T here are many bands operating in the Ukraine at present.
Almost every day some more petty atamans make their appearance. They seize weapons and recruit to their bands either deserters, or ignorant Red Army soldiers, or kulaks from the villages, or ordinary highway robbers. These bands are making life impossible in the Ukraine. They all think that the Ukraine is now just a huge prey that has been thrown to the vultures for them to tear apart, and each one hastens to grab for himself as big a piece of it as he can. Among them there are a number who have been directly bought by Denikin.