{"id":2170,"date":"2014-11-15T10:44:29","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T08:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=2170"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:35:59","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:35:59","slug":"exclusive-video-interrogation-russian-combatant-donbass-episode-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/exclusive-video-interrogation-russian-combatant-donbass-episode-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive video of the interrogation of a Russian combatant in Donbass (Episode 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">InfornNapalm team has obtained a unique video of the dialogue of a Russian combatant with Ukrainian armed forces representatives, filmed in a field camp. The video contains a bit of swearing, though generally it\u2019s polite enough. The replies of the Russian combatant clearly demonstrate the absurdity of the Russian propaganda and its horror stories about \u201cRight Sector\u201d and \u201cKiev Junta\u201d and other labels that Russian media tries to attach to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We divided the conversation of the DPR combatant from Russia and the Ukrainian trooper into 3 episodes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As previously reported, Fedor Ustinov, a DPR terrorist and a citizen of Russia from Novorossiysk, born in 1983, was captured near Debaltsevo in the second half of October. He carried a DPR ID, an RPK-74 machine gun with bullets and a loaded RPG-18 Mukha.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">State Security Department reported his capture on October 21<sup>st<\/sup>, posting his picture on their website and the Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We would like to present not only the picture, but also the first part of the video trilogy about the Russian combatant. Watch it to the end, the dialogue is interesting and demonstrative enough.<\/p>\n<p>Video:<\/p>\n<p>Original video:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Armed forces of which country do you represent?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; I don\u2019t belong anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Do you know what The Geneva Convention is?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; I\u2019ve heard something.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; So what does The Geneva Convention declare?<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; I will tell you a secret&#8230; may be it will clarify something to you&#8230; according to <strong>The Geneva Convention,<\/strong> there are terms \u201cCombatant\u201d and \u201cNon-combatant\u201d do You know what they mean?<\/p>\n<p><em>(int. <\/em><em>A <strong>combatant<\/strong> is a person who takes a direct part in the hostilities of an <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armed_conflict\"><em>armed conflict<\/em><\/a><em>. If a combatant follows the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Law_of_war\"><em>law of war<\/em><\/a><em>, then he or she is considered a privileged combatant and upon capture, he or she will qualify as a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prisoner_of_war\"><em>prisoner of war<\/em><\/a><em> under the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Third_Geneva_Convention\"><em>Third Geneva Convention<\/em><\/a><em> (GCIII). An <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unprivileged_combatant\"><em>unprivileged combatant<\/em><\/a><em> is a person, such as a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mercenary\"><em>mercenary<\/em><\/a><em>, who takes a direct part in the hostilities but who upon capture does not qualify for prisoner-of-war status.<\/em><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>..<\/li>\n<li>Really? Are you joking? You went to war knowing nothing about it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cCombatant\u201d \u2013 is man who has a connection to the armed forces of some country. Or to law enforcement of this country. That is, insignias, chevrons, they would mean \u201ccombatant\u201d, and the Geneva Convention applies to him&#8230; a combatant should be fed&#8230; treated and so on. And there\u2019s a non-combatant, that is, a gangster. And a non-combatant has nothing. That is why I an asking you \u2013 are you a combatant or a non-combatant? Armed forces of what country do you represent, or you don\u2019t represent anything?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u2019m in Donbass People Militia.<\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s Donbass People Militia?<\/li>\n<li>DPR armed forces.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0What\u2019s DPR?<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s a country.<\/li>\n<li>My friend, let me tell you: there is no such country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; To give you the right for self-determination&#8230; you should be separate&#8230; someone should acknowledge you&#8230; right?