Kherson, a southern Ukrainian city of 250,000 before the full-scale Russian invasion, was under Russian occupation since March 2, 2022. After its liberation on Nov. 11, the author visited the city of [...] Continue Reading
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Strong Peace Movement Needed to End War in Ukraine
By Peace Fresno Board Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words are as true now as they were on April 4, 1967, at the Riverside Church in New York City when he said that “the greatest purveyor of [...] Continue Reading
Odesa: Kholodomor (“Death by Cold”) Will Not Work
The first snow in Odesa, a southern seaport in Ukraine, was neither joyful nor quiet this year. The city woke up to the rumbling sounds of diesel generators shaking the streets. The Odesa region’s 1.5 [...] Continue Reading
Mykolaiv: Life in a Bunker
Yuri, a small business owner, ran his logistics business and owned a truck and a large garage in Mykolaiv, where he lived with his wife Svetlana, and two daughters, Karina and Alina, 12 and 13, in a [...] Continue Reading
A Word about the Azov Regiment: Yaroslava’s Song
Yaroslava, the wife of a Ukrainian prisoner of war, is a warrior. For months, she’s been struggling to liberate her husband of 30 years, a father of her four children and grandfather of four [...] Continue Reading
Bucha, Ukraine: Life after Horror, during the War
Paradise Turns to Hell On Feb. 25, glued to the Internet, Nadiya, a long-time Kyiv resident, watched the Russian troops enter Bucha. Russian tanks surrounded her mother’s private boarding [...] Continue Reading