Journalist and security consultant discover small black puppy in Bucha trashed by drunken Russian troops

James and Buchie

NEWS AND COMMENT-BUCHA, UKRAINE: I have just read the report by Catherine Philp of The Times who compiled a war diary while she was out reporting on the Ukraine war. Her article covers the period March 27 to April 17, 2022. On a Saturday she reports that she “finally penetrated Irpin and the scale …

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Ukrainian artists use cats to cock a snook at Russian invaders

Ukrainian graffiti artists defy Russian invasion with cats

The Ukrainian defiance in the face of overwhelming numbers in the Russian invasion of their country is impressive and inspiring. The Ukrainians have at least 3 reasons going for them which will help them win. They are truly motivated. The Russians are not. There is no stronger motivation than to fight for your country …

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Ukrainian soldiers’ versus Russian soldiers’ treatment of animals

Ukraine war - stray animals also need protection and love. Ukraine troops deliver it whereas Russian troops leave a trail of destruction

NEWS AND OPINION: On social media there is a trend developing and it is this. Ukrainian troops are seen to be sensitive to the needs of the many abandoned stray animals, normally both cats and dogs. You see video clips of Ukrainian soldiers feeding nervous stray dogs. These dogs are fearful and they run …

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War photographer (who liked cats) shot dead by Russian troops

Ukrainian photographer Maksim Levin shot dead by Russian soldiers while covering Ukrainian war

NEWS AND COMMENT-HUTA MEZHYHIRSKA, UKRAINE: the body of Maksim Levin, 44, an experienced and dedicated photojournalist and war photographer, was found in the above-mentioned village which is north of Kyiv where there had been heavy shelling. He had been shot twice, as reported, by Russian soldiers. The photographs of Maks (as he was called) …

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Putin’s troops force disabled woman in wheelchair clutching tortoiseshell cat to flee her home

Picture of a disabled woman in her wheel chair holding her tortoiseshell cat having been forced from her home by Putin is shocking

This is a shocking photograph, which in many ways sums up what Putin is doing to the citizens of Ukraine. He is brutalising the most vulnerable. His troops are forcing people like this disabled woman in her wheelchair to flee her home while clutching her tortoiseshell cat. Her crutches are by her side and …

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Fears that starving Russian soldiers are eating abandoned cats and dogs

Starving Russian soldier surrendered and shed tears as the Ukrainians fed him and called his mother

NEWS AND COMMENT-UKRAINE – RUSSIAN INVASION: Anybody following the Russian invasion of Ukraine will have picked up on the fact that Russian soldiers were told that the invasion would be a cakewalk (if they were told at all) and that they would be in Kyiv (Kiev), the capital of Ukraine, within three days because …

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