Moscow scrambling to fill ranks of its forces in Syria and elsewhere
Russia’s indefensible actions against the civilian population of Aleppo, actions that rise to the level of crimes against…
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‘You bet your life’ takes on a whole new meaning in Russian-occupied Donbas
Facing ever more difficulties in recruiting soldiers, the leaders of Moscow’s hybrid military forces in the Donbas are now…
“Russians make big money killing Ukrainians” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Russia hit problems recruiting for war in Donbas, Tymchuk says
Russia’s military commanders over the “LNR” and “DNR” regimes are increasingly concerned about the inability of the two to recruit…
No one in the Donbas believes the ceasefire will last
No one in the Donbas believes the ceasefire declared there a week ago will last, and many say…
Weapons from Donbas rush back to Russia sparking a rise in violent crime
The black market in Russia for weapons has grown by almost 50 percent since 2012, largely as a…
Interactive map shows origins of Russian mercenaries fighting in Donbas
The Myrotvorets website has published an interactive map purporting to localize identities of Russian mercenaries fighting alongside Russian-backed separatists…
The useless “heroes of Novorossiya”
In the occupied territories the “fighters” are heroes. For Ukraine, they are thugs and mercenaries. And for Russia,…
Desertions on the rise from Moscow’s hybrid military force in Donbas
Desertions by pro-Moscow mercenaries in the Donbas are increasing, according to Dmytro Tymchuk, head of Ukraine’s Information Resistance Group, a…
Atamanshchina spreading among Russia’s hybrid military force in Ukraine’s Donbas
Atamanshchina is spreading through Moscow hybrid forces in the Donbas, Beness Aijo, a pro-Moscow mercenary has warned. And because…
Kremlin’s crackdown on Russian nationalists caused by returning Donbas mercenaries, SOVA suggests
The SOVA rights monitoring organization says that the crackdown on the leaders of Russian nationalist extremists appears to…
There can be no delay in implementing Minsk clause to release hostages
According to official reports, 130 people remain imprisoned in the occupied territories of Donbas. Among them are both…
Moscow continues to prepare mercenaries for Ukraine
Although the ceasefire in the Donbas appears to be holding for now and although the world’s attention has…
Donbas mercenaries bringing the war home to Russia with them
Russian mercenaries who fought in the Donbas “militias” are returning home not only with their weapons but with…
17 bodies found in Luhansk, victims of militant “Bryanka USSR” battalion
Earlier we published a translation of an interview about atrocities committed by an armed unit inside militant-occupied Luhansk…
Cyborg Oleksandr Mashonkin’s spirit unbroken after 197 days of captivity
“They beat us with pipes, stools, and table legs. We were struck on the head, in the groin.…
Raped, tortured, buried alive: Horrific crimes of pro-Russia militia in Ukraine
Internecine warfare has broken out among the volunteer fighters of LNR [so-called “Luhansk People’s Republic” is a hybrid military…
Donbas militias are “UNITS OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY,” says Babchenko
Having launched a “hybrid” war giving it plausible deniability for many, Russia now has a “hybrid” army, a…
Russian soldiers fleeing their units to avoid being sent to fight in Ukraine
Several dozen contract soldiers in a Russian motorized rifle brigade based in Maikop have deserted in order to…
‘It’s important the world knows about inhuman torture used against Ukraine’s POWs,’ says father
A 64-year-old Urzuf resident whose son, a volunteer soldier with Ukrainian forces, was killed by Russian militants, recorded…