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Putin: the Most Evil Machiavellian of Them All and How to Deal With Him
Invasion day +35 Putin, losing ground as well as what little face he has left, heavily seeks to re-divide the west: WE MUST BEWARE! ...
Mar 31, 2022


Surely The West Can Eat Salad for a While? Turn Off the Russian Oil and Gas Now!
Invasion Day +34 Great start to 'Hogswards', the worthy president and a Ukrainian rock star: read more about these brilliantly...
Mar 30, 2022


Today we launch 'Hogswards' in honour of the new Ukrainian Heroes
Invasion Day +33 Please read on for the launch of our 'Hogswards.' Meanwhile...also in the blog today... Ukraine is littered with...
Mar 29, 2022


Why we Should Support a Ukrainian led 'No Fly' Zone: A shocking video warning.
Invasion Day +32 Today Hoggy highlights our support to Kharkiv hoping that our readers will be able to view a video link from You Tube...
Mar 28, 2022
Long Live the Ukrainian Arts: We Stand With Alexei Ratmansky!
Invasion Day +31 Putin continues his nuclear rhetoric again threatening the world, reports suggests his barbaric warfare has now...
Mar 27, 2022
Symbols of Hope: 'The Six Cats of Kyiv' and 'My Safe European Home'
Invasion Day +30 Nerves here, this war may have turned a corner overnight. The west has been gathering its strength once more with...
Mar 26, 2022
Letter of the Week: 'Tavvia's Plea'
Dear Hoggy, A Plea I wanted to write regarding the current situation that is on-going in the cities of Ukraine at the hands of the...
Mar 25, 2022


Russia: 'Destination Unknown'
Invasion Day +29 The international pressure on Putin's isolation increases yet again: the knot tightens. More and more sanctions are...
Mar 25, 2022


'Silent is the Valley' A Poem of Ukraine
Invasion Day +28 Reports coming into the Hoggy office continue to suggest there is a great and increasing sense of hope for, and by,...
Mar 24, 2022


A New Collective Noun, a New Collective Word: a Permanence of Refugees in a World of Perma-crisis.
Invasion Day +27 Reports suggest Russian front line forces are now suffering widespread demoralisation, frostbite, hunger, and death....
Mar 23, 2022


'It Is The Tulips That Will Win This War' A Triptych of Posts for Ukraine
Invasion Day +26 So reassuring has been the response to the blog so far with over 300 visits in the first week, Hoggy feels the need to...
Mar 22, 2022
'The Tyrant Has Sent His Butchers'
Invasion Day +25 Did you see the amazing 'Tulips of Kyiv' yesterday? Incredible! Slava Ukraini! Ukraine, like democracy, can never...
Mar 21, 2022
Let's hear it for Yelda, the Russian Granny
Invasion Day +24 I will start with an inspiring note: amongst the many Ukrainian heroes let's also hear it for the awesome Yelena...
Mar 20, 2022


'War! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.'
Invasion Day +23 As you, our much appreciated readers, writers and correspondents, will have realised by now, 'The War Letters of...
Mar 19, 2022
'Civilians Always Suffer The Most'
Invasion Day +22 Putin forced to call up conscripts from the furthest parts of Russia, Ukrainian armed forces continue holding on three...
Mar 18, 2022
The Phrase That Defined A War
Invasion Day +21 Hoggy writes to the BBC and posts for Maria Burmaka on the f-word. Meanwhile, Putin manipulates a 'peace' conference to...
Mar 17, 2022
Wake up World: We ARE at War
Invasion Day +20 Is the world still sleeping? Are we carrying on as if a war is happening somewhere else? That other people's lives...
Mar 16, 2022


'A Pergola for Mariupol'
Invasion day +19 Putin, ever more desperate as his plans for a master race pull up before they've even reached the first hurdle, pleads ...
Mar 15, 2022
Hoggy the Yimp Goes to War
Invasion Day +18: Putin's barbarism continues, Russian atrocities mount, the incredible Ukrainian resistance has now seen three Russian...
Mar 14, 2022
About Hoggy
Hello. I am Hoggy. 'Hoggy the Yimp'. Who? I hear you ask. Hoggy. As in 'Hopeful Old Geezer Gone Yimping'. 'Hopeful, Old, and Geezer' I...
Mar 14, 2022
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