Ex-Russian GRU officer Salikov exposes Russia’s proxy Ukraine “republics” (full translation)

Igor Salikov was a Russian GRU officer and former Wagner PMC fighter who defected after witnessing war crimes in Ukraine. Since 2014, he participated in Russia’s covert takeover of eastern Ukraine under the direction of Vladislav Surkov. In a bombshell interview with Russian human rights activist, Gulagu.net founder Vladimir Osechkin, Salikov described…