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'Not only must Putin fail, but he must be seen to fail.'
Invasion day +64 The chilling rhetoric of war ramps up day after day. It feels as if shift in balance has taken place in the last few...
Apr 28, 2022
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Is the War Spreading Ever Wider?
Invasion Day +62 The news is spreading faster than we can keep up with here. The west appears to have finally decided enough is...
Apr 27, 2022
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Finding Yuriv... And the Birth of a Queen Bee
Invasion Dy +61 Today we headline a letter pleading to help find Yuriv. If you can help Wanda, us, him, please do let us know: please...
Apr 26, 2022
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For the Children. Cherish them. Hate and Evil Must Not Prevail.
Invasion Day +60 It is hard to believe that the world is entering the third month of this global war. The carnage carries on and as the...
Apr 25, 2022
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Whilst the Generals Keep Dying...
Invasion day +59 We do not seem to be catching up too quickly with the mail box here at Hoggy but the letters keep coming and with...
Apr 24, 2022
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Another moving front line account...
Invasion day +58 Will Ukraine hold? For them. For us. For us. For the world. Will the west's aid be enough? Will it arrive fast enough...
Apr 23, 2022
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The Unbelievable Resilience of Human Fortitude: Mariupol The Brave
Invasion Day +57 It defies all belief that Ukrainian's brave people have defied Russian evil for fifty eight blood soaked days and...
Apr 22, 2022
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Late Posting Today
Hello all, apologies but we will be posting later today due to an early work commitment. Please do check in again later. Thank you...
Apr 22, 2022
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If you haven't cried yet, you might today...
Invasion day +56 '... still hoping to plant vegetables in Kharkiv...' Today's post is given over entirely to a letter from Anna from...
Apr 21, 2022
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The World's Greatest Understatement: Russians say 'The War Was a Mistake.' (..!..)
Invasion Day +55 'Dear Collective West...' Yesterday, Putin's latest wave of the misguided, poorly led, ill-equipped starving hyenas he...
Apr 20, 2022
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Letter of the Week:
Remembering the Dead and the Crimes Against Them by Dr Lily Hamourtziadou Nobel Peace Prize Nominee for her work on Iraq Body Count US...
Apr 19, 2022
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Putin: A Portrait of Misery
Invasion day +54 The Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentiev/ Reuters credited photograph of Putin at a virtual meeting on the Russian economy...
Apr 19, 2022
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Calling for Peace: Join us on the Information Front Line
Invasion Day +53 There are interesting strands of subtle resistance appearing in the press of late and we echo them here. In the...
Apr 18, 2022
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Lina sings her thanks for us on Easter Day
Invasion day +52 Today we offer our wishes and thoughts for all in Ukraine and all those in refuge in the surrounding countries. You are...
Apr 17, 2022
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'Carnage Creep': the insidious trade of weapons trafficking
Invasion Day +51 Today we focus on Putin's desperate attempts to source replacement munitions from dubious allies. As suspected, it...
Apr 16, 2022
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'Sunflowers for Ukraine' (and introducing 'SUFT'!')
Invasion Day +49 and +50 Firstly, huge apologies for the non-appearance of the blog yesterday: attempts to publish it consistently...
Apr 15, 2022
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Late Posting Today
Hello all, we shall be posting late today as we are taking delivery of the book 'Sunflowers for Ukraine' and will report on this when we...
Apr 14, 2022
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The Day Putin's War Chest Ran Out
Invasion Day +48 Hoggy estimates that today is the day from which sanctions will really start to hurt Putin. How? Because the estimates...
Apr 13, 2022
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'Death Does Not Have Any Heroes!' and 'On Happiness.'
Invasion Day +47 As Easter fast approaches for many in the west, there will be little time for celebration in Ukraine. The war enters...
Apr 12, 2022
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Mostly Murder: the 5,600 Russian War Crime Caseload of Ukrainian Investigators
Invasion Day +46 Five thousand, six hundred separate war crimes are now being actively investigated in Ukraine, mostly murder, with...
Apr 11, 2022
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