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0People express the right&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>People express the right&#8230; it they express the right for self-determination&#8230; then someone should recognize all these actions, right?<\/li>\n<li>Who? American government?<\/li>\n<li>What does this have to do with America\u2026 Listen, Fedor? Is that your name? Fedor?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Where are you from? Novorossiysk?<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>How did you get here?<\/li>\n<li>I just came here.<\/li>\n<li>How did you just come here? To \u201cjust come here\u201d I crossed the border, what about you? How did you come?<\/li>\n<li>The border is open \u2013 anyone\u2019s free to cross it.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s called illegal invasion to the territory of another country<\/li>\n<li>Oh, no\u2026 that\u2019s nonsense.<\/li>\n<li>Who are you by profession?<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m an economist.<\/li>\n<li>An economist? And you, an economist, just took a weapon and went on your way? Right?<\/li>\n<li>I could not watch&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Watch what?<\/li>\n<li>How regular people were being killed.<\/li>\n<li>Did you see it yourself, how regular people were being killed?<\/li>\n<li>Not with my own eyes.<\/li>\n<li>So the rule \u201cdon\u2019t believe it until you can see it and touch it\u201d doesn\u2019t apply to you? Right?<\/li>\n<li>It partially applies.<\/li>\n<li>What do you mean \u201cpartially\u201d? &#8230; How could it be possible to evaluate what you did not see yourself?<\/li>\n<li>How could I see it? I would have to join Right Sector\u2026<\/li>\n<li>What for? Wait, wait\u2026 I can clearly see how your comrades shoot my comrades, without joining the DPR militia\u2026 I see it personally, understand?&#8230; Personally saw it\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2026 and have the evidence of it\u2026 To my great regret, I can\u2019t show it to you now, but I have the video of the bodies of our soldiers retrieved with bullet entry holes in the backs of the head and bullet exit holes in the forehead, and forensics confirmed, and it could be seen even without forensics, that their hands were tied behind their backs. They were just executed like that. Shot in the backs of the heads. That\u2019s what I can prove to you. I saw it personally myself. And to tell about someone somewhere in Right Sector&#8230; Everyone\u2019s fed up with Right Sector already&#8230;Have you seen this Right Sector yourself? Have you been at war long?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0No, not for real.<\/li>\n<li>At war?<\/li>\n<li>Since September.<\/li>\n<li>Since September? And you\u2019ve never seen Right Sector?<\/li>\n<li>I am always at chEckpoints&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>CheckpOints, you are distorting the great and mighty Russian language now! A man with a higher education! It\u2019s a shame to see you distort the language! So who are you fighting? Ghosts? If you never saw them\u2026 I will bring you this video later\u2026 Of course you don\u2019t believe my words but you will see it yourself\u2026 see it yourself\u2026<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0It\u2019s a provocation<\/li>\n<li>Of course, this video shows a man, who was later captured \u2013 it\u2019s all a provocation&#8230; I am talking with you \u2013 this is also a provocation&#8230; I have a question \u2013 you went to a checkpoint&#8230; I just want to ask you \u2013 why the fuck did you come here?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0To protect regular people.<\/li>\n<li>To protect them from who?<\/li>\n<li>From those who kill them.<\/li>\n<li>And who are you? Look, you would shoot me &#8211; why? Can you tell me?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Because you would shoot me.<\/li>\n<li>Did I shoot you? Even once?<\/li>\n<li>No\u2026 Not now\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Oh, now\u2026 ok, I\u2019m an enemy for you, we are talking. In Russian, mind you. I speak better Russian than you do\u2026 You see\u2026 If I go to your checkpoint\u2026 in Ukrainian uniform\u2026 right? Military uniform\u2026 and you will shoot&#8230; why will you shoot?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0I won\u2019t shoot\u2026<\/li>\n<li>My dear friend, if that had never happened I wouldn\u2019t be asking you these questions\u2026 Get it?<\/li>\n<li>Someone shooting people who just went&#8230; to a checkpoint?<\/li>\n<li>Do you know how many times I was shot at by your DPR? Without shooting them. Do you know how many times? Even just going for negotiations&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0And how many?<\/li>\n<li>More than 20 times! A vehicle convoy moving&#8230; in the territory of its own state. And then people like you start shooting&#8230; Question: for what reason?