@stewbits22 26 March 2022 more from that month

This is a copy of a US journalists report after spending 2 weeks in Ukraine Make up your own mind from what he says. https://t.me/grahamwphillips/28 Video footage of Gorsk https://youtu.be/7fOsIY9ioQQ So, a few words as i close in on two weeks back in ukraine. I'm based in the Chernigov area, actually as the only journalist here we can say that i've brought this area under the control of honest journalism. The main city in this area is Chernigov, a highly significant settlement of near 300,000. Russian forces have had Chernigov surrounded for around a fortnight now, but it remains under ukrainian control. There are humanitarian corridors letting people leave Chernigov, to Belarus and Russia (Three Sisters border), around 90km away from the city. I've not been to Chernigov so can't comment on the situation there, most of the rest of the Chernigov region camer under Russian control without a fight on February 24th / 25th, and here the situation is generally stable, no shelling, etc. As I'm told, the Russian operation to take Chernigov is 'going to plan', but that's all i can say about that. If Chernigov can be taken, then it opens up a clear road - albeit with bombed bridges - from the north of Ukraine, and Russia's Bryansk region, down to Kiev, some 150k from Chernigov. As it is not believed that ukrainian forces have significant forces between Chernigov and Kiev (itself long-since surrounded by Russian forces), the taking of Chernigov could be a decisive move in this situation. Mood among the Russian soldiers i speak to is good, positive, obviously the western press want to represent the mood of Russian soldiers through those captured as POWs by the Ukrainian side then tortured into saying things, but that certainly does not match the reality here. All the Russian soldiers know why they're here, and what their mission is here, all are fully on board with that. They have full supplies of everything they need. The situation in the Chernigov region varies from place to place - in the villages, the Russians are carrying out regular humanitarian aid distributions, so there it's basically fine. In the larger town here, Gorodnya, the mayor, a ukrainian patriot apparently, has given an order that his town will not accept Russian humanitarian aid, and people are not to accept it. That has created a pretty grim situation here, with people now queuing through the night for bread. No shops have anything, so, not a great situation on that front. I've obviously seen a lot of comments, speculation about my own presence, set-up here etc. I can say this, that i arrived two weeks ago with nothing, and the first days were a bit tough. But, you dig in, i'm staying in the civilian sector, found my own accommodation, and see the Russian soldiers every couple of days to discuss the general situation, what can be filmed etc. For now, there is no access closer to Chernigov, as soon as that changes, we'll be right in there, you know that. As for the Russian soldiers here, they all say that this is a special operation, and expect to return to Russia after its completion. Of course, ukraine is not going to look the same after this, and there will be parts of the territory which never return, no question, but as for here, all the ukrainian flags are still up everywhere, and the Russians are not generally noticeable in everyday life, obviously there's some transport, vehicles, etc, but people are going about their lives, there's zero 'persecution' of any kind, actually more and more people are seeking out the Russians themselves, to ask for food and medicines in the places where the municipal administrations have refused that. I hope that covers it, i have signal for a little bit, so will try to answer any more questions in comments, if there are any. It's been great to see the reportage from here getting so much resonance. Also plenty of abuse and death threats too, but, i'm not one to take offence at these things, so fire away if that's your thing 😇