Shelling or rocket-fire has been a daily feature of life in Kherson since the Russians pulled back across the river in late November, comprising the first and only retreat the invaders have made in this war from a city they had occupied. A 12-year-old boy — like many in Kherson — has become an expert […]
By Paul Martin in Kherson, Ukraine. Pictures, they say in journalism, are worth a thousand words. So look at this one that I snapped: Well, one thing is obvious: there’s a bunker alongside the playground equipment. Its users need to duck into the shelter if they hear the wailing of an air-raid siren, like this […]
The largest nuclear power plant in Europe faces a “dangerous situation”, and suggested that the Russians were balking so far at a Ukrainian warning that the final reactor should be completely shut down. “It’s a very dangerous situation and the IAEA is here to prevent something very bad,” the director-general said. “He also announced he […]
BY ANATOL LIEVEN 25 April 2023 Anatol Lieven is a former war correspondent and Director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft in Washington DC. He has just returned from five weeks in Ukraine, interviewing civilians, military personnel and government officials. What follows is an edited transcript of his remarks to Freddie Sayers. […]
Transcript of a conversation that Ukraine claims proves Russia blew up the Kakhovka dam: Ukraine’s domestic security service (SBU) said on Friday it had intercepted a telephone call proving a Russian “sabotage group” blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric station and the dam in southern Ukraine. A one-and-a-half minute audio clip on its Telegram channel of […]
By Paul Martin. Furious families of people killed in the 9-11 terrorist attacks have slammed the American chief of the PGA golf tour for making a worldwide deal with the rebel Saudi-created LivGolf tour. Sixteen of the 19 hijackers were Saudi citizens, and the Saudis have the highest rate of executions in the world — with […]
The Soviets blasted the hydroelectric dam wall in the southern city to slow the Nazi advance. The explosion flooded villages along the banks of the Dnieper River, killing thousands of civilians. A handful of Zaporizhzhya residents are battling for the recognition of the little-known wartime tragedy. Ukraine suffered heavy losses both during World War II […]
World Exclusive. By Paul Martin. It could literally turn the tide of the Russian Ukraine war. In a huge military blunder, Russian saboteurs blasted far too many of the 28 sluice gates that were holding back a huge expanse of water in the massive Kakhovka dam, senior military-related sources have told Correspondent.World. “The explosives were laid as […]