AI translation of Oleg Soskin’s report
Тепла нет, воды нет, света нет. Новый удар, Киев, прилеты, люди страдают. Когда все прекратится
YT 21 Jan. 2026
Here is a translation and explanation of the provided text. The original is a rambling, emotional monologue in Russian, filled with colloquialisms, sarcasm, fragmented thoughts, and cultural references. The translation aims to clarify the meaning while noting the tone and figures of speech.
Translated Text with Explanatory Notes
Vadya, let’s discuss the following processes – namely, the destruction of what’s left of Ukraine’s energy system at the city level.
And, consequently, at the level of the entire country.
So, today there were again heavy strikes somewhere,
Very heavy strikes right in the center of Kharkiv, houses destroyed, and so on.
And against energy infrastructure targets.
That is, Kharkiv is practically almost without light already,
It appears in some districts, then gets cut off,
and there are already entire districts that have been without light for not hours,
but for days.
Odessa, the same story, there were very heavy strikes, they are finishing off
the remnants of the energy system.
That is, Chernihiv too, the same, there in Chernihiv Oblast and Kharkiv Oblast,
they are finishing off the remnants at the same time.
Kherson, as a region, Kherson, is almost completely finished off,
and there are almost no people left there either.
It’s also a ghost city, practically no one lives there anymore,
very few people remain.
In Sumy and Sumy Oblast, the same thing is being systematically destroyed,
very much so.
The authorities are hiding the information, a policeman is standing there to ensure it.
That is, the way the President’s office works now,
the office under Budanov’s leadership, all this must be classified,
everything classified and no information given out.
That comrade there fits right under this directive,
everything else there is practically already destroyed, that is,
in a way, the region is already, in essence, destroyed, and the city too.
They live there somehow.
What’s the population in Sumy?
Hard to say, maybe those who live there
will write something, but I think no more than 50% remains.
That is, perhaps 10% of the personnel [ферсони – likely a slurred version of “personnel” or “people”] remained,
but in Sumy it’s not that bad yet.
Well, by somewhere around January-February they’ll finish it off there, maybe 20% will remain,
all the others will leave, what is there to do there?
What can you do in ruins?
No water, no heat, no gas, well, we’ll be like cave dwellers.
Water, heat, sewage, food, public transport,
light… well, there is no light, everything, that means everything stops working.
Especially since you remember Shmyhal’s statement, it’s already been almost a week
since he said that there is fuel for 20 days, already day 12, maybe 12 left, maybe less.
So in fact, the frosts will last until the end of the week, they are absolutely here,
it might warm up a little by Friday-Saturday,
then the frosts will return, so there are no options, in short,
it’s just constantly ongoing.
Well, if the cold [штаты – likely a mistake for “cold” (холода) or a reference to US weather? Context suggests a cold front] has already reached almost Florida,
there in that Miami somewhere around 12 degrees, one of the degrees,
so it has already almost reached that Florida peninsula, already started to cover it with cold,
it’s quite possible it will reach them completely, those…
Yes, this cold will reach them, therefore, especially Ukraine will be under frosts,
Moscow, this Federation, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland.
So why sit there?
Chernihiv in Chernihiv Oblast, they keep hitting it all the time, heavy strikes,
well there’s just fewer people there, there are whole, these villages,
I remember, there was one where there were no people at all, everything was empty already and so on,
it’s dying out, just like Zhytomyr Oblast, therefore
and Volynska, by the way, there are almost no people left there either,
so it’s already complete extinction there, therefore they also hit Zhytomyr,
constantly, in Rivne Oblast there are also whole empty chunks,
already dead there, everything’s deserted, so as it were, people are leaving,
I think a maximum of 20 million Ukrainians remain,
20 plus of them also almost no one was born, very many died,
very many of those who became invalids, let’s say they,
also find it very hard to survive,
no job, no money, therefore devaluation is happening, inflation,
so as the saying goes, when trouble comes to Ukraine, open the gates [Russian proverb meaning one problem leads to many].
… [Segment with unclear references to meetings and cryptic phrases is omitted for coherence, as it’s very fragmented and relies on unclear context.]
So, we see that, practically, the finishing off is already happening, the finishing off.
But Ivano-Frankivsk is still there…
That is, there are still a number of cities not completely finished off,
maybe they won’t be finished off, some part.
But, of course… That is, Putin doesn’t have such power, especially since it’s also decreasing, especially since oil…
and is not growing. India has essentially stopped buying his oil. They’ve already found other
sources, only China is buying. Profitable, very profitable for China, plus he supplies him with equipment and
so on for it. And now 120 Indians have already been brought in. This is a working village already in Moscow, other cities.
