In early 2024 we send veteran conflict journalist Neil Howard to report on the city of

Kupyans to Ukraine, a city once occupied by Russia, liberated by the armed forces of Ukraine,

and now threatened with occupation once again as Russia continues to press forward

with no end in sight to the war. Over the course of three episodes Neil reports from the city as

its population tries to cope and survive with their new reality.

Listen to soldiers tell him about the reality on the front line and sits with drone operators as they ply their

trade in the skies above the battlefield.

Lions led by Donkeys presents the Kupyansk Dispatches.

The first episode is available now on our Patreon.

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That's a big folly right there.

I'll draw the drags.

As one Ukrainian officer I know put it,

you can't beat a large Soviet army with a small Soviet

army. They usually just sit more than I. There's nothing that quite prepares

you for seeing a destroyed city.

The Ukrainian city of Kupyansk isn't quite there yet, but it's getting there.

That was a bridge here before you could use on the other side.

But the Russians destroyed it and killed two volunteers at

four civilian people at the time. Your horror. The forest was on fire, there was guys screaming

300s everywhere.

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