<\/li>\n<li>Possibly there was some prior history&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Wait\u2026 what fucking prior history?<\/li>\n<li>Then it\u2019s necessary to shoot. That there\u2019s some kind of war ethics established\u2026<\/li>\n<li>What? War ethics? Ethics?!<\/li>\n<li>..<\/li>\n<li>War ethics? Where are your chevrons? Where is your allegiance to any country? War ethics&#8230; Don\u2019t give me crap about war, friend&#8230; Unlike you, I have two military professional specialities&#8230; And I didn\u2019t buy them for bacon or with bribes&#8230; two hard earned specialities&#8230; Do you understand, my friend? And it\u2019s not for you, an economist, to teach me the war ethics&#8230; the first question \u2013 what branch of military forces and of what country do you belong to? \u2013 Here\u2019s your first question of military ethics&#8230; basic question&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0I\u2018ve already said\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Ok\u2026 where are your documents that prove your connection to that state and its military forces\u2026<\/li>\n<li>But you took my passport.<\/li>\n<li>Stop! What documents?<\/li>\n<li>Identification card\u2026<\/li>\n<li>I have your identification card\u2026 Your identification card of the People Military of Donbass. You are the citizen of another country. By law, you are a mercenary\u2026 And mercenaries here\u2026 So that\u2026 who are you here? A gangster?<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m not a gangster.<\/li>\n<li>You\u2019re a gangster. My friend, you\u2019re a gangster, captured with a weapon in your hands&#8230; Were you captured with a weapon?<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>Are you citizen of this country?<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m a citizen of Russia.<\/li>\n<li>Wait\u2026 What does that mean, that you\u2019re a citizen of Russia? You\u2019re a citizen of Russia \u2013you\u2019re all right in your Russia, get it? You can join the Russian Army, nobody would argue&#8230; But that\u2019s there \u2013 in the territory of Russia. And you are in the DPR territory \u2013 right? I\u2019ve already heard all this nonsense about \u201cAmerican mercenaries\u201d. But you are not the citizen of DPR. Based on what law did you take a weapon in your hands and started fighting in this territory?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0DPR government has to decide this.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Decide what? Do you know the government of DPR at all?<\/li>\n<li>I saw many of them<\/li>\n<li>That you saw them\u2026 That\u2019s the same as I saw Pamela Anderson, but I don\u2019t know her\u2026 Angelina Jolie\u2026 also good-looking\u2026 Who do you personally know? Who of DPR leaders can vouch for you? Can your commander vouch for you? I just want to understand: you came to DPR territory and just started patrolling a checkpoint by yourself?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Yes<\/li>\n<li>Wait! So, you stole the weapon?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0No<\/li>\n<li>Where did you get it then?<\/li>\n<li>It was issued.<\/li>\n<li>Who issued it to you? Are there any papers? Was it recorded?<\/li>\n<li>There were supposed to be records\u2026<\/li>\n<li>What does it mean \u201cthere were supposed to be records\u201d? Do you know that the lack of accounting of weapons and other supplies is a precondition for theft? I won\u2019t burden you with jurisprudence, but that\u2019s a criminal charge\u2026 So someone made records about you, and some boss gave these to you\u2026 And who was the boss? Also a Russian citizen, or a citizen of DPR?<\/li>\n<li>I did not ask for his passport.<\/li>\n<li>Stop! You went to some random guy and said, \u201cplease give me a weapon,\u201d and he said, \u201csure, take it\u201d? That\u2019s it?<\/li>\n<li>I was sent from a military commissariat.<\/li>\n<li>What military commissariat?<\/li>\n<li>In Donetsk.<\/li>\n<li>Wait\u2026 What military commissariat can be in Donetsk? DPR?<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>State military commissariat<\/li>\n<li>Wait&#8230; Who recognized this state?<\/li>\n<li>The most important thing, it was recognized by people.<\/li>\n<li>What people?<\/li>\n<li>People of Donetsk People Republic.<\/li>\n<li>How much of DPR people have you seen?<\/li>\n<li>Who else should recognized it? By USA?<\/li>\n<li>What does\u2026 Mind you, you\u2019re the only one here talking about the USA all this time. Mind you, I as a person am talking to you as a person\u2026 Not about USA, Germany and other nonsense\u2026 Have you ever been in jail?<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>You\u2019ll get your chance now&#8230; because all your&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>I got it already that I won\u2019t get out of here&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Theft of a weapon, though you said that it was issued to you&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>It wasn\u2019t under Ukrainian jurisdiction, and you shouldn\u2019t stick your nose in it.