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Patrice Greanville
The Novorussia phenomenon.
While the abject American media, in cahoots with the rest of the capitalist press, continue with their lies and decadent evasions, exciting events are actually taking place in the world.
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[T]he American imperial obsession to destroy Russia as a competing world power has inadvertently detonated a democratic revival in parts of the conflict zones, such as Eastern Ukraine, where the people of the Donetsk’s People’s Republic (DPR)* are seeking a new form of independent rule without oligarchs of any stripe. Few events are as dramatic and important these days as the struggle in the heroic Donbas region where a new society full of promise is being born.

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Humanity owes a great debt to these brave people. They are showing the way out from the current global cesspool of political apathy, endless wars, obscene inequality, widespread poverty, and ecological devastation into which an American-led capitalism has plunged just about everyone in this planet. We should salute the people of Eastern Ukraine for resisting so nobly the onslaught of the Kiev/NATO war machine. It is a most inspiring feat.

Press Conference – Formation of a state – 24 Aug 2014

* The Wiki provides—rather coldly— the following definition:
The Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR or DNR) (Russian: Донецкая народная республика,Donétskaya naródnaya respúblika, Ukrainian: Донецька народна республіка, Donets’ka narodna respublika) is a self-proclaimed state in eastern Ukraine. It is part of the self-proclaimed Federal State of Novorossiya.

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[Alexander V. Zakharchenko, Chairman of The Council of Ministers of The Donetsk National Republic] As you all know, a week ago we announced our plan to attack. We started it yesterday.

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Until yesterday we have been preparing for the attack, examining trophy equipment, arming the crews, and testing communication between different military formations.

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I can now proudly announce that we formed 2 tank battalions, 2 full artillery brigades, 2 Grad divisons,

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1 mechanized infantry battalion, 3 infantry brigades and a special purpose assault airborne brigade.

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All these units have now received Army numbers.

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The communication system have been regularized and 2 field hospitals and 1 maintenance brigade have been formed.

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We have begun testing all these units in battle. Yesterday we began an attack on Amvrosiyivka enemy group.

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According to our data, in the course of the offensive, the enemy lost about 45 units of military equipment, we captured 14 units of military equipment,
and about 1,200 people were killed and wounded.

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There are two cauldrons at the moment, in Amvrosiivka and Starobeshevskaia.

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We started to advance at 4 a.m. on Elenovka, where the fighting is still going on.

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2/3 of Elenovka is under our control. We hope to clean up these areas before the night. However, the offensive will not end at that.

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We will continue until we free all populated areas in the Donetsk National Republic.

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The army is ready and we have the support of the people. There will be more and more prisoners.

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Now regarding the Parade. I deliberately put the trophy
equipment on display on Lenin Square.

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Everything that will come to us from Kiev, will end up in the same condition sooner or later.

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The more will come, the easier it’ll be for us to restore our economy.

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As you may know, metallurgy is one of our main industries.

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I would like to thank the Minister of Defense for the close cooperation, understanding of the challenges facing the government, for his unlimited capacity to work and for his personal courage.

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[Vladimir Kononov, Defense Minister of DNR]
Dear journalists, TV audience, I would like to appeal to you.

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The Ukrainian aggressive occupation army came on our soil. They brought a nationalistic ideology that has no respect for human life.

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Their only interest is in our territory and resources.

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They launch their vile attacks on residential civilian complexes with grandmothers, women, and children.

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Just yesterday they fired on a residential quarter and
killed a 9-year-old girl. There was no militia there.

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They use sneaky tactics of mobile mortar groups that come to a place, shoot at it for 10-20 minutes, and quickly leave.

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We already have all data on the movements of these mortar groups. They will be neutralized soon.

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Now regarding the armed forces.

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This is a uniform force with the principle of undivided authority that
prevents disobedience and disorder, contrary to those who call the DNR army Makhnovist, etc.

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It's a lie disseminated by the Kiev’s junta as well as by those who have unleashed tanks, Grads, and artillery against its people.

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You can now ask your questions.

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Does the militia fire on the houses?

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Let me correct you right away. We were the militia 10 days ago. Today, we are the armed forces of the Donetsk National Republic.

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The DNR’s armed forces by no means try to strike on
residential neighborhoods and houses.

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We don't and never will practice this. This is our homeland, our soil, and our Motherland.

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This is a war on our territory that we want to preserve. We're not animals. We are not fighting in Kiev, we are fighting at home.

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Channel 1, Moscow. How would you characterize the Ukrainian armed forces’ response to your offensive? Were they aware of it? Are they in confusion,
resisting or rolling back?

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Most likely they knew about our counter-attack as we did not make a secret of this. They didn’t know the time and place of the attack.

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There are regular army officers who, unfortunately, at some point graduated from the Soviet military schools and the Academy.

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They were preparing for different options, and have guessed some of them. The fighting was heavy because the regular units fight well.

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The regular army really fights, gets defeated, but never gives up.

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Those who roll back are the battalions of Shakhtersk, Aydar etc. They are usually easy to attack because they retreat at the first shot and never engage in direct fire contact.

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They usually retreat and call on the regular units, and then they start to attack together.

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Again, the fighting is very heavy.,You can feel the enemy’s superiority in their quantity of equipment.

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To give you an idea of the intensity of the fighting: we cross about 40 km in the day.

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The Parade of prisoners of war we’ve seen this afternoon, isn’t it against all humanitarian conventions and motions of dignity?

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As a lawyer, I can say that we did nothing against international law.

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The prizoners were not undressed or starved.

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Show me a single international law, which prohibites parading prisoners. We have not done anything illegal.

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What was the purpose of this parade? Were you trying to send a message to Kiev?
Why did you make a decision to parade the prisoners of war?

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Kyiv said that they will march in parade in Donetsk on the 24th. So they did.

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Poroshenko didn’t lie: they were here together with their hardware.

