, namely the Kherson direction where a potential Ukrainian offensive could take place, and on 19 July the Antonovsky bridge was attacked. This bridge is vital...
Igor Girkin responds to questions as to why is he so critical towards the Russian Minister of Defence Sergey Shoygu who is claimed to not be responsible for the current Russia's failure in its war with Ukraine. Recently I’ve been receiving (not frequently...
In this longer than usual intercepted call, the 22-year old DPR mobilised soldier is chatting with his girlfriend, presumably at night as both are whispering. Explosions can be heard in the background as the soldier tells the love of his life about the loot he...
Russian LPR blogger Murz shares his version of the 22 June attack on oil refinery in Rostov Oblast which lead to a large fire. According to Murz, a Bayraktar or other custom UAV stripped of equipment was used to overcome Russian air defence: This morning UAF have...
In this intercepted call, the discussion between two Russian soldiers reveals that offensive actions in Ukraine are not particularly easy for the invaders, mainly due to Ukrainians attempting encirclements, while the only safe space - behind, is taken up by...
Now famous Russian blogger in LPR Murz shares his opinion on the below map and various claims about the Ukrainian Armed Forces distributed in the pro-Russian telegram channels: The actual value of the map is beautifully described by the people in the...
I will dare and take such a responsibility and (attempt) to explain to my international audience how it might feel being a Russian from several perspectives. I will rely on my own partial belonging to the Russian people, and on the experience of when I was in...
In the three months I've been translating material from the war in Ukraine, no topic has been as consistently popular among my translations as various calls between Russian soldiers and their family members, intercepted and published online by Ukrainian SBU...