My Reply to Tucker Carlson
Special Dam-Explosion Edition
Hello from Lviv. My apologies for not sending this newsletter lately. We’ve had many logistical things to attend to: response to the Russian-induced floods in Kherson, a major catastrophe; many people throughout Ukrainian needing help in various ways; and efforts to raise money to keep going. Now again I will try to send this every day.
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Russia’s Dam Destruction: My Reply to Tucker Carlson
Speaking from Ukraine, Joe Lindsley, a former colleague of Tucker Carlson, replies to Tucker's recent claims about the destruction of the dam in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
War Day 471: Russians Shell Near Ukrainian Rabbi on Rescue Mission in Kherson
Ukraine's popular chief rabbi, who actually was born in Russia, was on a rescue mission to evacuate people from the Russian-induced floods Kherson when the Russians began to shell nearby. Meanwhile, the Russians bombed a grocery story in a Ukrainian city sacred to Jews.
War Day 470: Russians Shell Ukrainians As They Evacuate Floods in Inflatable Rafts
The destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam continues to unleash a humanitarian and ecological hell. Where are the UN, World Wildlife Fund, and the Red Cross, ask Ukrainians? Meanwhile, many volunteers from around the world rush to help--in the spirit of Ukraine's 2014 Revolution of Dignity, when the people realized that working together they have an incredible power against elite tyranny: agency.
War Day 469: Why The New York Times is Wrong About Ukraine
We start with pre-invasion music from Ukrainian band @ANTYTILA , with a music video filmed in the amazing Oleshky Sands, an area now occupied by Russia and threatened by the encroaching floodwaters from the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam. "Just little people, such a plot," says Antytila--and that's indeed how people feel in the face of the flood of water and of misinformation ..
War Day 468: Russia's History of Dam Destruction vs Ukraine's Baseline of Bravery
Through the night, Russia sent a confusing array of missiles and drones throughout Ukraine, often changing course. And at around 3am, the massive Nova Kakhovka dam began to collapse partially, initiating a massive flood. The Russians have a history of harming Ukrainians both by destroying and by building dams. Here's the story ...
War Day 467: Ukraine's Green Holidays--and Fake News About Weapons in Mexico
from Monday 5 June: Joe Lindsley's Ukraine report on Chicago's @wgnradiovideo with Bob Sirott—delivered every weekday since Russia's full-scale invasion Today is Green Holiday in Ukraine, an ancient custom marking the arrival of summer and the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles. While talking with friends at a bbq, I heard stories of Ukraine's 2014 Maidan Revolution--which is the moment that Ukrainians broke free from Russian control.
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