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This week Lugansk received humanitarian aid from Russia.
Are you waiting for such help, and when do you think you can expect it to come?

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We expected it yesterday, even before Lugansk.

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Our city’s population is bigger than Lugansk, so it was logical to send it to us first.

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But situation in Lugansk is much harder, so it was sent there first.
I hope that we will receive our help soon.

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Are there any negotiations about the terms of delivery?

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Yes, the negotiations were conducted on the same day as Lugansk, but, unfortunately, we didn't get it.

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Will Lugansk share their received help with you?

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As practical business managers, we would like it. However, from the humanitarian position we understand that the situation is more difficult there.

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We have to rely on our own resources for now. Hopefully, help will come soon.

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there are historical parallels with July 1944 and the March of the Nazis. Did it happen by accident or was it done on purpose?

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Honestly, we have recently seen one of the insignias of the 2nd separate brigade:
the complete emblem of the Galicia SS Division, a 79 SS Galicia badge.

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When we saw the full symbol of this Division... Many Russian families suffered losses in the Second World War. One of the ancestors in my family fought against the Galicia SS Division.

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This is not just a parallel, this is generational: my great-grandfather, and now I, and the same division…

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That’s why a desire was born to repeat 1944 so they would realize that it all already happened before, it has repeated itself with the same result.

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Every time you come to Russia with a sword, “from a sword you will perish”.

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Unfortunately, dear journalists, the West tries to invade us with a regularity of 30-50 years.

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That is, every 30-50 years the Western civilization tries
to impose on us their opinion and their way of life.

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The First World War, the Great Patriotic war, the Crimean war before that
and so on well into the depths of history.

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As a result, the West traditionally gets the fall of Berlin, Paris, etc.

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There is Maidan every year In Kiev – “Those who don’t jump are Moskals”.

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The West comes every 30-50 years to get what it deserves. Now in 2014, they are slightly delayed.

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What kind of aid do you now get from Russia?

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individuals and certain organizations send us food, clothes, and medicine.

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Ramzan Kadyrov has collected humanitarian aid worth of $70 million, which is now waiting in Rostov.

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It was not a state program, it’s from the Republic and the President of Chechnya.

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....experts in artillery from Samara?

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I will invite several officers of the French Navy, who want to fight with us.

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They are willing to give an interview. We have Europe fighting amongst us.

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The European ideals of equality, fraternity, and the French revolution, as in the Marseillaise, resonate with the patriots of France.

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It means, the nation is not dead, since it has such representatives who are willing to go to the far away place to fight for their ideals, which the Bastille was once taken for.

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Yes, there are volunteers: the French, the Russians. Is it a bad thing? It’s great.

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Are there regular Russian military units fighting on your side?

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If you think that Russia is sending its regular units here, then let me tell you something.

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If Russia was sending its regular troops, we wouldn't be talking about the battle of Elenovka here.

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We'd be talking about a battle of Kiev or a possible capture of Lvov.

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Now there is a war on our soil for our territory. We have an influx of volunteers from all over the world.

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Of course, the Russian help would be very desirable, but from a political point of view it is impossible and unrealistic.

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Thanks, by the way, to the European countries. You do not acknowledge this war just as you did not acknowledge the great Patriotic war, didn’t you?

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You support the anti-terrorist operation against terrorists and separatists.

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Have you not developed a Charter of free territory,
I believe, in Switzerland?

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A Territory has a right of self determination and
separation after a referendum.

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Germany lives by the same principles. There will be a referendum in Scotland soon.

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That is, you call your own principles democratic and
carry them out (almost) democratically.

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The example of Czechoslovakia was peaceful. Yugoslavia, unfortunately,
was torn into a thousand little pieces by you.
Using military methods by the way.

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We have the same thing happening here.

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That is, if you stop pursuing a policy of double standards and will be able to understand that people live here.

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What is our fault? The fault of Donetsk, Donbass, our land?

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That we are asked to live independently? That we wanted to live the way we want?
To speak our language? To make friends with whom we want?

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We didn't want to go to Europe. We have different mentalities, religion.

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But we have a different religion. We want to go East.

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We wanted to live the way we want, but we were not allowed to. We were called terrorists and separatists.

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Please note, we did not capture any regional administrations, nor did we scorch district departments. That’s what the Maidan did.

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Slogans: "No oligarchy”, “Equality and brotherhood", "Freedom of religion and language", "Freedom of choice".

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All these slogans are from the Maidan. We want the same thing. So why are we the bad guys?

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What did we do to deserve being bombed from planes?, shot at from tanks?and have phosphorous bombs dropped on us ?

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Explain to me what an anti-terrorist operation is?!

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There police forces and intelligence services are involved, and not regular military units, military vehicles and aircrafts.

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Dear journalists, please correct me if I am wrong.

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If we are terrorists, then the police and the security service of Ukraine must fight us.

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30, 25, 95, 72, and 76 - the entire Ukrainian army is present on our territory.

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Three conscriptions, the national guard, territorial battalions, private battalions Aidar, Azov, Shakhtersk, Donbass, Dnieper-1, Dnieper-2, Dnieper-3, battalion Kiev, and now Kryvbas.

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What have we done? What is our guilt? The fact that we have shale gas, for which you want to erase entire Slavyansk from the face of the earth?

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Or any other financial interests?

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We are all descendants of the glorious ancestors. We all have ancestors that we are proud of.Only between the two of us there are two Heroes of the Soviet Union.

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We are still able to hold weapons in our hands. We swallowed with our mothers’ milk a pride and desire to live in free and happy Donbass.

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We’ll tell anyone who comes to harm us on our soil: we will fight tooth and nail for our Motherland.

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Kiev and the West made a big mistake by awaking us.

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We are the hardworking people. While others were jumping on the Maidan for 300 grivnas, our people were down in the mine, mining coal,
melting metal and sowing crop.

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None of us had time to jump, we were busy working.

