THE RISE OF THE CRIMEAN TATARS
War Day 559: How Armless and Legless Ukrainians Carry On; Zelenskiy Names Crimean Tatar to Top Post
LVIV—Today, the stories of amputees was weighing heavily on my mind. I’d spent time yesterday with friends who have lost limbs in the war. And strangely, Bob Sirott, host of my daily Ukraine report on Chicago’s WGN Radio, began today’s broadcast with that very topic …
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War Day 559: How Armless and Legless Ukrainians Carry On; Zelenskiy Names Crimean Tatar to Top Post
THE RISE OF THE CRIMEAN TATARS
LVIV—Walking the streets of Ukraine, you will see many people without arms and legs, from the 11-year-old girl who ran a half-marathon to the many wounded soldiers. The wounded are resilient and even good-humoured but it's a heavy burden.
Meanwhile: Why does it matter that Zelenskiy is naming an ethnic Crimean Tatar as the new defense secretary?
Hint: It's gonna be real hard for Western leaders to tell Rustem Umerov that Ukraine should forget about Crimea, a peninsula in the Black Sea occupied by Russia since 2014 and whose native people have long been oppressed by Moscow.
"In the Soviet Union nobody could imagine [Ukraine could have] a Jewish president and a Crimean Tatar minister," a well-respected Crimean Tatar journalist told me today. "It’s fantastic."
500+ DAYS OF WAR-REPORTING—from Tuesday 5 September 2023 —JOE LINDSLEY REPORTS EVERY DAY FROM UKRAINE SINCE FEBRUARY 24, 2022 on Chicago's @wgnradio with Bob Sirott. NOT LEAVING UNTIL VICTORY.
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