How to Translate Sources:
Many of the sources listed below are in other languages. To translate these sources, I recommend the following:
Websites:
Use Google’s chrome browser. If a popup asking to translate doesn’t appear, click on the translate option in the browser’s address bar to the far right.
YouTube videos:
- Turn on closed captions (CC).
- Turn on the option to auto-translate the captions into English. (Note: this does not work well when the video has more than one foreign language being spoken.)
Telegram posts:
Open the post in the Telegram app on your computer. Right-click the post and choose “translate.” (For smartphones, copy-paste the text into a translating service.)
Note about Languages
A Russian-language source does not prove it is a pro-Russian source. The predominate language in Mariupol is Russian, and almost everyone in the 20 Days in Mariupol documentary (including the AP reporters, Ukrainian soldiers, and medics at the hospital) speak in Russian.
Episode 1 Sources
Pavlo Kyrylenko (Павло Кириленко): announcement that Hospital #2 was taken over on March 15th. [Telegram] Ukrainian: https://t.me/pavlokyrylenko_amcu/2635
Mariupol City Council: announcement of Russian force’s takeover of Regional Hospital #2 on March 15th. [Telegram] Ukrainian: https://t.me/mariupolrada/8866
Rybar: 15 March hospital takeover [Telegram] Russian: https://t.me/rybar/28782
Rybar: Russian troop positions on March 11th [Telegram] Russian: https://t.me/rybar/28187
Ukraine TV Channel 1+1: Interview with Dr. Aleksandr Belash [YouTube] Russian/Ukrainian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6xrUqgON3s (NOTE: the commentators speak in Ukrainian while Dr. Belash speaks in Russian. YouTube auto-translates the entire video from Russian, and – while the languages are similar – many of the translations of the Ukrainian-speaking commentators are not accurate.)
0629 local Mariupol news website: a resident of Troitska St. (the same street as Hospital #2) leaves on March 14 (before Russian forces arrive in the area) Ukrainian: https://www.0629.com.ua/news/3350654/a-pytalas-zaglanut-im-v-glaza-mariupolcanka-rozpovila-so-ij-dovelosa-pereziti-v-mariupoli-i-ak-vdalosa-virvatisa-z-zablokovanogo-mista
Rybar: panicked social media accounts claim that Russian forces have finally broken through Ukrainian defenses on the west flank (AKA “left bank”) and have taken over the hospital. [Telegram] Russian: https://t.me/rybar/28708
Current Events TV: The documentary crew claim they jump into “armored vehicles” to escape from behind enemy lines. Russian: https://www.currenttime.tv/a/mogila-v-meshkah-horonyat-detey-plachesh-i-snimaesh-kak-mstislav-chernov-i-evgeniy-maloletka-dokumentirovali-unichtozhenie-mariupolya/32118928.html
AP News: tank video with original audio [YouTube] Russian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V4bveC-BzA
Office of the President of Ukraine: U.S. Senators visit Ukraine in 2016 [YouTube] English/Ukrainian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Eds-8P0VfA
Music by:
Hot_Dope on Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/hot_dope-27442149/
CheapCharlieMusic on Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/cheapcharliemusic-30244426/
Episode 2 Sources
European Press Prize, written by AP News “20 Days in Mariupol” crew (Chernov and Maloletka): https://www.europeanpressprize.com/article/why-why-why-ukraines-mariupol-descends-into-despair/ Note: in this article, the child featured in this episode is mentioned twice: “the first child to die” and “among the first to die.” These conflicting claims support the idea that the AP News crew were creating narratives rather than reporting facts.
Mstyslav Chernov: original footage of the scene posted on the AP reporter’s personal Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/p/CagTGL7Irk_/
Music by:
Hot_Dope on Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/hot_dope-27442149/
Florews on Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/florews-2510275/
Episode 3 Sources
Evgeny Maloletka: Photo of actual victim who lost him legs (Evgeny Maloletka’s official website, 8th photo from the left in the main banner): https://www.evgenymaloletka.com/projects/russia-ukraine-war. Screenshot:
Mstyslav Chernov: video published on his official Instagram showing both the fake victim and the actual owner of the bloody shoe. https://www.instagram.com/p/CauzgqVlC1b/. screenshot:
AP News: video with same footage as above (0 min, 5 sec mark): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gLcsAm78UU
Music by:
Hot_Dope on Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/hot_dope-27442149/
Florews on Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/florews-2510275/
SigmaMusicArt: https://pixabay.com/users/sigmamusicart-36860929/