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…
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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…
One year ago I was kidnapped, tortured, and… let go!
May 24, 2015 One year ago, I was kidnapped and tortured... and let go. Status Update, from Sergey Kosyak,…
Ukrainians ‘called us occupiers,’ returning Russian mercenaries tell media
Many commentators have speculated that Moscow faces a potentially serious problem when those who have gone to fight…
Russians make up 85% of “separatist” fighters — ATO
Russian mercenaries make up 85% of the illegal armed groups in eastern Ukraine, ATO spokesman Colonel Andriy Lysenko…
When pro-Moscow militants return from Ukraine to Russia…
Yesterday, Nikolay Patrushev, secretary of Putin’s Security Council, warned that Russia will face a serious terrorist threat if…
DNR terrorists economize by killing mercenaries — journalist
The Donetsk terrorist gangs are using artillery to execute Russian mercenaries who are owed back pay for several…
Confirmed: Terrorist attack at bus stop in Donetsk staged by three Russian citizens
Ukrainian intelligence cross-checked and confirmed the information that three Russian citizens arrested by the militants of "DNR" on…