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Where are you now? In what territory?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0In DPR territory.<\/li>\n<li>Who decided that? Gubarev?<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>I know that people of such cities as Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Debaltsevo \u2013 they don\u2019t want to see any of you&#8230; Do you know why? Because all you bring is filth&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Edited and translated for InformNapalm.org and Burkonews.info<\/p>\n<p>Language of original \u2013 Russian<\/p>\n<p>Translator: Eugenia Zlamaniuk<\/p>\n<p>Editor:\u00a0Max Alginin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>InfornNapalm team has obtained a unique video of the dialogue of a Russian combatant with Ukrainian armed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,528],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mainnews","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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The video contains a bit of swearing, though generally it\u2019s polite enough. The replies of the Russian combatant clearly demonstrate the absurdity of the Russian propaganda and its horror stories about \u201cRight Sector\u201d and \u201cKiev Junta\u201d and other labels that Russian media tries to attach to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We divided the conversation of the DPR combatant from Russia and the Ukrainian trooper into 3 episodes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As previously reported, Fedor Ustinov, a DPR terrorist and a citizen of Russia from Novorossiysk, born in 1983, was captured near Debaltsevo in the second half of October. He carried a DPR ID, an RPK-74 machine gun with bullets and a loaded RPG-18 Mukha.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">State Security Department reported his capture on October 21<sup>st<\/sup>, posting his picture on their website and the Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We would like to present not only the picture, but also the first part of the video trilogy about the Russian combatant. Watch it to the end, the dialogue is interesting and demonstrative enough.<\/p>\nVideo:\n\n\nOriginal video:\n\n\n\n- Armed forces of which country do you represent?\n\n- I don\u2019t belong anywhere.\n\n- Do you know what The Geneva Convention is?\n\n- I\u2019ve heard something.\n\n- So what does The Geneva Convention declare?\n\n... I will tell you a secret... may be it will clarify something to you... according to <strong>The Geneva Convention,<\/strong> there are terms \u201cCombatant\u201d and \u201cNon-combatant\u201d do You know what they mean?\n\n<em>(int. <\/em><em>A <strong>combatant<\/strong> is a person who takes a direct part in the hostilities of an <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armed_conflict\"><em>armed conflict<\/em><\/a><em>. If a combatant follows the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Law_of_war\"><em>law of war<\/em><\/a><em>, then he or she is considered a privileged combatant and upon capture, he or she will qualify as a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prisoner_of_war\"><em>prisoner of war<\/em><\/a><em> under the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Third_Geneva_Convention\"><em>Third Geneva Convention<\/em><\/a><em> (GCIII). An <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unprivileged_combatant\"><em>unprivileged combatant<\/em><\/a><em> is a person, such as a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mercenary\"><em>mercenary<\/em><\/a><em>, who takes a direct part in the hostilities but who upon capture does not qualify for prisoner-of-war status.<\/em><em>)<\/em>\n<ul>\n\t<li>..<\/li>\n\t<li>Really? Are you joking? You went to war knowing nothing about it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\u201cCombatant\u201d \u2013 is man who has a connection to the armed forces of some country. Or to law enforcement of this country. That is, insignias, chevrons, they would mean \u201ccombatant\u201d, and the Geneva Convention applies to him... a combatant should be fed... treated and so on. And there\u2019s a non-combatant, that is, a gangster. And a non-combatant has nothing. That is why I an asking you \u2013 are you a combatant or a non-combatant? Armed forces of what country do you represent, or you don\u2019t represent anything?\n<ul>\n\t<li>I\u2019m in Donbass People Militia.<\/li>\n\t<li>What\u2019s Donbass People Militia?<\/li>\n\t<li>DPR armed forces.<\/li>\n\t<li>\u00a0What\u2019s DPR?<\/li>\n\t<li>It\u2019s a country.<\/li>\n\t<li>My friend, let me tell you: there is no such country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n... To give you the right for self-determination... you should be separate... someone should acknowledge you... right?