WarTranslated | Archiving the War in Ukraine (2024)

Russians discovered explosives in one of Bakhmut's buildings - a surprise for them that didn't go off.

Residents of a village in Bashkortostan, Russia, recorded a video appeal to Prosecutor General asking to look into the case where their fellow resident who was mobilised in September 2022 was tortured by Russian servicemen in Ukraine. It is unclear what the man did to deserve the punishment, if anything.

Responding to today's Russian MoD's announcement of VDV taking "more favourable positions" in Bakhmut area, Prigozhin said that this maneuver should be called something different.

Bakhmut. 3rd Assault Brigade. Evacuation.

Bakhmut, call sign "Legion". 3rd Assault Brigade.

Day in the life of a Ukrainian M777 howitzer crew: hitting an enemy artillery piece, then marching 25 km to hit another one, while dodging enemy Lancets.

A shocking intercepted call could be revealing more war crimes by the Russian side. Published yesterday by GUR, this call appears to be dated to the autumn of last year, given that the Russian soldier mentions "taking of Kreminna". He admits to his grandmother of entering the city and "mowing down everything: children, women, men, locals", saying they could have killed 400 people.

Residents of the Russian Belgorod are demanding weapons from the governor to "protect the city from Ukrainian offensive" to "stop the destruction of civilian infrastructure" - how about asking them to stop the war and withdraw from Ukraine?

Russian propagandists are demanding a new wave of mobilisation on TV, stating Russia will need 3-4 million people to achieve its goals. They never mention who is going to equip this army, not even discussing if people really want to go and die for nothing.

Russian women appeal to Putin for assistance with their mobilised men - in this new video, women say their men were commanded by a Separate Sabotage Assault Brigade "Veterany" [Veterans], who sent them into meat assaults in Bakhmut, which saw only 130 men survive out of 500. Two platoons have been completely lost. Women claim that "Veterany" "purchased" the mobilised for 25,000 rubles (£250) per head to be able to send them anywhere they want. It is unclear which Russian army unit has suffered, it could be the 72nd Brigade which was recently deployed to cover flanks in Bakhmut.

Same time as the unexplained incident in Belgorod is taking place, Ukrainian GUR head Kyrylo Budanov published an appeal, in Russian, to all Russian servicemen to surrender via the "I want to live" project to save their lives from the "upcoming meatgrinder". "It will get worse", says Budanov.

A woman in Belgorod (allegedly) is complaining about inaccessible bomb shelters in her building.

Prisoners of war were taken into captivity by the 3rd Assault Brigade after an assault on a tree line in Bakhmut. Characteristic prison tattoos can be seen on the body of one of the Russian captives, indicating that convicts are still being used on the frontline.

Self-proclaimed "fighter against nazis", the president of the so-called Russian Federation had a lackey bring him a 17th-century map to show that no Ukraine existed back then. Typically, this is enough grounds for him to kill several hundred thousand of foreign and own people in the 21st century. After over a year of getting beaten, having ran his country into the ground, and leaving it with no future, the accused child kidnapper continues pushing the line he made up just to stay in power for the rest of his life.

Putin's cook Prigozhin is not abandoning his efforts to stay trendy, participating in a 1h 17m interview published today. As usual, he goes over a huge number of topics, mostly saying truths that resonate with people. He called to not underestimate the Ukrainian army, which is now one of the strongest in the world.

Pavel Gubarev explains what lead to a massive traffic jam of Russian combat vehicles in March 2022.

Answering journalists' questions, the leader of the Russian Volunteer Corps, White Rex, says the unit had no losses during the Belgorod incident, only two wounded. He somewhat dodges questions about American combat vehicles, saying these could be re-captured from Russians, including in Bakhmut. He also adds that there appears to be considerable support for the unit among the Russian population in Belgorod.

Russian press group almost lost their lives from mortar shelling while visiting the Graivoron checkpoint which was attacked by pro-Ukrainian Russian militia two days ago.