Borodianka after the Russian invasion: Terrible destruction after airstrikes, dead bodies under the rubble, and a monument to Taras Shevchenko shot through
I would like to start with words of my first experience as a war journalist, namely, documentary reporting. I never thought I would ever have to do something like this. I never imagined that war would break out in the country where I was born 37 years ago. That my homeland would have to defend itself against a dishonourable horde led by a brutal dictator who is furious at the very thought of Ukraine. Recently he was respected and feared by the whole world, but the "denazification" of Ukraine, announced in February, revealed an unexpected fact. Vladimir Putin is a scintillating dickhead who is incapable of winning wars. His destiny as the eternal FSS scum is only to sow fear and terrorize peaceful people.
Putin's overthrow or death will not change Russia. The goal of the civilized world should be to destroy the system of manipulation of public consciousness in Russia
"In such difficult times, I prefer not to give out interviews. But when I found out you were a serious English press, I decided it was necessary. You would write it as it is, without embellishment and taking it out of context. Besides, I have pleasant memories about your country," - the Ukraine national team head coach said to his interviewee. Journalist Daniel Boffey from The Guardian meets Kyiv's spring sunshine with pleasure after the shitty, as he descibes, weather in Brussels. He begins the interview by asking Oleksandr Petrakov why he did not leave the capital during the war, what happens to his family now and what fate now awaits the Ukrainian team, which at the end of March was to play in the 2022 World Cup playoffs.
"Putin is not all Russia": Russians are trying to arouse Western pity and avoid responsibility for the war with Ukraine
A few days ago the morning began not with coffee, but with media reports about the death of the odious Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky. The best reaction from those found on the Internet was the unnamed meme, "Did Zhirinovsky become a good Russian too?" Although the joy of many was premature, on the 34th day of the war, all Ukrainians defending their lands from a Russian full-scale military invasion know that a good Russian is a dead Russian.
It's time for Germany to overcome its guilt complex towards Russia and contribute to stopping the war in Ukraine
"Looks like we're here," - I say to my beloved, and try to get a good look at the neighbourhood from the bus window while a line forms in the cabin toward the exit. I imagined the scary surroundings, and how else could it be, when during World War II it was a godforsaken place that became the last resting place for millions of people. The German National Socialists decided that the Jews desecrated humanity and did not deserve the right to live. And it was here that they resorted to the mass extermination of members of this race.
L'Occident vit toujours dans l'illusion d'une paix rapide entre l'Ukraine et la Russie. Mais cette guerre ne se terminera pas sans vainqueur
"Quelle est la situation en Ukraine en ce moment ?" - me demande un journaliste japonais. Un bon ami à moi a mis en relation deux d'entre nous il y a une semaine, et nous voilà, entre deux raids aériens à Kyiv, en train de chatter sur WhatsApp.
The West is still living under the illusion of a quick peace between Ukraine and Russia. But this war will not end without a winner
"What is the situation in Ukraine right now?" - a journalist from Japan asks me. A good friend of mine connected two of us a week ago, and here we are, in between air raids in Kiev, chatting on WhatsApp.
Russia wants to open a second front with the help of Belarus. Only a white flag on Ukrainian lands will save the Belarusians from shame and death
"Wake up, something's burning," - my wife says with undisguised concern. Although I did not hear any obvious signs of alarm, I could still smell something burning in the air. Already by reflex, I reach to look at the time on the mobile screen, though subconsciously I understand - somewhere between four and five in the morning.
Ukraine will not settle for a ceasefire and a peace treaty. Russia must be held responsible for unleashing war and genocide against Ukrainians
The Ukrainian people are not accustomed to choosing the lesser of two evils. And also to have a short memory and give a second, third and God knows what chance to people whose reputation in a civilized country would have long ago been marked with a tombstone. It is an open Ukrainian soul: our people are friendly, hospitable and by their nature naive and kind.
Putin's lies about freeing Russian-speaking Ukrainians stumbled over Mariupol. The city hasn't betrayed Ukraine and suffers for it
My idol as a child was my grandfather, who was a reconnaissance pilot in World War II. I loved reading from an early age, and his stories about the war awakened in me an interest in the subject and gave me the courage to sit down for a huge thick encyclopedic book called "The Great Patriotic War. 1941-1945".
"Coward Nazism": How the invasion of Ukraine shattered the myth of Vladimir Putin's coolness
The war unleashed by Russia on the territory of Ukraine has already received an objective and unanimous assessment by the international community. The military invasion of Vladimir Putin's regime has been condemned by all democratic countries, all well-known global corporations and brands have refused to cooperate with the aggressor country, and Russian nationality has become a stigma for all civilization.