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When a person who just yesterday worked with a jackhammer or operated a harvester,
today got behind a steering wheel of a tank or Grad, or picked up a machine gun,
the line has been crossed and you cannot stop him.

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The one who left his job knows that he will fight to the end and to his last breath.

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You may pass it on to others: do not wake the beast. Just don’t.

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While there is still an opportunity, let mothers spare their sons.

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For some, perhaps this will be terrible news: there still lie several hundred soldiers of the armed forces of the Ukrainian army under Panovka,
Saur-Mohyla, who are unaccounted for.

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Families receive “missing in action” letters. They are actually dead. Kiev authorities do it on purpose.

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Hundreds and thousands dead in more than a dozen graves. I announce it officially.

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Let everybody know if you received a "missing in action" letter, then most likely, your husband, brother, or son got killed.

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[Vladimir Kononov]
I can you give an example from the battle of the 72nd and
25th batalions against us in Shakhtersk. I have all the documents
of the soldiers who burned near the wrecked machinery.

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We returned the bodies to the Ukrainian army. Two weeks later, we received information that they were “missing in action”.

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Why did they bother to pick up the bodies?

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It was reported that the Ukrainian army from the beginning of the conflict had 12,000 killed, 19,000 wounded and 5,000 missing.

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They are not missing, they were killed and buried under Karachun, in Krasnyy Liman…

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They were dumping bodies from a helicopter with stones tied to their feet into the Blue lakes near Slavyansk.

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Vladimir Petrovich, let's not excite our press with such gruesome details.

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Poroshenko said that all 120 people out of 1200 who participated in the Parade in Kiev, will go to the East.

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Now I want to say: I don't want to fight. It wasn’t my choice, but I'll fight till the end for my land, no matter who, when and how numerous they were.

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This is a battle of annihilation. Unfortunately, the Slavs are fighting among themselves and destroying their best people.

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We want to reach out to all the relatives and mothers: do not send your sons here.

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Leave us alone. Let us live free and in peace.

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We didn’t come to you in Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk, or Zaporozhye. We are not marauding your villages, raping your women, killing your elders and stealing their military decorations.

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Remember decorations for Stalingrad, the capture of Berlin, Gold Star medals, Orders of Glory, Orders of the Red Banner,
mixed up with women's earrings?...

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We don't do that. We want to live on our land the way we want. We don't need you. We are different.

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Ukraine of the East and the West is an artificially created conglomerate. However, we didn’t start this war.

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If someone has a political conscience, a will and a courage of a real man, I'm just suggesting to stop this operation.

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You don’t have to recognize our status, just leave us alone within our borders of Donetsk and Lugansk republics,
and we will kiss each other goodbye.

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A question from the French newspaper Libération. When will a press conference with the French internationalists,
that you mentioned, take place?

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They will arrive tomorrow. Talk with Vladimir Petrovich tomorrow. Contact him through his press Secretary.

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Do you think the meeting with Poroshenko will bring any positive solutions?

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Let me clarify. No federalization can be possible today.

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There is time for everything. We asked for the federalization 3 months ago,
then we asked for a permission to hold a referendum.

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That time has passed, now we want to live independently.

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The Ukrainian authorities are using police methods to subdue us: they arrest us, cordon us off, and conduct anti-terrorist operations against us.

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By now so much blood has been spilled and so many people have died for freedom. How can we speak of federalization?

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What is federalization? This is a series of bureaucratic procedures that need to be done.

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But we want to live independently. We have very rich land.

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Talks about subsidies is a lie perpetrated by thieves to steal money. Each President understood this very well and always participated in it.

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We are a self-sufficient region with its agriculture,
developed industry, forests, fields, and seas.

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We have everything from a “Switzerland” to the sea.

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Resort areas, agriculture, chemical and coal industry, rich minerals, gas deposits, etc.

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Despite close ties with the rest of Ukraine,
we can and must be able to feed ourselves.

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If they do not understand it in a good way,
then we will ask them in a hard way.

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I hope that the meeting between Poroshenko and President Vladimir Putin will lead to the taking of our position into account.

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About the law in relation to people who are in prison.

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Please specify what kind of law you are talking about.

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On what basis these people have been arrested?

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We have recently adopted a new criminal code and the creation of court-martials and tribunals. Is that what are you talking about?

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This is not a law, this is a provision that we have discussed in the Council of Ministers and then submitted to the Supreme Council.

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The Supreme Council gave us a go-ahead. Are you asking about people who were arrested prior to this or after?

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At the moment we have mostly detained soldiers who violated military discipline and the oath of allegiance.

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A court-martial will have to deal with it. Now regarding the rest.

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Since the adoption of this law, all detained civilians were transferred to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and
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Depending on the sentence, they will either be released, or subjected to administrative punishments in the form of
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Donetsk Detention Center came over to our side, so civilized places will be used for detentions.

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For further clarifications you can enquire at the reception desk of the Deputy Prime Minister or to appeal to the Prosecutor General.

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A question about the death penalty.

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I'll be honest, I think the death penalty is the highest form of protection of society.

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You probably remember that my first decree was to fight banditry.

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Yes, this is a widespread phenomenon, because all sorts of criminal elements penetrate under the guise of a revolution.

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We must fight it now so we wouln’t have to hunt these paramilitary groups down later. That was the reason behind this decision.

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After the long discussions it has been decided to adopt the death penalty.

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You all know perfectly well that the abolition of the death penalty does not reduce crime.

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Statistics show that with the death penalty abolished crimes “for some reason” tend to go up.

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The society, ordinary people, and private entrepreneurs have to be able to live and work in the safety.
We made a decision to guarantee their security.

