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Join us in: 'Voices for Ukraine'
Invasion Day + 117 The war (almost unbelievably in 2022) continues...we are also.. We have not posted for the past two weeks for a...
Jun 21, 2022


'The Carnival is Over': The War is Not. 'Voices for Ukraine' is coming to the blog.
Invasion day +105 Those who are old enough might remember the wonderful Australian singer-songwriter, Judith Durham of The Seekers, now...
Jun 9, 2022


Post Jubilee Blues...and Yellows: Hoggy Plans Ahead (Social Media wins the day)
Invasion Day + 102 Hoggy hopes those who wished to do so had a four day extravaganza of amazing experiences. But Ukraine must be...
Jun 6, 2022


'A Strong Collective, A Great Spirit, We Fight, We Endure, We Win.' (Zelensky)
Invasion day +99 Today is the 100th day since the invasion and war began in Ukraine. Last night Ukraine beat Scotland at football and...
Jun 2, 2022


Ukraine Needs You! The war is far from over in the 'wild battle zone'...
Invasion Day +96 Decision time on the blog. In its web only mode the blog has now run into the expected challenges of supporter...
May 31, 2022


Dire Days in the Donbas
Invasion Days + 92-93 The situation in the Donbas region is reported to be dire with Putin continuing to unleash hell upon anything in...
May 28, 2022


Why we should 'Show an affirming flame.' (W.H. Auden)'
Invasion Day +91 Danger lurks in our own complacency, war normalising its own narrative, and we become anesthetised to its daily...
May 26, 2022


Ninety Days of Hell: 'The Good, the Bad and the Very Ugly Putin.'
Invasion day +90 Today marks the end of the third month of Putin's 'Three Day War.' How much longer must this strife go on? Surely it...
May 25, 2022


‘Never have I been so ashamed of my country.’ Russian diplomat speaks.
Invasion Days +88-89 There is a lot happening in this grindingly awful war. But the iron wall of Putin's hatred for humanity and his...
May 24, 2022


Lina Sings For Us on Vyshyvanka Day.
Invasion Day + 86-87 Hoggy has been swamped in love for Ukraine over these past two days so hopefully our readers can look again at...
May 21, 2022


Putin's Genocide: The Donbas. Destruction of the people he claimed as his own.
Invasion Day +85 Reports from the front line in the Donbas suggests Putin, deranged, bitter and viciously desperate in revenge for his...
May 20, 2022


A More United World? A Pressing Need
Invasion day +84 The growing food crisis across the world, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, shows clearly how we need to be more...
May 19, 2022


'Information-Tranquilised' Yes, That is Russia Speaking.
Invasion day +83 Russian war analyst Mikhail Khodaryonok tells Russians on state TV 'they 'should not swallow...
May 18, 2022


'Hogsward' Heroes: The Kalush Orchestra and the Defenders of Azovstal
Invasion day +82 As we re-launch the blog with our joint journey towards helping more Ukrainians build hope for their future, we praise...
May 17, 2022


‘The Killing Fields of Kampuchea.’ How an Old Man Cried.
Invasion day + 80 Hoggy returns. Two weeks of increasingly impossible time constraints caused by a very demanding working tour of...
May 15, 2022


The Rocket Man
Invasion Days +67- 68 Hoggy remains on a working trip to Cambodia so we write in his absence. Putin's rockets still rain down In...
May 4, 2022
Hoggy Goes East: But the War Rages On
Invasion days: 65 - 67 Hoggy apologises to all our readers for the absences of posts for the past three days which, very sadly, is not...
May 1, 2022


'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


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


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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