Once again, Ukraine’s fascist neighbor to the east is taking a page out of the Nazi playbook after Russian nationalist and Rodina (Motherland) party chairman Aleksey Zhuralyov announced a bill to legalize the distribution of occupied Ukrainian lands to Russian invaders, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported on Nov. 6.
we are speeding through, because over the hill are russian forces, but they ve just retreated, too. we ve heard outgoing mortar fire, and what goes out typically comes back. we ve just seen incoming fire a few hundred metres away. the russians are on higher positions in three directions. this is the village of neskuchne, and it s exposed. its name means not boring in ukrainian an obvious irony for a place part of the russian front line until three days ago. one of seven settlements recaptured with the start of ukraine s counteroffensive. we chased them out, says artem. this village was under occupation for one and a half years. these are ukrainian lands. this is what we are talking about with these liberations villages where there isn t anyone left, where buildings have either been destroyed
we are speeding through, because over the hill are russian forces, but they ve just retreated, too. we ve heard outgoing mortar fire, and what goes out typically comes back. we ve just seen incoming fire a few hundred metres away. the russians are on higher positions in three directions. this is the village of neskuchne, and it s exposed. its name means not boring in ukrainian an obvious irony for a place part of the russian front line until three days ago. one of seven settlements recaptured with the start of ukraine s counteroffensive. we chased them out, says artem. this village was under occupation for one and a half years. these are ukrainian lands. this is what we are talking about with these liberations villages where there isn t anyone left, where buildings have either been destroyed or riddled with bullet holes, suggesting close quarter fighting. and it s obvious the russians are
for one and a half years. these are ukrainian lands. this is what we are talking about with these liberations. villages where there isn t anyone left. where buildings have either been destroyed or riddled with bullet holes, suggesting close quarter fighting. and it s obvious the russians are trying to take back what was lost. there s heavy artillery overhead, and this is territory still being closely contested. chanting ukraine is hoping to replicate scenes like this elsewhere. but they re going to have to do it on a much greater scale to achieve their goal, their dream of complete liberation. if neskuchne is anything to go by, it may well be complicated and costly. james waterhouse, bbc news, neskuchne, in eastern ukraine. here, the inquiry into how the uk