\n<ul>\n\t<li>\u00a0People express the right...<\/li>\n\t<li>People express the right... it they express the right for self-determination... then someone should recognize all these actions, right?<\/li>\n\t<li>Who? American government?<\/li>\n\t<li>What does this have to do with America\u2026 Listen, Fedor? Is that your name? Fedor?<\/li>\n\t<li>\u00a0Where are you from? Novorossiysk?<\/li>\n\t<li><\/li>\n\t<li>How did you get here?<\/li>\n\t<li>I just came here.<\/li>\n\t<li>How did you just come here? To \u201cjust come here\u201d I crossed the border, what about you? How did you come?<\/li>\n\t<li>The border is open \u2013 anyone\u2019s free to cross it.<\/li>\n\t<li>It\u2019s called illegal invasion to the territory of another country<\/li>\n\t<li>Oh, no\u2026 that\u2019s nonsense.<\/li>\n\t<li>Who are you by profession?<\/li>\n\t<li>I\u2019m an economist.<\/li>\n\t<li>An economist? And you, an economist, just took a weapon and went on your way? Right?<\/li>\n\t<li>I could not watch...<\/li>\n\t<li>Watch what?<\/li>\n\t<li>How regular people were being killed.<\/li>\n\t<li>Did you see it yourself, how regular people were being killed?<\/li>\n\t<li>Not with my own eyes.<\/li>\n\t<li>So the rule \u201cdon\u2019t believe it until you can see it and touch it\u201d doesn\u2019t apply to you? Right?<\/li>\n\t<li>It partially applies.<\/li>\n\t<li>What do you mean \u201cpartially\u201d? ... How could it be possible to evaluate what you did not see yourself?<\/li>\n\t<li>How could I see it? I would have to join Right Sector\u2026<\/li>\n\t<li>What for? Wait, wait\u2026 I can clearly see how your comrades shoot my comrades, without joining the DPR militia\u2026 I see it personally, understand?... Personally saw it\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\u2026 and have the evidence of it\u2026 To my great regret, I can\u2019t show it to you now, but I have the video of the bodies of our soldiers retrieved with bullet entry holes in the backs of the head and bullet exit holes in the forehead, and forensics confirmed, and it could be seen even without forensics, that their hands were tied behind their backs. They were just executed like that. Shot in the backs of the heads. That\u2019s what I can prove to you. I saw it personally myself. And to tell about someone somewhere in Right Sector... Everyone\u2019s fed up with Right Sector already...Have you seen this Right Sector yourself? Have you been at war long?\n<ul>\n\t<li>\u00a0No, not for real.<\/li>\n\t<li>At war?<\/li>\n\t<li>Since September.<\/li>\n\t<li>Since September? And you\u2019ve never seen Right Sector?<\/li>\n\t<li>I am always at chEckpoints...<\/li>\n\t<li>CheckpOints, you are distorting the great and mighty Russian language now! A man with a higher education! It\u2019s a shame to see you distort the language! So who are you fighting? Ghosts? If you never saw them\u2026 I will bring you this video later\u2026 Of course you don\u2019t believe my words but you will see it yourself\u2026 see it yourself\u2026<\/li>\n\t<li>\u00a0It\u2019s a provocation<\/li>\n\t<li>Of course, this video shows a man, who was later captured \u2013 it\u2019s all a provocation... I am talking with you \u2013 this is also a provocation... I have a question \u2013 you went to a checkpoint... I just want to ask you \u2013 why the fuck did you come here?<\/li>\n\t<li>\u00a0To protect regular people.<\/li>\n\t<li>To protect them from who?<\/li>\n\t<li>From those who kill them.<\/li>\n\t<li>And who are you? Look, you would shoot me - why? Can you tell me?<\/li>\n\t<li>\u00a0Because you would shoot me.<\/li>\n\t<li>Did I shoot you? Even once?<\/li>\n\t<li>No\u2026 Not now\u2026<\/li>\n\t<li>Oh, now\u2026 ok, I\u2019m an enemy for you, we are talking. In Russian, mind you. I speak better Russian than you do\u2026 You see\u2026 If I go to your checkpoint\u2026 in Ukrainian uniform\u2026 right? Military uniform\u2026 and you will shoot... why will you shoot?<\/li>\n\t<li>\u00a0I won\u2019t shoot\u2026<\/li>\n\t<li>My dear friend, if that had never happened I wouldn\u2019t be asking you these questions\u2026 Get it?<\/li>\n\t<li>Someone shooting people who just went... to a checkpoint?<\/li>\n\t<li>Do you know how many times I was shot at by your DPR? Without shooting them. Do you know how many times? Even just going for negotiations...<\/li>\n\t<li>\u00a0And how many?<\/li>\n\t<li>More than 20 times! A vehicle convoy moving... in the territory of its own state. And then people like you start shooting... Question: for what reason?<\/li>\n\t<li>Possibly there was some prior history...<\/li>\n\t<li>Wait\u2026 what fucking prior history?<\/li>\n\t<li>Then it\u2019s necessary to shoot. That there\u2019s some kind of war ethics established\u2026<\/li>\n\t<li>What? War ethics? Ethics?!<\/li>\n\t<li>..