Fran Richart

Comunicat de recolzament al periodista Rafa Marrasé i defensa de la llibertat en l’exercici de la labor periodística:

Que la franja de més audiència del cap de setmana TV3 la dediqui a entrevistar a escriptors madrilenys és acceptar amb normalitat que els catalans estem pagant al nostre propi sicari.

Tragedy in Sumy region: A Russian drone struck an ambulance, killing four people‼️ Among the victims were two brothers—one just 17 years old—and a married couple. The woman was a medic. The brothers were being taken to the hospital after being injured by an explosive device. On the way, Russian forces deliberately targeted the emergency vehicle with a strike drone. Only the driver survived; he is now in the hospital.

Maks Levin (RIP) was probably one of the best war photographers of our time. Very much underrated in the West. His most famous work is the one he managed to do in the first weeks of the full-scale invasion, so here's my favourite photos of his from back in 2014-15.

Meanwhile, in Borodyanka, a small town west of Kyiv. During the battle for Kyiv in 2022, this town was probably the most heavily destroyed. Russian forces bombed almost all the apartment buildings from the air (with residents inside) and wiped entire residential complexes off the map. Then, as locals told us reporters, Russian even forbade people from clearing the rubble and rescuing neighbors trapped under the ruins. The debris was cleared only a month later by Ukrainian rescuers, after the Russians were defeated and withdrew from Kyiv Oblast, and we arrived. This was their “punishment” for Ukrainian guerrillas attacking Russian military columns moving through the town from Belarus toward Kyiv. Piles of bricks, remnants of apartments, and shattered walls were taller than a person, I remember. Apart from the private residential areas, the town was practically destroyed. Since then, Borodyanka has been slowly rebuilt over nearly four years. I recently went there by my car to see it. The town has literally risen from the ruins, with the help of many foreign friends. They recently even launched 5G there… and four years ago, the Russians had left behind a horrifying scorched wasteland, which you’ve all seen in countless photos and videos from the news.