I have more to say about contemporary ethnonationalism, but it’s probably better if I whisper it to myself in Gaeilge.
The New York Times and The Washington Post run front page stories about cross-border raids in Belgorod oblast12. The latter investigates whether weapons gifted to Ukraine were used. (Of course they were). Val and Anatoly for the NYT rely on three stringers for an account of fighting there. I stopped reading after the sentence starting, “It was a sign of spontaneous social organization….”
This made me laugh, too:
And, of course, Emma’s chit chat with Z here. James was there, but not on camera.
In other news, Chien-Chi Chang has hotfooted his way back to Ukraine.
Remember Chien-Chi3?
He’s the PHILIP JONES GRIFFITHS AWARD WNNER for 2022.
‘Everything Changed’: The War Arrives on Russians’ Doorstep. With cross-border strikes, residents of the Russian region of Belgorod are starting to understand the horrors of war being waged at their doorstep (The New York Times. June 4, 2023)
Use of NATO arms for attack in Russia raises doubts about Kyiv’s controls (The Washington Post. June 4, 2023)
凝視頓巴斯 張乾琦的戰地攝影紀實, 過去一年，攝影家張乾琦先後四次進入烏克蘭拍攝，本刊繼去年獨家取得授權，這次將刊載第四次、在烏東頓巴斯地區的影像作品，這裡被視為戰爭決戰點，也是目前兩軍激戰最激烈的地方之一。(Mirror Media, February 24, 2023)