Kherson liberated, collaborator dead, propaganda in shambles
Horrible News with Kirill Martynov
Russia surrenders Kherson after 8 months of occupation. Kirill Stremousov, deputy “governor” of the region, mysteriously dies in a car crash the same day.
Putin fails to make any comment on the Kherson retreat. War correspondents and propagandists also could not say anything, sarcastically noting that any comment could land them in prison. But Vladimir Solovyov did have a very explosive reaction.
Kaluga welcomes a show called Polite People about the Donbas war. A revamped NKVD Remand Prison museum opens in Tomsk. Unidentified people in Omsk break a bust to Dzerzhinsky.
Moscow’s territorial gains falter as world marks fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Zelensky addresses Ukrainians from Kyiv bunker on fourth anniversary of Russian invasion
Four years of hell
Putin’s misjudged effort to subjugate Ukraine has only helped cement its national identity, and it won’t ever stop fighting
Kyiv blames Russia for fatal Lviv terror attack that left police officer dead
Ukraine and Russia exchange deadly overnight energy infrastructure strikes
Zelensky accuses Putin of starting World War III when he invaded Ukraine
The artlessness of the deal
Trump’s diplomatic blitz exposes his fundamental misunderstanding of peacemaking
Hungary blocks €90bn EU loan to Ukraine over Druzhba pipeline dispute
Former Belarusian presidential candidate Mikalai Statkevich released again after refusing to go into exile
