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…
Last winter, Mr Medvedev crossed the Norwegian border with Russia and sought asylum in Norway. He reportedly fled from the Wagner group. Now he wants to return to Russia. The questions I am asking are essentially the same ones I asked last winter when he crossed the border. Read my blog about what I…
During CNN’s questioning of presidential candidates for the 2024 presidential elections, Mr Trump said he could end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours. This prompted a reaction from the former Republican governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie. He says Mr Trump is likely to “give” Ukraine to Russia and uses a term like…