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COMMENTS

Anonymous said…

The French Saker should take example on you when you thanks the translators.I translated the Russian appeal to Germany as I thought it was a really moving text, and pasted it in the French Saker comment section (with my email) as I didn’t know how to contact them.They erased the comment and just published it without attribution nor thanks. The ultimate goal was to enable people to read it in French, but a little thank you goes a long way.Anyway this is the occasion for me to thanks all the anonymous “soldiers” that translate for Novorussia : without them we would be blind and deaf to what happens there.Keep-up the good work Saker.

26 AUGUST, 2014 14:21

Anonymous said…

26 AUGUST, 2014 14:23

Anunnaki said…

In for a penny, in for a pound. Let’s end this thing once and for all now that the jig is up!http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/26/ukraine-russian-soldiers_n_5714555.html?ir=World&utm_campaign=082614&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Alert-world&utm_content=Titlehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/world/putin-will-meet-with-ukrainian-counterpart-in-high-stakes-summit-amid-tense-situation/2014/08/26/875db403-5b7b-4d89-8443-5aee1bde6345_story.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/27/world/europe/ukraine.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LedeSum&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

26 AUGUST, 2014 14:43

Biswajit said…

They certainly did hit the nail in the head.

26 AUGUST, 2014 15:06

Veritas said…

Dear The Saker,What are your views of this incident:http://en.itar-tass.com/world/746693I understand that Ukraine will try and capatalise on this – but shouldn’t border patrols be returned?I also wonder if they were in no mans land and captured there – it just seems odd with all the wins going on with the militias that the Ukie army was there to capture anyone….or the Russians would let themselves be captured.Rgds,Veritas

26 AUGUST, 2014 15:06

Larchmonter445 said…

These guys would never make it as politicians. They speak the truth.A great thank you to the team of people who worked swiftly on this large project.Excellent job, well-done.Thanks, Saker.This video with translation and sub-titles is a great and historic record at a crucial moment in the history of the fight for Freedom.These men explain in crystal clear language their cause, their mind-set, their historical roots and the development of their future.They set it in context of the West fighting wars against Russia. And they welcome the fight.Brilliant. There can be no rebuttal. Liberty over Tyranny.

Henceforth, we shall refer to them as the DPR Army. Marchon! Marchon!

26 AUGUST, 2014 15:11

Paul II said…

Serious people. Thanks for getting that out.This begs the question of whether Russia could live with Donbass independence. Without the Donbass and Crimea, the remainder would be quite anti-Russian. Federalization of an anti-Russian state would not be nearly as good as it would have been a few years ago.

26 AUGUST, 2014 15:16

Anonymous said…

Without a shadow of a doubt, Novorussia forces are comprehensively winning the current battles on their Homeland. If future events would unfold according to the situation today, Novorussia would become another Kosovo, gradually winning its independence across the next year or so.However, the monsters of the West, and their propagandists, haven’t been moving Heaven and Earth to ensure Putin FAILED to send in the peacekeepers for no reason. Do you think the monsters of the West failed to realise the likely success of COVERT Russia assistance against the unthinkable incompetence of its neo-Nazi forces from Kiev?To the CONTRARY, they banked on it. Keep Russian peacekeepers out (would end the conflict immediately, and completely spoil the Demonic plan). Ramp up the conflict so that it gained pride of place in the Jewish mainstream media headline lists. Prepare the world for increasing amounts of NATO assistance on the side of Kiev.The current VICTORY of our side in Novorussia is an even greater victory for the Demons. And today, Kiev is parading the Russian soldiers captured by US special forces operating near the border (yes, the US army already has forces in Novorussia- units comprised of native or near native American Ukrainians who can pass themselves off as locals).The PROPAGANDA value is obvious. By capturing these Russians, it makes it seem to 99.9% of all mainstream media sheeple that everything else Kiev has said in the past was true also. We may ponder the paradox of this effect, when the sheeple were told many days back that Novorussia was within days of falling, but the sheeple have self-healing goldfish memories.Since it is in the masterplan of the Demons to keep Russian peacekeepers out of Novorussia, even the simplest person has to understand that things are going according to (their) plan in Novorussia, no matter how good current events look to us. So think about their next moves.The Jewish leader of the stooge government has, like any dictator, ended the rule of parliament with the sweep of a pen. And only because his UK/US masters required this. The reason is to increase the war footing of Ukrainian society. Human losses must be hidden. Laws must be enforced pushing ‘DEFEATISTS’ who dare to spread or discuss facts about the truth in Novorussia.The Media in the West is CROWING about neo-Nazi ‘volunteer’ units fighting in Novorussia. Any student of warfare can tell you what this is code for. BUTCHER SQUADS. In the US War of Independence, these were German mercenaries on the British side. In the US civil war, these were terror gangs on either side.

BUTCHER SQUADS are units that are ordered to use ANY method to strike terror and chaos- and are usually comprised of very serious criminals. They care little about their own lives, so long as they get to rape, torture and murder with complete immunity.

Meanwhile, NATO is training Ukraine and mercenary units for massive no-mercy all-out land attacks against Novorussia. Putin has near enough perfectly fallen into their trap.

26 AUGUST, 2014 15:37

hardcore said…

Unlike many I am not so puzzled by the “capture” of 10 Russian paratroopers, it’s probably a deliberate ploy!
Like the parade of prisonners which was so criticized as a breach of Geneva conventions it is likely a subtle “double action” PR stunt which had the idiot Ukies fell into head on:
Since they are flooding the medias with photos and videos of this fairly innocuous “mistake” they can now be asked to provide the same kind of evidence for ANY other claim of “Russian meddling”, pwned…
Just like the prisonners parade forced the medias to acknowledge a situation in Donetsk quite at odds with the “official narrative”.

26 AUGUST, 2014 15:37

CubuCoko said…

Apparently, “Russian aggressor paratroopers” are a border patrol that found itself (allegedly) in Ukieland.My instinct is to trust the official Russian statement, since I don’t believe the Ukies “were they to tell me milk was white”, but it would be nice to have this clarified pronto.On a different note – much gratitude and kudos to the translation team. A couple small typos here and there (“Panovka” is Stepanovka” and it’s “Saur-Mogila”), but a fantastic job on such short notice.How difficult would it be to get a cleaned-up transcript as well, at some point?Once again, kudos – and to you, Saker, for making this all possible.

