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Russians sent at least 15 missiles to Kharkiv in the night. It was yet another brutal attack. And yet I went to a coffeeshop here in Kharkiv this morning and it was full of people--friends greeting each other, smiling joking, Ukrainians, Germans, Americans--free people resisting…

Thanks to the generous audience of Chicago’s WGN Radio, which tunes into my Ukraine report every weekday for more than two years now, we were able to deliver anti-drone protective gear to frontline Ukrainians in Donbas.

I especially thank Mr. Peter Jurgenson, whose support…

Kharkiv reality:

KHARKIV—I woke up to Russians pounding Kharkiv city. And other places in Ukraine.
Connection difficult at moment. Remind me, please, why is Russia doing this?

And why does the Biden administration lecture Ukrainians, as Sec of Defense Lloyd Austin did yesterday, whenever in…

Loose quotes from JP Lindsley | Journalist, truer words have not been spoken. This will piss Americans off but they need to hear it and its exactly how I feel right now:

'GOP are the easy punching bags. This is obvious. republicans 'will not vote for life support'.

Instead of chastising…

Quote of the day on Mriya Report by JP Lindsley | Journalist
“ruSSia is the schoolshooter of nations” and the US is not doing what it should do.

wise words from a British warrior who volunteered to fight in Ukraine and survived hellish Russian capture:

In about 25 minutes I'll be making my weekly live X radio update on the Mriya Report ('Dream Report'), with some fine folks, who have kept broadcasting about Ukraine every day and night of the full-scale Russian invasion. You're welcome to join and ask questions. Click below to…

Tonight at 9pm Ukraine time, 7pm London, 2pm New York, 1pm Chicago I will give my weekly Ukraine update on the Mriya Report—that incredible 'radio free Ukraine' station that has been airing live on X nonstop now for more than 2 years.

Kharkiv. Sunday. 31.03.2024.

'Russia wants to scare us, but it's impossible,'. 1.3 million residents remain defiant said Mayor Terekhov earlier today
(and I found this video fit perfectly with his words.)

Video: dorogkina

Amid another day of Russian bombing of Kharkiv, here's a reminder of the resilience of this city—and how Kharkiv rebuilds even during the war, even amid the reality of near daily attacks:

Spanish-American Chef José Andrés and his World Central Kitchen are beloved in Ukraine. Unlike many groups, they've not abandoned the cause. Today hearts were heavy in Ukraine after hearing that seven WCK volunteers were killed in an Israeli Defense Forces strike in Gaza, whose…

David Sacks The origin of the Burisma corruption wasn’t Ukrainian, it was Russian. Russia was playing both sides. Stop blaming Ukrainians for Russia’s actions.

The CEO of Burisma, Zlochevsky, was a minister working for Yanukovych’s cabinet, most of which ran off to Moscow.

The corruption…

KHARKIV—Dear Speaker Mike Johnson Speaker Mike Johnson and all Christian Republicans in Congress: Here’s a bit of the story of the Catholic church of the Holy Family, sitting on a ridge at the edge of Ukraine’s Kharkiv, a position which makes them especially vulnerable to Russian…

The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, visited a Ukrainian sports training facility destroyed by a Russian missile, parts of which were made in France. Horrified, she said that Russian and Belarussian athletes are not welcome in her city for the Olympic Games.

Nevertheless, the…

Elon Musk 100 percent misses the reality of Ukraine:

“Whether Ukraine loses all access to the Black Sea or not is, in my view, the real remaining question,' Elon Musk confidently wrote a few days ago. 'I recommend a negotiated settlement before that happens.”

Musk tries to…