<\/li>\n\t<li>War ethics? Where are your chevrons? Where is your allegiance to any country? War ethics... Don\u2019t give me crap about war, friend... Unlike you, I have two military professional specialities... And I didn\u2019t buy them for bacon or with bribes... two hard earned specialities... Do you understand, my friend? And it\u2019s not for you, an economist, to teach me the war ethics... the first question \u2013 what branch of military forces and of what country do you belong to? \u2013 Here\u2019s your first question of military ethics... basic question...<\/li>\n\t<li>\u00a0I\u2018ve already said\u2026<\/li>\n\t<li>Ok\u2026 where are your documents that prove your connection to that state and its military forces\u2026<\/li>\n\t<li>But you took my passport.<\/li>\n\t<li>Stop! What documents?<\/li>\n\t<li>Identification card\u2026<\/li>\n\t<li>I have your identification card\u2026 Your identification card of the People Military of Donbass. You are the citizen of another country. By law, you are a mercenary\u2026 And mercenaries here\u2026 So that\u2026 who are you here? A gangster?<\/li>\n\t<li>I\u2019m not a gangster.<\/li>\n\t<li>You\u2019re a gangster. My friend, you\u2019re a gangster, captured with a weapon in your hands... Were you captured with a weapon?<\/li>\n\t<li><\/li>\n\t<li>Are you citizen of this country?<\/li>\n\t<li>I\u2019m a citizen of Russia.<\/li>\n\t<li>Wait\u2026 What does that mean, that you\u2019re a citizen of Russia? You\u2019re a citizen of Russia \u2013you\u2019re all right in your Russia, get it? You can join the Russian Army, nobody would argue... But that\u2019s there \u2013 in the territory of Russia. And you are in the DPR territory \u2013 right? I\u2019ve already heard all this nonsense about \u201cAmerican mercenaries\u201d. But you are not the citizen of DPR. Based on what law did you take a weapon in your hands and started fighting in this territory?<\/li>\n\t<li>\u00a0DPR government has to decide this.<\/li>\n\t<li>\u00a0Decide what? Do you know the government of DPR at all?<\/li>\n\t<li>I saw many of them<\/li>\n\t<li>That you saw them\u2026 That\u2019s the same as I saw Pamela Anderson, but I don\u2019t know her\u2026 Angelina Jolie\u2026 also good-looking\u2026 Who do you personally know? Who of DPR leaders can vouch for you? Can your commander vouch for you? I just want to understand: you came to DPR territory and just started patrolling a checkpoint by yourself?<\/li>\n\t<li>\u00a0Yes<\/li>\n\t<li>Wait! So, you stole the weapon?<\/li>\n\t<li>\u00a0No<\/li>\n\t<li>Where did you get it then?<\/li>\n\t<li>It was issued.<\/li>\n\t<li>Who issued it to you? Are there any papers? Was it recorded?<\/li>\n\t<li>There were supposed to be records\u2026<\/li>\n\t<li>What does it mean \u201cthere were supposed to be records\u201d? Do you know that the lack of accounting of weapons and other supplies is a precondition for theft? I won\u2019t burden you with jurisprudence, but that\u2019s a criminal charge\u2026 So someone made records about you, and some boss gave these to you\u2026 And who was the boss? Also a Russian citizen, or a citizen of DPR?<\/li>\n\t<li>I did not ask for his passport.<\/li>\n\t<li>Stop! You went to some random guy and said, \u201cplease give me a weapon,\u201d and he said, \u201csure, take it\u201d? That\u2019s it?<\/li>\n\t<li>I was sent from a military commissariat.<\/li>\n\t<li>What military commissariat?<\/li>\n\t<li>In Donetsk.<\/li>\n\t<li>Wait\u2026 What military commissariat can be in Donetsk? DPR?<\/li>\n\t<li><\/li>\n\t<li>State military commissariat<\/li>\n\t<li>Wait... Who recognized this state?<\/li>\n\t<li>The most important thing, it was recognized by people.<\/li>\n\t<li>What people?<\/li>\n\t<li>People of Donetsk People Republic.<\/li>\n\t<li>How much of DPR people have you seen?<\/li>\n\t<li>Who else should recognized it? By USA?<\/li>\n\t<li>What does\u2026 Mind you, you\u2019re the only one here talking about the USA all this time. Mind you, I as a person am talking to you as a person\u2026 Not about USA, Germany and other nonsense\u2026 Have you ever been in jail?<\/li>\n\t<li><\/li>\n\t<li>You\u2019ll get your chance now... because all your...<\/li>\n\t<li>I got it already that I won\u2019t get out of here...<\/li>\n\t<li>Theft of a weapon, though you said that it was issued to you...<\/li>\n\t<li>It wasn\u2019t under Ukrainian jurisdiction, and you shouldn\u2019t stick your nose in it.<\/li>\n\t<li>\u00a0Where are you now? In what territory?<\/li>\n\t<li>\u00a0In DPR territory.<\/li>\n\t<li>Who decided that? Gubarev?<\/li>\n\t<li><\/li>\n\t<li>I know that people of such cities as Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Debaltsevo \u2013 they don\u2019t want to see any of you... Do you know why? Because all you bring is filth...<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nEdited and translated for InformNapalm.org and Burkonews.info\n\nLanguage of original \u2013 Russian\n\nTranslator: Eugenia Zlamaniuk\n\nEditor:\u00a0Max Alginin","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6802,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170\/revisions\/6802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}