26 AUGUST, 2014 15:39

Monroedavid said…

I wanted to watch the video, but unfortunately the translation ran off the right side of the page and I saw no way to get a full-monitor view in order to remedy this situation.

26 AUGUST, 2014 15:42

Jim Kemeny said…

I half expected this development, the announcement obviously timed carefully. In fact I had this in mind when I wrote my last post on EU: ramshackle empire this morning. There has been a lot happening over the border with Russia.

26 AUGUST, 2014 15:45

Anonymous said…

Thanks to the transcription/translation/subtitling team for their great workI wonder if the full translation could be made available as text (as a post or as a comment). For those of us who don’t understand Russian, it is a lot easier to follow the content that way. This applies to all subtitled material dealing with speeches, interviews, press conferences, etc, where the visual part is not too important.It would also allow easy quoting of key passages.

26 AUGUST, 2014 15:46

Anonymous said…

Saker,
please, how can we help these brave people?

26 AUGUST, 2014 15:49

Anonymous said…

i.e. Cathe, BelgiumDear Saker,
There is a problem with your videos : they are larger than the space of your blog allows, sothat when there are subtitles, one always misses a consistent part of their right side.
Maybe reducing a bit the general size of videos would put things right.Thanks for giving a look.

26 AUGUST, 2014 15:52

hardcore said…

Putin/Porky handshake in Minsk from RT.
LOVE the Putin smile!!!

26 AUGUST, 2014 15:53

the pug said…

good video of novorussian fighters explaining why they joined, and then addressing ukie conscripts, then addressing Nazi guards/rs, and finally speaking to Maiden leaders and oligarchs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7kGVc8F644&feature=youtu.be

26 AUGUST, 2014 16:15

Man From Atlan said…

Posted on Twitter for you, Saker. https://twitter.com/manfromatlan/status/504296833288400898It would be so much simpler if you had a Twitter button so we could retweet your posts for you. You can protect your account so you only get notifications from people you trust, but we can still tweet your posts to a greater audience.

26 AUGUST, 2014 16:16

Anonymous said…

Well, with the latest developments from Minsk, I would say that all the efforts of Novorussia and all the civilian deaths may have been for nothing.It looks like things are going to go back to business as usual with Pigletshenko, Ashton and Putin playing kissy-kissy like nothing ever happened. That’s right, those civilians burned alive? that plane shot out of the sky? It’s all been forgotten.This is why Strelkov was removed by Putin. It was a show of faith as was pointed out by some analysts last week.Pierre Hillard, a French PhD that specializes in the rollout of the NWO has consistently been saying that Putin was part of the game. He took a lot of flak from other dissidents because of that.I did not want to believe it for the longest time; now I am starting to think he was right all along.Soon all sanctions will be lifted and it will be like nothing happened.Even if Ukraine is federalized, what difference will it make? The empire will have won again because there won’t be any in-depth changes (essentially on the monetary front) and they will continue their game of destabilization. Could go on forever.That being said, great job, Saker. Thank you for your dedication and your idealism in all this.

26 AUGUST, 2014 16:20

Veritas said…

Dear Translators,Thank you very much for translating this very important video.Dear The Saker,I have now had a chance to watch the video.I agree this is a must see video. The message is very clear – no federalisation – that has gone – the EU/IMF and USG have only themselves to blame.They ignored the advice given and all those lives lost – and for what? Nothing but death and destruction. :(I really pray that Novorussia will become a reality and the people are left alone – but the lunatics are running the asylum.I have the utmost respect for all of them.Rgds,

Veritas

26 AUGUST, 2014 16:21

teranam13 said…

Great Job translators and thanks Saker..these guys are fighting for all of us keeping a dark night from falling on the world. Redux Spain 1930’s.

26 AUGUST, 2014 16:31

Yavrik said…

the capture of Russian soldiers is a biggie. Whether they were captured inside Ukraine or not, if they are not released soon and are considered as POW’s it will essentially be a declaration of war against Russia.Expect a total cessation of trade, including gas, with closure of embassies, etc. If these soldiers are being held by the Ukies that are now encircled then things are even worse.

26 AUGUST, 2014 16:41

Writer said…

Saker,In cases like this, please consider publishing separate transcripts, in addition to video. There are many people (even in the U.S.) who have very limited internet bandwidth. Reading text is actually a quicker, more convenient, and more accurate way to get the message across.Thank you to everyone.

26 AUGUST, 2014 16:55

dusty said…

WRT the capture of these troops.The Russian government has accepted that they are Russian but there’s more to this than meets the eye.Firstly, captured 25 Km past the border there is no way that they would not have known they were in Ukraine. They know how to read maps and their fones probably have GPS even if they were not carrying navigation aids.Secondly, only 4 of the captured 10 have been paraded in front of a camera as yet, they look rough as dog shite, a marked contrast to the soldiers who crossed from Ukraine to Russia recently. These were not guys who had been gently or carefully treated.Thirdly, they spoke using strange language. Why would a soldier captured by the enemy refer to himself as a hostage rather than as a prisoner? Was this a coded message to those in Russia that what was being said was forced upon them?Fourthly, if this was an invasion then there’d be more than ten men, they’d not be young lads and they’d not have been captured. This means that their presence, purposeful as I am sure it was, was not what it might appear.My guess is that this was a deliberate provocation by some element within the military that wants to see an escalation to war between Russia and Ukraine/NATO. These young men were catspaws sent on a mission the true purpose of which was unknown to them.From what I can see there will be no escalation because the Ukrainians want a way out, the Europeans want a way out and the Russians want to enable that to happen.

