Willem is very welcoming!I arrived at the scheduled time for the train, and my friend Willem was there and he had been shopping for some extra things. He was happy to get some Swedish 🇸🇪 vodka (our flags have the same colours), even though I had brought him a bottle from... See More »
Do you like nosey people?Here, you write posts, so you are telling people what you think they might want to know but still they ask inane questions!
The ecology of the CarpathiansThe ecology of the Carpathians varies with altitude, ranging from lowland forests to alpine meadows. Foothill forests are primarily of broadleaf deciduous trees, including oak, hornbeam, and linden. European beech is characteristic of the montane... See More »
I’m on the train and now in 🇵🇱 (I think!)It’s a thirteen hour trip from Lviv to Berlin. The distance is almost a thousand kilometres. Lviv is about eighty kilometres from the Polish 🇵🇱 border and I have met a couple of delays this morning. But I am in Poland now, and making way to Rzepin... See More »
10 facts you should know about russian military aggression against UkraineFact 1: Russia planned military aggression against Ukraine in advance. Victory of the revolution of dignity was only a convenient pretext Russia launched its well-planned armed aggression against Ukraine on 20 February 2014 with the military... See More »
We are on our way to Lviv.Tim is dropping me at the station and going on himself to Kyiv. He has about two weeks work there and then he’s going to return to my home and transfer some of his completed work to the studio we have set up at my home. I am going to Berlin where I... See More »
I will work for a week at the Tutti FruttiI’m staying with my friend Willem not too far from the club. I met him the last time I stayed in Berlin and we became close friends through his art. He’s a very talented artist and he knows my friend Tim, who is returning to Kyiv tomorrow to... See More »
Is the United Nations about as much good as the League of Nations was?It has a unique impediment for any good to come from it. The veto of USA, 🇺🇸 Uk 🇬🇧, France 🇫🇷, China 🇨🇳 and Russia 🇷🇺. Russia is the heir of the veto rights given the Soviet Union.
Kyiv: has the colour gone from the city? Russian drones and missiles are seeking to eradicate life in the city, and what does the UN do about it? Nothing! (+4)
We have been finishing up the jobs that needed doing in the house and outbuildingsTim has been converting rooms so he has an indoor studio and in the barn there is an extra studio for bigger projects. He has got it just as he wants it. We have been down to the city to have some keys made because he has asked me for use of the... See More »
Ukraine strikes oil facilities in Russia, occupied CrimeaUkrainian armed forces said they carried out overnight strikes on two oil facilities in Russia and Russian-occupied Crimea on April 11. According to Ukraine's General Staff, Ukrainian forces targeted the Krymskaya oil pumping station in Russia's... See More »
Ukrainian drone strikes are hurting Russia’s oil industryThe world’s third-largest producer is now an importer of petrol. Selling more oil at higher prices ought to be the stuff of dreams for a petrostate. But for Russia it is a sign of a new, punishing phase in its war with Ukraine. Months of Ukrainian d... See More »
How long can Russia hold out in Ukraine?Four years on from the full-scale invasion, Vladimir Putin faces battlefield fatigue, economic unease and a fraying social contract at home. “Vladimir Putin has not achieved his goals,” said a defiant Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a televised address... See More »
What do I mean when I say “I am hopeful”?Social media has become a tool for people to be good and to be bad. What do I mean? Some people actually find friends and even spouses through social media whereas others find their life’s work causing people to kill themselves through social media.... See More »
I studied design at universityA design is the concept or proposal for an object, process, or system. The word design refers to something that is or has been intentionally created by a thinking agent, and is sometimes used to refer to the inherent nature of something – its... See More »
Interesting facts about their armyRussian generals risk themselves to motivate troops after ... Key Russian generals in 2026 include Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov and Ground Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleg Salyukov, overseeing the ongoing Ukraine invasion, where over 15... See More »
Stereotypes and Misconceptions about Ukrainian WomenUkraine is home to some of the most attractive women in the world. While we are under the impression that they have very admirable physical characteristics, what we sometimes fail to see is that they have great consideration for improving their... See More »
When women behave like men (social mores)Although often ignored in discussions of masculinity, women can also express masculine traits and behaviours. In Western culture, female masculinity has been codified into identities such as "tomboy" and "butch". Although female masculinity is often... See More »
Defenders KitchenKyiv Post presents Defenders Kitchen, a documentary project filmed in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, just dozens of kilometers from Russian positions, showing what life looks like near the front line beyond combat. As the war continues, even brief... See More »
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