Made into Lyman today. Here’s what I saw and heard. My buddy Ivan left Lyman on February 24th to enlist. Today was the first time he had been back to his home — and he didn’t know if his house was still intact.

Have you ever wondered what the aftermath of a HIMARS strike on a Russian ammo dump looks like? Look no further. @ArnaudDeDecker, @shallnotkil, and I had the chance to see this ammo dump outside of Kupiansk yesterday, struck in late August by HIMARS in the lead up to Ukraine’s push east.

Tom hit this one one the head, the only bit that I’ll add is that when we met Rovera and her research colleague in Kramatorsk, they insisted that Ukrainians fighting in urban terrain must relocate to a forested area. Not too sure how you do that in a city 1/

https://twitter.com/tomthescribe/status/1556726535981355008

Rovera was very concerned about how she was perceived by the other journos in the hotel. She argued with former French Foreign Legionnaires and Royal Marines that she had been to more conflict zones than them — combat veterans — and was more knowledgeable 2/