Meanwhile, the story will generate miles of crappy, unthinking commentary in the media and people will continue to die unnecessarily.

26 AUGUST, 2014 16:55

Valentin said…

Big thank you to the translators.
It was a funny moment when Zakharchenko described the parade – Poroshenko promised there will be a parade on 24 in Donetsk and there it was – ukrainian soldiers and armor did parade 🙂

26 AUGUST, 2014 17:10

hardcore said…

Huh?
It looks like I just had two comments deleted but I have truly no idea why!

26 AUGUST, 2014 17:19

the pug said…

Agust 25 Sit-rep in English, and more:
http://tatzhit.livejournal.com/2330.html

26 AUGUST, 2014 17:33

dusty said…

Interesting expressions on all the onlookers in the image here: http://img.rt.com/files/news/2c/a6/c0/00/55.si.jpgThere’s not a lot of love for Poroshenko in that room.Putin looks as though he’d enjoy Poroshenko’s heart served in a rich gravy.

26 AUGUST, 2014 17:34

Anonymous said…

Brave and serious men protecting the innocent. They are patriots. It is a shame that Amerika does not have men like this just puppets for Israel, the corporations, banks and Obama.

26 AUGUST, 2014 17:36

krollchem said…

Here is an important in-depth website serving as a chronicle of the Ukraine war against the DPR and LPR. Eventually the information will be turned into a book on Western aggression against the people. See Kosovo Crisis – A Study in Foreign Policy Mismanagement by Vojin Joksimovich for a similar analysis covering the forced definlandization of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY).
The Dirty War on Ukraine http://progressivepress.com/blog-entry/dirty-war-ukraine
Submitted by Progressive Press on Wed, 2014-03-26 02:40
Author bio: John-Paul Leonard
See also: The Dirty War on Syria and The Dirty War on Venezuela.I will let them know of your efforts.

26 AUGUST, 2014 17:45

Seamus Padraig said…

The American Conservative has an interesting take on why Moscow pushed out Strelkov:http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/putins-right-flank/

26 AUGUST, 2014 17:51

Seamus Padraig said…

For those of you having trouble with Saker’s videos, try this:1.) Right-click on the video
2.) Select “Get URL at…”
3.) When URL box appears, press Ctrl+C to copy it to your clipboard
4.) Open a new tab or browser
5.) Click in the URL box and press Ctrl+V to paste the video’s URL into the box
6.) Press Enter to load the YouTube pageThat should work. At least, it’s always worked for me.

26 AUGUST, 2014 17:55

Cosh said…

I live in a remote rural home where wifi is available only at greater expense than my budget can bear. I can’t watch streaming video on youtube or listen to streaming audio but must rely on transcripts. Texts of more important docs would be appreciated if possible. Thanks for your informative site

26 AUGUST, 2014 18:06

Knut said…

I was quiemoved and impressed by the interview up to the point where the leader extolled the virtues of the death penalty. It was a fair question and he gave an honest answer. I don’t like the answer.

26 AUGUST, 2014 18:12

John 97205 said…

“I wonder if the full translation could be made available as text…This applies to all subtitled material dealing with speeches, interviews, press conferences, etc…”While it was nice to see a few minutes of video, and certainly without taking away from the dedication to getting this extraordinary press conference out in a form that many people prefer, I strongly second this, for the same reason: “…where the visual part is not too important.”I always prefer text to a video beyond a few minutes in length (where the video provides no real enhancement), for this reason: at a reasonable reading skimming speed of 400-600 wpm, one can absorb text 3 to 4 times faster than video, considering that speaking speed is about 125-150 wpm.(Excellent choice of name for the video, in my opinion; perhaps, if there is to be a full transcript, even better might be: Birth of a Nation — 24 August 2014)For those with only 90 seconds to spare right now regarding this amazing press conference, I recommend, in addition to this 18 seconds of snarky humor…02:13 – 02:31:Now regarding the parade [Donetsk, Independence Day, 24 August), I deliberately put the trophy equipment on display on Lenin Square.Everything that will come to us from Kiev, will end up in the same condition sooner or later. The more will come, the easier it will be for us to restore our economy. As you may know, metallurgy is one of our main industries.

…this passage:

24:30 – 26:02:

