Episode 56: Looking Over an Empty Reservoir - A Trip to the South

Anthony has returned from a reporting trip to the south of Ukraine and relays what he saw on the ground. 00:02:10 - Odesa's Transfiguration Cathedral was badly damaged by the recent Russia strike on the city landmark, but Odesa is undeterred from the August vacation season. 00:19:05 - We had a bit of an adventure with the Transnistria border and a drunk, possibly, maybe marijuana farmer, but saw the very apparent reforms in the State Border Service. 00:38:14 - Returning to Mykolaiv, a city bouncing back now that it is no longer the front line. 00:42:21 - The area around the now-drained Nova Kakhovka Reservoir is facing a water crisis, both for individual use and agriculture. But the recovered meadowland also has archeological discoveries. 1:02:25 - Zaporizhzhia, on the other end of the reservoir, is a fortified city overseeing the counteroffensive only a short distance away. 1:10:42 - Conclusions Links https://newlinesmag.com/podcast/ukraines-cluster-bomb-dilemma-with-sera-koulabdara-and-romeo-kokriatski/ Twitter Anthony: @BartawayRomeo: @RomeoKokriatskiUkraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/UkraineWithoutHype Resources and Charitieshttps://linktr.ee/ukrainewithouthype MusicHey Sokoli (Traditional)

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Ukraine-based journalists Romeo Kokriatski and Anthony Bartaway discuss the biggest stories from Ukraine, and the region - all in English.