Today marks 500 days since Russia launched its massive assault on neighbouring Ukraine. A war started by Russia, which is in violation of international law. It is difficult to determine how many people have been killed and injured. The UN said that the number of civilians, previously estimated at 8,000, is too low. 30,000…
Recently, there has been a lot of focus on Koran burning. Especially in Sweden, which makes Turkey’s opposition to Sweden as a NATO member understandable. I consider it that burning a religious scripture is the same as showing contempt or hatred. This has little to do with freedom of speech. Saying and meaning what…
Several thousand Ukrainian children have been taken away from their Ukrainian parents and sent to Russia. Set the kidnapped children free, is the demand from Ukraine. Many of them have been adopted to Russian parents. We do not know how many this is about, but the number is several thousand. The International Criminal Court…
What I learnt today from several of my Ukrainian friends is downright painful. They say that the Russians are shooting at civilians trying to save their lives after the dam at Kakhovka was blown up yesterday. One of my sources who lives in Odesa tells me about a friend who lives in the area…
This morning came the news of the Kakhovka dam being blown up. The dam that supplies Europe’s largest nuclear power plant with water for cooling. Ukraine blames Russia. Russia, for its part, blames Ukraine. It’s obviously too early to say anything about who was behind this, but I’ll give some good reasons why, in…
There are many misconceptions about the Ukrainian language. Some also mix terms, such as the Russian-speaking part of the population being Russians. I’ll try to clear up some of this. I will look at the history of the Ukrainian language and the differences between Ukrainian and Russian. Descendants of ancient East Slavic In the…