War Day 700: How Are Kharkiv Citizens Reacting to 24 Hours of Bombing?
Filter Coffee in the Ruins
KHARKIV—It was another hellish night in Kharkiv. Stay tuned for my report later today what happened through the night. Meanwhile, here is a breakdown of extremely eventful hours yesterday:
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War Day 700: How Are Kharkiv Citizens Reacting to 24 Hours of Bombing?
🇺🇦 700+ DAYS OF WAR REPORTING on Chicago's WGN Radio with host Bob Sirott and reporter Joe Lindsley, the only American reporting in Ukraine every single day until victory 🎙️ from Wednesday 24 January 2024
KHARKIV—Today I bring you to a coffee shop in Kharkiv, on a block that the Russians heavily attacked Tuesday night. Staff made food and coffee for rescue workers throughout the night and while still removing broken they opened on time Wednesday morning.
At this same shop a few days ago, a foreign reporter told me that "it's too bad the people of Kharkiv don't realize the city is lost." But if you were in Kharkiv this morning after the bombings, I think you'd see the truth: There's no way Kharkiv people are surrendering. Yes they have tears in their eyes but their cheerful defiance is the stuff of legend.
Kharkiv artist Gamlet—whom many call Ukraine’s “Banksy,” though he is not anonymous—arrived on the scene to help within minutes of Russia’s nighttime bombing of Maker’s coffeeshop and neighbouring places: “In the twilight there is an encouraging lack of clarity/space for dreams.”
War Day 699: “Maybe I’m naive but I don’t think evil should win”: the story of a haunting photo at a world-changing protest
Russia’s war on Ukraine would not be happening today if 10 years ago Ukrainians hadn’t made a stand against tyranny in their Maidan, or “public square,” Revolution. Without that revolution, Moscow would already control Ukraine.
Here’s the haunting story of a photograph of Serhiy Nihoyan—see first comment—an Armenian-Ukrainian protestor killed at the Maidan by the Moscow-backed secret police January 22, 2014. Days after this picture was taken both he and the photographer were dead. But there’s something weird in the photo …
By the way those secret police no longer exist. That revolution was successful. The people actually evicted the corrupt regime and took their country back.
“Maybe I’m naive but I don’t think evil should win,” Serhiy said. “Sooner or later, the good will prevail.”
Episode here:
War Day 698: In a City Just 30 Miles from Russia, How Do Ukrainians Live?
🇺🇦 600+ DAYS OF WAR REPORTING on Chicago's WGN Radio with host Bob Sirott and reporter Joe Lindsley, the only American reporting in Ukraine every single day until victory 🎙️ from Monday 22 January 2024
I report from Kharkiv to show how even in a place where Russian missiles hit without warning Ukrainians show the world what it means to live freely. Listen to people underground, in January, sing the songs of Christmas, which Ukrainians in defiance of the world celebrate until February.
But time is running out: "Nobody knows the exact timeline of Russia's madness, but we know Ukraine is buying us time and paying for it with blood," says Lithuania's foreign minister.
And here’s the band featured in the episode:
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Wartime Tarot, Episode 2: The Woman Who Sows Revival | with @neivanmade
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