ukraine@war

ukraine@war

Day 516

Eager beavers

Jul 24, 2023
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Two beavers in the Dnipro River (Photo c/o abdymok)

I saw two beavers flopping around in the Dnipro River early this morning. I knew a family lived on Venetsiantskyy Island across the way but wasn’t aware they swam over to the right bank for breakfast. Jimmy has also spotted beavers.

Notes from Kyiv
I’m James Rushton, a freelance security and foreign policy analyst. Currently based in Kyiv, Ukraine, I mainly write about issues relating to the current Russian invasion of Ukraine. I tweet at @JimmySecUK.
By James Rushton

On the war jacket, Gulliver Cragg, a correspondent for France 24, has admitted, finally, that it was obvious that Russia ran the puppet “republics” in Donbas. He said he is sorry for not saying so and instead playing along with the Russian ruse and reporting bullshit.

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