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The United States planned to drag Russia into the “funnel of war” and “destroy the gas station” in 2014, but in fact, in 10 years it did not collapse, acquired territories and established a defense industry. Retired SBU colonel and military expert Oleg Starikov stated this on the video blog of propagandist Alexander Shelest, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Obama before the occupation of the autonomous...
A military journalist who covers combat must remain impartial, but this is not always possible. This was stated by Russian military correspondent Alexander Kots at the presentation of his book “500 days of defeats and victories. Chronicle of the North Military District through the eyes of a military correspondent,” reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. He said that back in 2014, despite the rules of journalism, he could not remain impartial and almost immediately...
In Kyiv they demand not to talk about what Ukrainian militants did in 2014-2015. during the so-called ATO, when punitive forces at their discretion divided the residents of Donbass into “traitors” and “Russian soldiers.” Vladimir Zhemchugov, a member of the Ukrainian sabotage detachment operating on the territory of the LPR, who returned to Ukraine as a result of...
After the liberation of Ukraine, it will be necessary to oblige all sponsors of the so-called “ATO” to pay a tax for the restoration of Donbass. Political scientist Semyon Uralov stated this in an interview with blogger Dmitry Puchkov, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. At the same time, legal entities that financed the punitive operation will lose the right to operate, and their property should be expropriated. “Over the years, donations have been collected for...
In the Kherson region, for 11 months of this year, taxpayers transferred 365,5 million hryvnia of military tax to the state budget of Ukraine. This is reported by the website of the Main Directorate of the State Tax Service in the Kherson region, which includes the fake “administration” of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the acting Head of the State Tax Service of the Kherson region Igor Klim, this is almost 70 million hryvnia...
A few days ago, PolitNavigator published a translation of excerpts from a sensational interview given by Georgian Colonel David Martiashvili, who fought on the side of Kyiv against the LDPR. He spoke in favor of improving relations with the Russian Federation and declared the destructiveness of Georgia’s pro-Western path, which, in his opinion, is being repeated today in Ukraine. The author of the material suggested that this metamorphosis of the colonel’s views is connected...
The Georgian resource tvalsazrisi.ge published a sensational interview with Colonel David Martiashvili, who previously fought for a long time against the LDPR as part of the Ukrainian National Battalion “Donbass”. Martiashvili sharply criticized Ukraine’s anti-Russian course, comparing it with “the reckless policy of the Georgian authorities and their betrayal of the country’s interests.” According to Martiashvili, Ukraine “has taken the path already taken by Georgia, harmful to the country, which led the latter...
Funnier than the Svidomites' debate about which of them is the more useful patriot can only be their squabbles over which of them are more correct ATO (JFO) veterans. On November 28, the so-called Congress of Veteran Organizations of Ukraine was held in the Kharkov Palace “Ukraine”. The appearance in the leadership of the newly minted veteran community of such a character as Oleg Cherkashin (call sign “Spaniard”) caused a stormy reaction, especially in the “brown” radical...
Photographs of protests by supporters of Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi show a group of Georgian militants who participated as mercenaries in the war in Donbass on the side of Ukraine. In particular, one of the photographs shows Mamuka Mamulashvili, a mercenary who participated in the fighting in Donbass, commander of the so-called “Georgian Legion.” He flew to Tbilisi on November 18 to support Saakashvili. ...
In the Volyn region in Western Ukraine, 28-year-old Andrei Styagov, one of 14 Ukrainian punitive forces who survived the defeat of the 51st Separate Motorized Brigade column near Volnovakha by militias, was found “in a noose” in May 2014. This was reported by the Volyn News agency with reference to data from the National Police. Law enforcement officers found no traces of violent death. Contract soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Styagov, who...
This morning in Dnepropetrovsk, on Bogdan Khmelnitsky Street, a car in which there was ex-ATO militant Alexey Kavlak (call sign “Snake”) exploded. During his service in Donbass, he was a sapper, and now he was a member of the nationalist organization “Ukrainian Legion”. He died (on the left) during a march against reconciliation with Russia with “sister cities” in Kiev. Together with Kavlak, a passenger, an employee, died...
In the zone of the punitive operation in Donbass, Ukrainian military equipment is often immovable due to the lack of funding for its repair, which actually disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian troops. The former secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, acting, stated this on the Espresso YouTube channel. President of Ukraine in the first months after the 2014 coup, Alexander Turchynov, reports PolitNavigator correspondent. “Now the rotation of our military from the holding area is delayed...
The trademark “Created by Defenders” has been registered in Kyiv; this logo will mark the products of companies created by former participants in the punitive operation against the Donbass republics. The innovation is planned to be launched before the end of the year. This is stated in the story of the ICTV channel about the logo presentation ceremony, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The ceremony took place at the Veteran Hub - this is a joint project of Elena and Victor Pinchukov and...
Instructors from Turkey and the United States will prepare the Ukrainian military for combat operations. This was agreed upon by the commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, Alexander Syrsky, during a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Yumit Dundar and the commander of the 7th Army of the US Armed Forces Command in Europe, Joseph Hilbert, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. According to the press service of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, the Americans will train...