Let me clarify. No federalization can be possible today. There is a time for everything. We asked for the federalization three months ago, then we asked for permission to hold a referendum. That time has passed; now we want to live independently…By now so much blood has been spilled and so many people have died for freedom. How can we speak of federalization?…we want to live independently. We have very rich land…We are a self-sufficient region with its agriculture, developed industry, forests, fields, and seas.

~~~~~~~

Donetsk National Republic (DNR) newly created military forces announced at this press conference:

• 2 tank battalions
• 2 full artillery brigages
• 2 Grad divisions
• 1 mechanized infantry battalion
• 3 infantry brigades
• 1 special purpose assault airborne brigade
• 2 field hospitals
• 1 maintenance brigade

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Incidentally, regarding transcripts rather than video:

At The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, I found a transcript of Lavrov’s briefing (video version is 83 minutes) yesterday:

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gives a briefing on Ukraine’s humanitarian crisis in Moscow on 25 August 2014

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I’ve found any problems viewing the videos disappear if viewed directly at YouTube.

26 AUGUST, 2014 18:14

Brian_J said…

@MonroedavidIn the past I’ve had the same issue with Saker’s posted videos – the video is so large that the “full screen” button is hidden off the left side of the screen. If you zoom out (with Google Chrome and some other browsers this can be done by holding down the ctl key and scrolling down with the mouse button or using zoom settings in the menu) you will find the missing buttons.Brian

26 AUGUST, 2014 18:23

Anonymous said…

Do you know that Ukrainian language came from planet Venus?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_jT-1f4ygg–Humour:- Sir, let me tell you about this great people, the people of heroes, the people of Ukraine.- Please do.- You don’t know about this in the US, your nation is young. You see, the Ukrainian civilization is the oldest on Earth and its language comes from Venus.- Eh?

– General, you are not listening.

– Professor, I am listening, but I don’t understand what you are saying.

– Experts have confirmed the Venusian origin of our language.

– Venus is hot, isn’t it?

– Very and its fire lives in our hearts. We are invincible.

– I see. And your civilization is old?

– It is not simply old, it is very ancient. We inspired all the great civilizations that came later. All of them. Egypt, Tibet, India, China, you name it. Greece and Rome were Ukrainian projects.

– Whatever you say, professor. And after that?

– We had a hard time, especially in Europe. Have you tried teaching the British? The French? The Germans?

– No, professor, I haven’t.

– General, with lots of patience, we helped them build European civilization and how did they reward us? We got nothing in return. It is time our services are recognized. Let them compensate us financially, as they should have done long ago.

– If your civilization is so great, why are you in need?

– Those pesky Moskals, of course. They can’t stand us being superior. They have been working against us for centuries, but they never succeeded completely. Our ancient history still inspires the leaders of this country. It was my task to brief Poroshenko. He listened attentively and decided to show the world what Ukraine can accomplish. When we have re-conquered Krim, we may march to Moscow and start educating the rest of the world about our ancient ways. Imagine a world inspired by the ancient wisdom of the Ukrainian civilization! We can teach Merkel a thing or two. We can take Obama by the hand and help him save the US economy.

– You can?

– Yes, we can.

– Why are you telling me all this?

– We want you to take this important message to Washington.

– I will, I promise you, I will.

26 AUGUST, 2014 18:26

John 97205 said…

Anonymous (@ 26 AUGUST, 2014 15:49) wrote:”Saker,
please, how can we help these brave people?”I’ve not evaluated this, but I have no reason to doubt the authenticity, or that all financial aid will be well-utilized:Fundraising for militias of Novorossia (DPR and LPR)The fund is spent on assisting self-defense units of the Southeast – DPR and LPR, organization of the delivery of humanitarian aid to the regions of South-East – DPR and LPR, the provision of targeted financial help to the victims of the mercenaries, as well as other activities related to the spread of accurate and objective information about all the events taking place in the Southeast – DPR and LPR.

26 AUGUST, 2014 18:35

Anonymous said…

People having trouble watching embedded videos on this blog:Click on the title of the video (usually in white letters) near the top edge of the video window.This will open a separate window where you can watch the video in the YouTube website.Problem solved.

26 AUGUST, 2014 18:37

Anonymous said…

Thanks for translating this. I also second the idea of written transcripts. In addition to the reasons already stated, videos tend to get deleted off youtube and a written record is easier to save for posterity.вот так

26 AUGUST, 2014 18:44

Tradecraft said…

Clear and concise. Thanks to you Saker and all who help you in translations.r n r,from U.K.

26 AUGUST, 2014 18:46

Anonymous said…

To all with slow internet:Took me 5 seconds to find Google2SRT program by searching google. This java app downloads just subtitles from Google Video and YouTube unless it’s embedded. The subtitles (in srt format) are perfectly readable.I tested the app for you using this video. Transcript would include the speakers, so you would know who said what (though easily distinguishable for QA sessions like this one), but it may come handy when transcript doesn’t exist and no one will make one.snippet:
1
00:00:00,000 –> 00:00:10,000
[Alexander V. Zakharchenko, Chairman of The Council of Ministers of The Donetsk National Republic] As you all know, a week ago we announced our plan to attack. We started it yesterday.2
00:00:11,000 –> 00:00:25,000
Until yesterday we have been preparing for the attack, examining trophy equipment, arming the crews, and testing communication between different military formations.3
00:00:26,000 –> 00:00:35,000
I can now proudly announce that we formed 2 tank battalions, 2 full artillery brigades, 2 Grad divisons,

26 AUGUST, 2014 19:04

VINEYARDSAKER: said…

@Anonymous: The French Saker should take example on you when you thanks the translators. I translated the Russian appeal to Germany as I thought it was a really moving text, and pasted it in the French Saker comment section (with my email) as I didn’t know how to contact them. They erased the comment and just published it without attribution nor thanks. The ultimate goal was to enable people to read it in French, but a little thank you goes a long way. Anyway this is the occasion for me to thanks all the anonymous “soldiers” that translate for Novorussia : without them we would be blind and deaf to what happens there. Keep-up the good work Saker.REPLY FROM THE FRENCH TEAM“Dear Anonymous,I remember you well. You are right. Partly. You posted the article translated into French as a comment on our site……as I had already finished my own translation of it (it was in the course of publication when I saw your stuff).I could have explained, or thanked you… had you joined any email adress of yours. But there was none.So now I thank you for your kind effort and collaboration. Both of which I regret that we could not use at that time.Best regards,

Goklayeh, for The French Saker”

26 AUGUST, 2014 19:09

AntiNWO said…

DNR militiaman addresses his former ukrainian army colleaguesGreat video from a courages soldier.

26 AUGUST, 2014 19:17

NotSoFast said…

