Russians With Attitude

2022-05-06 23:36:46 "Civilians and soldiers in Kharkov, shouting 'this is Ukraine', began beating a Lugansk People's Republic prisoner lying on the ground with his hands tied. The crowd was not at all embarrassed by the presence of journalists, and the author of the video behind the scenes even said 'don't touch them while I'm filming'. It's not hard to guess what fate awaits the Donbass defender after the camera is turned off." https://t.me/readovkanews/33061 Open / Comment

2022-05-04 21:56:16 Мое большое интервью про 2е мая и не только. Должно было выйти на нескольких ресурсах. Но...)))

Что характерно, только англоязычная RT нашла в себе достаточно решимости опубликовать всё так, как было сказано и как есть.

За что парням respect.
Вы - журналисты.

Так держать!

'An act of genocide': A witness recalls the 2014 Odessa massacre

RT spoke to a pro-Russia doctor from Odessa who was jailed by Ukraine for his political views
The tragedy that occurred in Odessa on May 2, 2014, no doubt gave impetus to the escalating political crisis in Ukraine. Many in fact consider it a point of no return that opened the door to a full-out civil war. But the Odessa tragedy did not only make many in southeastern Ukraine take up arms. It also made those among Ukraine’s own population supportive of Russia aware of the fact that Ukrainian nationalists were prepared to kill their adversaries. RT talked to Vladimir Grubnik, Ph.D. in Medicine, who participated in the Odessa protests on May 2, 2014, and spent over four years in a Ukrainian prison for his political views. He told RT what May 2, 2014 represents for the Russian population of Ukraine and for the Russian identity of those who live in the country’s southeast.

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2022-05-04 19:54:45 Description of the video:

"I don't usually post this kind of thing, in case anyone has noticed. Videos like this.
But this is an outrageous story, even by the standards of the current military situation.

Sent to me by officers who went through the Second Chechen War and whom I know personally.

Ukrainian soldiers were killed when our troops attacked. Their brothers-in-arms abandoned the bodies of the dead and left. Our guys went out to the enemy several times. They asked for the bodies to be removed so the soldiers could be given a proper burial. They promised a ceasefire and a humanitarian corridor. No response.

A perfect picture of the state of affairs in the AFU.

In the end, the Russian military decided to remove the bodies of the AFU soldiers and bury them. The moment the truck arrived in the wooded area for the second time, Ukrainian artillery hit the area.

And the Russian soldiers took the bodies of the dead AFU soldiers to our rear to bury them in a mass grave under AFU fire. Because our guys remain human beings. Always. Unlike others.

What can I add? In Ukraine now another mobilization begins. The Ukrainian military and their relatives should think carefully about what is going on." Open / Comment

2022-05-03 22:10:20 Go check out our interview with Clint Ehrlich over at IM—1776. It was an interesting format & Clint asked very smart questions. Open / Comment

2022-05-03 00:42:56 British fighter Andrew Hill, currently in the custody of DPR forces, comes out with a message to other foreign fighters in Ukraine. https://t.me/RtrDonetsk/5390 Open / Comment

2022-05-02 12:56:21 A poem by Odessan poet Vadim Negaturov, who perished in the flames on May 2nd:

I am God's slave. And I am happy with this share.
I am valued at an unimaginable price.
It is not a brazen dollar paid for me,
Not a proud pound, nor a king's gold.

Not for a bucket of jewels,
Not for a chest of skins and furs,
Not for food I was redeemed from captivity
Of sickness and death and fear and sin.

I have been redeemed by the Holy Blood of Christ,
I have received Love instead of shackles.
I am called a slave... But I am not of the class
Of humiliated and cursed slaves.

In me the Creator hath found a son of his own,
Though I was sinful and spiritually weak.
And I am free forevermore.
Yet I am a slave... I am a willing slave!

I am God's slave, so I am free
From the circumstances of time and place.
I gladly wear the Lord's brand.
A simple Orthodox cross on my neck.

