A road sign marks the turning into the village of Pobeda, in Ukrainian-controlled North Luhansk. The sign is missing the first two letters, turning pobeda (victory) into beda (woe). It’s an appropriate enough symbol for the reversal of Ukrainian military ambitions in the area. Up until the night of September 2nd, the village served as the base for the northern command of Ukraine’s “anti-terror” operation. All that changed when the camp was razed to the ground by a high-precision Smerch rocket attack, believed to have come from territories near or beyond the Russian border.
Today, the landscape in Pobeda is apocalyptic: …read more
Source: Newsweek
