A woman tries to use her phone inside the police station in Lysychansk, Ukraine. The city's population has shrunk to less than 15,000 people from a high of more than 100,000 before the war. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)
LA Times: In eastern Ukraine, some stand against their defenders
In Russian, the word “molodetz” roughly translates to “good job” or “bravo,” and that’s what 75-year-old Leonid was saying as he pointed at the Russian artillery’s handiwork — the wreckage of a bombed-out building in a central street of Lysychansk in eastern Ukraine.
“The Ukrainian soldiers, they’re bad people, cowards,” added the retired security guard, who, like others, asked that his last name not be used for reasons of privacy. “They hide here, and then the moment the attack happens they run away.”
His attitude demonstrated that in this part of the country, now the focal point of Moscow’s invasion that began in late February, the Ukrainian army is not necessarily fighting on friendly ground.
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WNU Editor: Ukrainian media is always reporting cases like this .... Ukraine detains senior public figures suspected of spying for Russia (Reuters). Among my Russian - Ukrainian relatives and friends. I know all of them just want the war to end.
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