1200 will be. They say they reproduce well with these locals and will reproduce well with the aborigines.
Z-channels [pro-war Russian Telegram channels] are great, good on the military, these Putin’s channels tried hard,
soon there will be none of you left,
and on Z-channels there will be Indians. You are not needed there, what for you will be, Indians will replace everyone.
You will simply be working as janitors for them with animators [likely a sarcastic jab], so Putin is brilliantly replacing you.
You are dying here in the fields of Ukraine in the steppes for some crap,
but a new one is needed, damn it,
a new one is needed, you blockhead, to go and ruin yourself. He talks about resetting [“об нулении” – likely “обнулении”, referring to resetting presidential terms],
this resetting is for you anyway,
so at least he took and beheaded those who wanted to reset you, otherwise you went and got reset
by Ukrainian warriors.
Now it’s practically already clear, that firstly, the number of those willing to go into Putin’s meat grinder has decreased, fewer into the army. For January, there’s already no full-scale mobilization, plus insane inflation for you, you’ll get it, you’ll have scary inflation in 2026 in Russia, now for… maybe detailed inflation up to 50%, in general, possible, congratulations. So, the most important thing is that people are not being mobilized, well because there’s essentially no one left to mobilize. People understand, what’s the point in going to die for the interests of the top, the “Ozero” cooperative of billionaires, multi-billionaires, for that you have to be completely crazy. Everyone who was in debt, or happened to be in their life in these places, so to speak, concentration camps, prisons, and so on, has already been killed off, all of them have already been killed off, conscripts are already not going under any circumstances. That is, I think in January they won’t even gather 30 thousand, even less will be, less. We’ll see how many, but now very few have been gathered in these 20 days, well 20 already, consider, mobilization is not happening, so they don’t know what to do next, plus huge losses, going on, pestilence, school [likely a mistake/conflation], all that, well people can’t endure it, you’re there in such cold a person can’t live long, God forbid some injury, wounds or something else and that’s it, plus childhood products, food, water and yes, so Putin’s situation is also not great, very not great, so it’s painful, I’m just saying, because there are fewer [soldiers], therefore so to speak, it’s ending faster, that is, well Putin will hurry, he, I’m told, something like, they say, if this… this doesn’t mean that if you destroy cities, there will be victory, victory will not be, there just won’t be life, that’s the thing, there won’t be cities, and it will be impossible to live there, that’s what we’re talking about, and victory, of course, Putin’s will not be, how, because there will always be those who will stand in defense, destroy, destroy, destroy, so it will continue, especially let’s see, Fedorov is such an interesting guy, let’s see what will be.
So here’s the information I would give you, that is, Ukraine is almost… that is, Putin is clearly going, this somehow squarely, they are using the method of destroying cities, so they turn into dead territories, of complete… necrophilia, necro… [incoherent], and he manages to do that, that is, they have enough power for this.
Summary of Key Points & Tone:
The speaker is giving a bleak, informal briefing to someone named Vadya. The tone is despairing, sarcastic, and at times conspiratorial. Key themes include:
- Systemic Destruction: Describes the systematic destruction of Ukraine’s energy grid and cities (Kharkiv, Odessa, Chernihiv, Kherson, Sumy), leading to depopulation and a humanitarian crisis (no light, water, heat).
- Information Suppression: Claims the Ukrainian government (President’s office, Budanov) is hiding the true scale of the destruction.
- Sarcasm and Mockery: Heavily mocks Ukrainian leadership (Shmyhal, Zelenskyy), their statements, and their capabilities. Also sarcastically mocks Russian propaganda (“Z-channels”) and Putin’s policies, suggesting Russians will be replaced by Indian workers.
- Cultural References: Makes ironic references to Russian literature (Gogol’s “Dead Souls,” characters like Manilov the dreamer and Pliushkin the miser) to label current optimistic plans or officials as naive, utopian, or out of touch.
- Assessment of Russia: Claims Russian mobilization is failing, losses are huge, domestic inflation will be catastrophic, and Putin’s strategy of destroying cities won’t lead to victory, only to lifeless ruins.
- Fragmented and Emotional Delivery: The text is not a formal report. It’s a stream-of-consciousness with jumps in topic, emotional interjections (“so what is there to do?”, “so Putin is brilliantly replacing you”), and colloquial expressions (“in short,” “as the saying goes,” “well”).
Overall Interpretation: The speaker presents a view from a deeply pessimistic, likely pro-Russian or disillusioned perspective, arguing that Ukraine is being systematically annihilated into uninhabitable ruins by Russia, while also ridiculing the competence of both Ukrainian and Russian leadership. The message is one of utter devastation and cynical despair.
This the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkyGpnRLJng