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Ex-Russian GRU officer Salikov exposes Russia’s proxy Ukraine “republics” (full translation)
In a bombshell interview, Salikov, who arrived to testify at the ICC, tells how Russia manufactured a "local uprising" in eastern Ukraine, funneled weapons over the border, and shelled its own territory to keep the conflict going
Wagner defector exposes Russia’s Donbas ruse, false-flag ops in bombshell interview
Igor Salikov has just arrived to the Hague to testify against Putin. Here is a glimpse at what he may be saying,
We should not have called them “pro-Russian separatists,” French journalist says
Gulliver Cragg, a correspondent for France 24, has been covering Ukraine since 2010 and residing there since 2014.…
Ukrainian billionaire seeks compensation from Russia in arbitration for losses incurred
Billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, who is the founder and beneficiary of the holding company SCM, has announced that he…
Russia sentences prominent Ukrainian human rights activist for defending his homeland
Russia has violated international law by using its proxy, the “Donbas republics,” to stage the “trial” and “sentencing”…
Pseudo-referenda show on joining Russia starts in occupied Ukraine: as it happens
This article will be updated; come back for more [hr] 17:30: Russia plans to form an independent…
Quislings of Russian-occupied Ukraine announce annexation “referendums” amid Ukrainian offensive
On 20 September, Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-appointed “governor” of Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast, announced a “referendum” on joining Russia…
Russia now holds night ambushes to forcibly send Donbas men to Ukraine war
The Russian-run Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” started mobilizing all local men aged 18 to 65 shortly before…
Western media again fall for Kremlin myth of “Ukrainian separatism”
To counter the separatism narrative, Ukrainians are conducting a Twitter campaign under the hashtag #NoSeparatistsInUkraine, launched by Ukrainian…
Russia sends Donbas musicians and historians as “cannon fodder” in Ukraine war
A Russian PoW having Ukrainian citizenship and even speaking Ukrainian is a fairly common occurrence in the ongoing…
The Kherson “referendum” sham: out of the Kremlin’s hybrid war playbook
In occupied Kherson, the Kremlin plans to hold a pseudo-referendum to declare the region the so-called “Kherson People’s…
Putin’s plan A failed, but there is the no less dangerous plan B: Kyiv defense experts
[editorial]With his statements in the 21 February address to the Russian nation, Putin de facto declared war on…
Daily review: Germany halts Nord Stream 2; sanctions; Russia lays claims to entire Luhansk & Donetsk oblasts
In the war zone: Russian proxies launch 86 attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donetsk, Luhansk and Mariupol sectors,…
Daily review: Putin formally recognizes his puppet republics, sanctions expected
The past 24 hours in the war zone Regular Russian military columns entered occupied areas of eastern Ukraine…
Russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine and the West is entering the next phase: The crisis
President Putin today decided to recognize the “independence” of the regions in eastern Ukraine controlled by Russia-backed separatists…
After “hour of imperialism and chauvinism” Putin recognizes his Donbas puppets, sends in troops
Putin announced his decision to recognize Russian-occupied Donbas as independent in his evening address to Russian people. But…
“LDNR” mobilization designed to sow panic, cover possible engagement of Russian regulars: Opinion
[editorial]Amid Russia’s escalation in Ukraine’s Donbas region and attempts to create false-flag pretexts to invade Ukraine, the illegal…
Daily review: More “false flags” in Donbas, “Russian NATO” proposes sending peacekeepers, Zelenskyy’s speech in Munich
Past 24 hours in the war zone Russian proxies launch 66 attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donetsk, Luhansk…
The (busted) info-ops driving Russia’s false-flag pretexts for invading Ukraine
Things are heating up in Donbas. In the last 24 hours, there has been a sharp rise in…
The “Donbas genocide myth” in the making: a kindergarten shelling case study
The propaganda campaign attempted to create a virtual reality, in which the escalation of Russian occupation forces in…