Postcard from Kharkiv, Edge of the Free World
The toll is high.
KHARKIV, during an air-alarm—I have been traveling throughout Ukraine this week, and so I’ve neglected to send these newsletters daily. Here is a recap of what I saw and learned. Our next newsletter, late today or tomorrow, will include vidoes and stories from heavily destroyed places in the Kharkiv region. Please encourage your friends to subscribe. —Joe Lindsley
Stories, Sounds, and Facts of War: Every weekday, Ukrainian Freedom News’s Joe Lindsley, in Ukraine since the pandemic started, gives a live war report on Chicago’s WGN Radio. You can listen and watch below. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel to catch all our stories.
What did Bill Gates say about Ukraine and corruption? Does he know or care about Ukraine’s fierce democracy?
KHARKIV, 30 miles from Russia: Arriving by morning train from Kyiv, I met with the city's Rotary Club as they discussed and debate in practical terms how to help the victory effort: from getting supplies to soldiers to caring for orphans and for children whose parents the war was driven into insanity.
Let’s talk about corruption
In January 2022, just before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Bill Gates said, without evidence, that Ukraine has the most corrupt government in the world. Does he know about Ukraine's 2014 Revolution of Dignity—and how for nine years the Ukrainian people have been taking control of their government from the corrupt elites? He also spoke of the vast natural including agricultural resources of Ukraine. Does someone want those resources?
Meanwhile, in other nations it seems people struggle mightily to take on corruption …
You can listen above to my daily Ukraine report on these topics with Bob Sirott of Chicago’s WGN Radio.
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