re: Re: why do’nt the young men of Novorussia defend their cities?Thanks for the positive comments – it is a very welcome change for me to get informed and interesting comments instead of blank stares.@ Rootman:
The video is entertaining as you say, but I have the impression that the young lady does not have much success with her critical questions :-)@KRG:
Fluoridation of water is a subject that I haven’t bothered with so far: do you have links where I can familiarize myself with the subject?@Anti NWO from Trst:
You are most certainly right: immigrants who cannot or will not assimilate are a destabilizing factor: I’ll add that to my list of manipulations.Thanks for all the inputs. And thanks to Saker for making these exchanges possible.

26 AUGUST, 2014 19:22

know the truth said…

They had a chance to settle peacefully for federalization of Ukraine 3 months ago, but listening to their “one indispensable nation” paymasters they decided to play hardball and use military means to subjugate the peoples of the Donbass. Now they have let the genie out of the bottle and practically guaranteed the one thing they were trying to prevent, an independent Donbass. The Novorussians will now settle for nothing less than full independence and they have the military means to back it up. The stupidity of the “exceptionals” is truly mind boggling.

26 AUGUST, 2014 19:36

Anonymous said…

Thank you good people
Marina, Erebus,Michael and Vaughan
Jean-JacquesGreetings from Croatia
Mnogo pozdrava i ljubavi iz Hrvatske.

26 AUGUST, 2014 19:40

Anonymous said…

For those having problems with the video being too large, try changing the resolution higher on your monitor. I use 1024×768 not particularly high but works fine.

26 AUGUST, 2014 19:49

Auslander said…

I think some of you are missing the vast importance of this news conference.In a nutshell, Novorossiya will not surrender and will not ever be a part of Ukraine, they will fight to the death first. This would not have been said without the specific permission of the Czar, make no mistake.The formation of a good sized army was announced, a well balanced and experienced army and I’m sure the civilian cadre and rear echelons are also in existence.The resistance behind the ork lines is growing exponentially. The panic in Mariupol is a cast iron grin to watch. Has anyone noticed that the orks have pulled down every unit they can get their hands on to guard Mariupol? Think about that in the context of the operations in central Novorossiya.The next three days are going to be of interest. Birth of a nation indeed!

26 AUGUST, 2014 20:01

Anon Mongoose said…

Wow, wow! What an education on the situation on the ground. Just Incredible. Superb.Patriots – not rebels at all. These freedom fighters are highly organized into a full-fledged country with all the governing institutions for a society.From this video (thank you very much Mr. Saker) there is no going back to ante February 22, 2014. Can’t see them accepting anything less than being fully independent country and a member at the UN.Kiev-junta had best move on with salvaging what is left. Ask Ms. Lagarde for a quick re-work of the IMF proposal.So Mr. Putin made it clear Kiev will need $165 billion over 10 years just to bring Ukie’s up to EU standards. No mention of existing debt.Good luck with that as Deflation rears its ugly head. ECB looks to do QE and with suggestions from CFR that the US start the copter engines with money drops directly to consumers= = = = =the 10 captured Russians. Captured and kidnaped are interchangeable words. I endorse that they were kidnapped “coincidentally” to embarrass for today’s meeting in Minsk.

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@ ALL with video challenges. Mr. Saker and his “helpers” did their utmost best. Be gracious lots of speedy effort went into getting this Vid translated. Watch it on Youtube.

Carry On.
AM

26 AUGUST, 2014 20:09

Anonymous said…

To those seeking a transcript:As someone said you can click on the title of the embedded youtube video and it will take you to the youtube site. There you will find a menu below the view counter. The third button from right says “transcript” and there you will find all the subtitles with timestamp. You can mark as usual: Left click, hold button and scroll down slowly. Then copy & paste.

26 AUGUST, 2014 20:52

Vaughan said…

After reading the letters on this page allow me to make this suggestion. IMO as astute suggestion.
If you live in the West, tear down your TV antenna, cancel your PAY TV Subscription and reclaim your brain!Stop watching and listening to the poison the Western Corporations spew from this technology as it effects your judgement even IF you think you have it covered.
Find reliable news sources, find news that YOU need to hear and reject the rest of the swill.
Reclaim your brain!

26 AUGUST, 2014 22:58

Daniel Rich said…

The capture of ‘Russian paratroopers’ is as believable as the on camera beheading of James Foley.

26 AUGUST, 2014 23:24

Yonatan said…

Anonymous 19:14The website KeepSubs does the same thing online.You feed it the url of the video you are interested in, press the ‘download’ button and a list of srt files in the various languages supported appear with links for downloading.

26 AUGUST, 2014 23:30

les said…

To the Saker:This is a powerful video. You should repost it to the top again in a week to give it more exposure.These are two very impressive men. I first watched the video in russian and while not speaking the language was impressed with the body language. Now hearing the clear and concise statement of their actions, their vision and their purpose – I am dee3ply encouraged. Note that after the clear explanation of the way that they defend their language, homeland, culture and religion – together with a clear explanation of how this is an issue of liberty that all of western Europe should identify with – there are no more questions. There were simply no other questions to be asked. His statement answered them all even before they were asked.These are very solid men, rooted in reality and yet very able to respond both to the military situation and the politics of the questions.Is is profoundly encouraging to see such leadership in Novorussia.

26 AUGUST, 2014 23:31

Tar and Feather The Bastards said…

@ Monroedavid I haven’t gone too far down the comments so someone may have said this already – Reduce the size of the page (CTL- at same time) and the You Tube logo will come into view – that should fix your problem if I understand you correctly . . . .or click on the title and it will open in a new window/tab.‹(•¿•)›Saker Excellent video and thanx as always to the translators How lame are some of those reporters questions eh ?? Don’t call them presstitutes for nothing. No q’s about the actual damage to civilian infrastructure or to the numbers of dead and injured, just “oh you can’t do that to prisoners” garbage – Loved the way he responded.Lets make this go viral guys. Go to the you Tube page, “like” the clip and press the play button so it counts as a view. And send to your local media outlets tooCheersChris in Ch-Ch

26 AUGUST, 2014 23:42

Nora said…

Vaughan,Yes! I really do think lifelong teevee watching contributes more to passivity, lack of original thought and general inertness than anything else in our culture. Your brain only grows by using it, not by munching away and tossing down a few while being spoon-fed a lovely menu of crudeness, violent fantasies and stuff we absolutely must buy. It totally sets up people to settle for meaningless sound-bites rather than actually think anything through for themselves. Half the population doesn’t even know the difference any more; they really think they’re thinking. That’s why it’s so hard to get through to them: it’s like they don’t even have any receptors any more.

27 AUGUST, 2014 00:31

Michael McDonnell said…