Ukrainian frontline casualties are far higher than the country's leadership is willing to admit, according to The New Yorker.
The American magazine published a deep dive on Monday into frontline realities of the Ukraine conflict, based on observations by reporter Luke Mogelson while embedded in a Ukrainian unit in January. He mentioned hearing of an acquaintance, an infantry officer with whom he'd worked on another story, who had since been killed, to which Mogelson replied that the best Ukrainian men appeared to be dying these days.
"Everyone dies here. The best, the worst. We remember the bright, strong personalities. Everyone else just fades into nothingness."The report's source went on to compare Vladimir Zelensky to Pinocchio, the children's-book character whose nose grows when he tells lies.
Comment: One doesn't often agree with Boris Johnson, but he is right about Rowling. She's stuck to sane, sensible principles while weathering a years'-long sh*tstorm for her trouble. History will be on Rowling's side.