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Loss and loneliness in a contemporary Moldovan classic
From the early pages of "The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes," we are swimming in the protagonist Aleksy's grief. The story begins at a point in his late teenage years when he "hated (his mother) more than ever," and could have "killed her with a thought." She is not a source of love and strength in his life — that is, the woman who gave him life — but of utter repulsion and shame. Moldovan-Romanian author Tatiana Țîbuleac's novel, recently translated from Romanian by Monica Cure and published
Latvia, Estonia say drones that strayed into their territory overnight were Ukrainian
One drone was reported to have landed and exploded in a field in Lativia's Kraslava region, while another struck the chimney of the Auvere power station near the Russian border.
Russian military icebreaker damaged in unprecedented Baltic Sea drone strike, Ukraine claims
The ship, identified by the General Staff as patrol icebreaker "Pruga," was docked at a shipyard in Vyborg when it was hit, the General Staff said.
Russian government ordered Moscow internet blackout, The Bell reports
According to The Bell's sources, the Scientific and Technical Service Department of the Russian Security Service (FSB) received orders "from above" to shutdown the internet in response to unspecified security threats.
Ukraine's military destroys Russian Zircon missile launcher in occupied Crimea
Ukrainian forces destroyed a Zircon hypersonic missile launcher in occupied Crimea during an overnight strike March 24, Ukraine's military intelligence agency said.
Ukraine's air defense downs 97% of Russian kamikaze drones in rare mass daytime strike
While nighttime mass Russian drone strikes are an almost nightly occurrence, daytime assaults are far less common.
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"We need to keep milking this cow, the Russian army, for everything it’s worth, exhausting it beyond its maximum capacity," Robert "Madyar" Brovdi told the Economist.
