Now, on to some pretty grim news, but news that we must face. This Summer and Fall have seen a noticeable and continuing increase in the number of Ukrainian civilians being deliberately targeted and killed by Russian bombing. It is becoming more and more common to have mass casualty events on a weekly basis, and Russian ranged systems are being used to hunt out trains, buses, apartment buildings, etc.
Dead Ukrainian Civilians At Dnipro’s Main Rail Station
This needs to be understood and discussed more often. The Ukrainians are being targeted as a people now as a strategy of war. That this not being admitted in Europe or the USA as it should is astonishing. Europeans need to acknowledge that what is happening to Ukrainians could easily happen to them—and yet too often they speak as if this war is something that can easily be settled by some deal with this murderous regime. For the USA, the issue is more of admitting culpability as a nation. This rising slaughter is directly related to US policy.
Read more at Phillips P. Obrien at Substack, Nov 1 2026
Retired, living in the Scottish Borders after living most of my life in cities in England. I can now indulge my interest in all aspects of living close to nature in a wild landscape. I live on what was once the Iapetus Ocean which took millions of years to travel from the Southern Hemisphere to here in the Northern Hemisphere. That set me thinking and questioning and seeking answers.
In 1998 I co-wrote Millennium Countdown (US)/ A Business Guide to the Year 2000 (UK) see https://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780749427917
