Guest Post by Mike Shedlock
Descriptions from Jacob Dreizin, a US citizen who speaks Russian and reads Ukrainian.
Video 1: Stepanovka
Translated Text from Video URL:
“The defeat of Ukrainian troops in Stepanovka part 1. In Stepanovka Ukrainian army left dozens of pieces of equipment, a large quantity of ammunition, classified material. Locals said that the Ukrainian officers fatten when their soldiers were starving. In the Ukrainian army thrives drunkenness and panic.”
Dreizin Synopsis 1:
Destroyed or abandoned Ukrainian equipment in/near Stepanovka in the south, the first of two Stepanovka videos. The first couple of minutes are very interesting, with lots of destroyed or abandoned equipment and milia carting off captured munitions and rummaging through stuff. Then a funky local man who tells the cameraman about how the Ukrainian officers didn’t take care of their men and darted off leaving their men stranded, how the Ukrainians all drink heavily, how their morale is low and they panic during any kind of battle, and how they don’t want to engage the militia up-close. Also you can see a stack of grad rockets on the ground around 5:50 and then again around 7:20.
But the most memorable quote is from around 7:18 to 7:52, as follows …
“In the Stepanovka area, guys are jumping to go into battle, to kill the enemy even with bare hands. In particular, in the assault units that captured Stepanovka, there are very many volunteers from Semyonovka [a town near Slaviansk that was largely destroyed by Ukrainian shelling], who are just burning with a thirst for vengeance for the acts of genocide that the fascists waged there. I think that for Ukrainian soldiers, it’s really best not to run into these guys. This is the mindset the Ukrainian army is fighting.”
Video 2: Stepanovka
Translated text from the video URL “In Stepanovka Ukrainian army left dozens of pieces of equipment, a large quantity of ammunition, classified material. Showing the shocking footage of the deceased in the fire department of a Ukrainian paratroopers.”
Dreizin Synopsis 2:
Destroyed or abandoned Ukrainian equipment near Stepanovka in the south, the second of two Stepanovka videos. This video is more interesting, much more equipment here, best part starts around 2:50.
Overall, for both (1) and (2), the narrator is describing the abandoned weapons, the tactical situation, and the human situation. In part (2) from 3:09-3:21, the narrator says that a militia burial party has already been to that particular spot, and along with a priest has taken the remains of 40 Ukrainians killed there and buried them nearby.
Video 3: Lugansk
Dreizin says “Warning! This may kill your appetite” Video URO description says “Consumed column Lviv airmobile brigade APU by the people’s militia”.
Dreizin Synopsis 3:
Dreizin describes this as the remains of a convoy of Ukraine’s 95th Airmobile Brigade. I question the recentness of the video based on rotting flesh.
Video 4: Marinovka
Video URL Customs post with Russia “Marinovka” August 14, 2014
Dreizin Synopsis 4:
These militiamen are touring the captured border post of Marinovka, one of the points that plugs the western flank of the new cauldron in the south. They are obviously really happy, and the tall guy with the beard and mustache even finds the occasion to shout out his own paraphrase of an excerpt from Pushkin’s “Ruslan i Liudmila” at around 0:22-0:25 (roughly translated as “It now smells like Russia here”.)
Anti-Putin Sanction Alliance Crumbles
As the war rages on, and sanctions mount, support for those sanctions is now being reconsidered. Zero Hedge provides a nice synopsis in “Anti-Putin” Alliance Fraying: Germany, Slovakia, Greece, Czech Republic Urge End To Russian Sanctions
Mike “Mish” Shedlock
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
Meanwhile in Australia, the MSM (TV, and Internet) spout the message “The Resistance is crumbling, and is about to fail”. Everyone believes this, with the “general consensus” being Putin “will HAVE to back down and relinquish Crimea”.
Don’t suppose anyone Down Under has even heard of RT, or even Al Jazeera? As far as I can gather, Putin’s not the type to back down on anything, and he does have the support of the Russian people, who would probably back him all the way to a nuclear WW3 scenario.
Keep an eye on blogs and postings under articles concerning this, you can spot the shills a mile away,” omg the rebels are criminals, drug addicts, and mercenary’s,” looking at the pictures above. I see none of those, only average joes, and po’d rednecks doing what they have to.
I’m from Australia. The Zionist influenced Jesuit Liberal/National coalition Government is pushing for war even though they do not hold a majority in the public arena the 40 per cent of support for them in the lower house of Parliament ensures they get to submit bills of legislature that are clearly not in the interest of the people but of their major lobbyists.
The citizens are only just waking up following a mean spirited budget presented by Treasurer Joe Hockey to an insensitive arrogant politician masquerading as the Prime Minister-Tony Abbott.
The USA has recognised that the rest of the world recognise that they are as complicit in the killing of innocent women and children as Israel is and no amount of rhetoric or parallel construction will change that now.
Sanctions should be placed against the groups responsible for the unlawful and illegal fatalities against civilians and the perpetrators be brought to justice.