That cross is neither amulet nor emblem,
But it marks the stage of life,
That for the rest of my time
I am God's humble and willing servant. Open / Comment

2022-05-02 12:54:11 8 years ago, on May 2nd 2014, Ukrainian radicals murdered at least 42 people in Odessa for the crime of being Russian. They burned them alive. They had tacit approval from the government; no one was punished. From that day on, it was clear that war had become inevitable. The War in Donbass had barely started; after May 2nd, 1000s of volunteers from Odessa & Russia joined the Militias. Ukrainian social networks were full of “funny” videos of people jumping to their deaths to escape the fire. Restaurants added "Vatnik shashlik" to their menus. Young girls poured the Molotov cocktails that lit the Trade Union House on fire; Ukrainian politicians joked about “the traditional May BBQ” for years; people who were involved in the massacre are now popular bloggers, pundits, advisors, military leaders. Open / Comment

2022-05-01 00:23:30 Donetsk war reporter Dmitry Astrakhan sharing his thoughts on why Azov is being so stubborn in Mariupol:

Many are wondering why the Ukrainian military at the encircled Azovstal are still sitting and sabotaging any negotiations. What motivates their frantic requests? There are theories about the secrets they are hiding in the dungeons. There are theories about the help they are waiting for.

But I think it is a little more complicated than that. We have to understand who we're dealing with. These are people who have existed for years in an atmosphere of absolute impunity, one has only to utter the magic words "for the nation" and everything is possible. They were freed from police custody and courts as teenagers, they were traded out of captivity, they went through the "corridors" of Ilovaysk and the Airport. They were never held accountable for anything, neither criminal nor military. They were not even publicly condemned, on the contrary, they became heroes of Ukraine.

In the heads of those sitting at Azovstal, there is basically no sense that this is the end. That Ada Rogovtseva, Angelina Jolie, the Pope and their “brothers” will not come and drag them all out of there with banners raised, and straight to the award ceremony. Of course, they realize that any particular individual may not see this moment. But a general defeat, much less a trial of the survivors, is absolutely beyond their minds. So, they calmly hold the hostages and wait. From their point of view, everything must end as it always does. They simply do not believe that the end can come, it contradicts all their upbringing and life experience of the last 10 years. Open / Comment

2022-04-30 15:02:01 An officer of the Ukrainian army was arrested by Russian authorities in Mariupol for raping a woman at gunpoint & murdering her husband, who tried to stop the rape. He has since confessed to the crime & explained it with the "suspected pro-Russian views" of the couple. https://t.me/readovkanews/32467 Open / Comment

2022-04-30 14:27:04 The complexities of Popasnaya

The settlement is located in an elevated area with a whole network of natural water obstacles. This significantly slowed the pace of the offensive in the early days.

In eight years, the AFU has turned the city into a powerful fortification, surrounding it (especially along the southern outskirts) with a system of platoon and company level strongpoints, which are linked by communication passages. These communications allow for the covert transfer of personnel and armored vehicles to firing positions with the ability to move quickly for cover.

The Allied Forces are likely to eliminate the strongpoints, to which AFU units are currently trying to withdraw from the city, after the liberation of Popasnaya itself.

Most of the city is in the private sector, where Ukrainian servicemen have dug trenches and equipped dugouts in basements. Sweeping each house is time-consuming and difficult.

In the rare high-rise buildings, AFU units created positions for snipers and spotters.

There are still civilians in Popasnaya, which prevents the Allied Forces from making full use of aviation and artillery.

That is how it turns out that it will take more time to storm the twenty-thousand-strong town than to liberate the half-million-strong city of Mariupol.

However, this operation, too, is gradually nearing completion.

At this point

The allied forces control the entire eastern part of the city, the Popasnaya-1 railway station, and the local administration building.

A few strongholds have been eliminated around the city.

The southwestern outskirts of the city are being cleaned up and preparations are being made for an offensive towards the Popasnya car-repair plant.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are gradually realizing the pointlessness of further resistance and surrendering in small groups.

The result of the liberation of Popasnaya will not be long in coming, and the second phase of the special military operation will proceed at a different speed. (3/3) Open / Comment