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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Ukraine’s suffering: mourning the lives unlived

The aftermath of a rocket strike in downtown Kramatorsk, in which at least 10 people were killed. Photograph: State Emergency Service Handout/EPA
Ɖ afṭmaʈ v a rocitstrîc in dǎntǎn Cramatorsc, in ẃć at līst 10 ppl wr cild. Foṭgraf: Stet Imrjnsisrvis Handǎt/YPE

Ɖ Gardịn vy on Ycren’z suḟrñ: mōrnñ ɖ lîvz unlivd

Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 28 June 2023

Mor ɖn 550 ćildṛn hv daid sins Ruśa invedd last yir, includñ in Tyzde’z atac on Cramatorsc

Wnzde, 28 Jūn 2023

Lît Ppćl, Fransis Spuḟd’z 2021 novl, bginz wɖ a V-2 atac upn a dpartmntstor in Lundn – inspîrd bî ɖ riyl-lîf bomñ v a Wŭlwrʈs in 1944. Fîv yuñ lîvz r dstroid in an instnt, ẃć ɖ oʈr dscrîbz in a fy śort pejz: w hv sìn onli ɖ brīfist glims v spindli-nìd Alic n twinz Jo n Val bfr ɖer deʈs.

“Ẃt hz gn z nt jst ɖ ćildṛn’z preznt xistns,” h obzrvz. “It’s ol ɖ fyćrz ɖe w’nt gt, tù. Ol ɖ wd-bi’z, mt-bi’z, cd-bi’z v ɖ decedz t cm. Hǎ cn ɖt los b meźrd …?” Spuḟd atmts ɖt gretr rec̣nñ bî raitñ ɖ lîvz ɖe mt hv livd: in mni rgardz inconṣqnśl, fl v hops n dis’pôntmnts n fełrz, peti scūlcruwltiz, luv, doji dīlñz, vayḷns n mntl ilnis – yt inheṛntli vałbl. Ẃt mt hv sīmd a litrri cnsit rmîndz s, devstetñli, ẃt z lost ẃn a lîf z cut śort.

Mor ɖn 550 ćildṛn hv daid sins Ruśa lōnćt its fl-scel inveźn v Ycren in Febrri last yir: mor ɖn wn a de. Hundṛdz mor hv bn injrd. Mōrnñ ɖ ded, ɖ cuntri’z prezidnt, Vlodimir Zelensci, hz ritn nt onli v ɖ dstrux́n, bt v ẃt mt hv bn: “Mni v ɖm cd hv bcm feṃs scolrz, artists, sportsćampịnz, cntribytñ t Ycren’z hisṭri.”

On Tyzde, mor nemz wr add t ɖ hoṛfayñ tali, wɖ ɖ atac on a pītṣresṭront in a bizi śopñ eria in ɖ īstn siti v Cramatorsc, in Donetsc. For v ɖ 10 cnfrmd deʈs wr ćildṛn; at līst 56 ppl wr injrd, sm criticli. In Ycren, Ruśn forsz hv nt onli śoun a ruʈlis disrigard fr siviłnz, bt frīqntli apir t hv tarġtd ɖm – az ɖe hv in uɖr worz. Ɖ YN secṛtri jenṛl’z lêtist rport on ćildṛn n armd conflict nemz Ruśa amñ ɖ wrst vayletrz v rîts. Ɖ inṭnaśnl criminlcort hz iśùd arest woṛnts fr Vladīmir Pūtin n hiz ćildṛn’z-rîts cmiśnr ovr ɖ forst dīporteśn v Ycreńn ćildṛn t Ruśa, ẃr mni hv bn adoptd.

Ẃn ćildṛn r cild, ɖ sns v smʈñ biyñ stoḷn z ptiklrli visṛl n cmpelñ. Yt so mć hz bn lost in Ycren, īvn az mni awe fṛm ɖ fruntlîn trî t liv smẃt az ɖe dd bfr ɖ wor, n az Ycreńn culćr hz fluriśt in dfayns v Ruśn agreśn. A wrld v posbiḷtiz hz dis’pird: probḷmz r unrisrćt, maćz unpleid, partiz unhostd, gardnz untndd; fiś wl nt spōn in p’lūtd rivrz, bizṇsz wl nt b istabliśt, bebiz nvr cnsivd az cuplz r seṗretd.

Fluṛśñ lîvz hv bn struc dǎn or stuntd, n ɖoz olrdi struġlñ hv lost ftholdz ẃć mt hv sìn ɖm on t śurr grǎnd – an esṭmetd wn in for Ycreńnz r at risc v svir mntl-hlʈ cndiśnz bcz v ɖ conflict, acordñ t ɖ Wrld Hlʈ Orġnîześn. Sm v ɖz losz wl b flt elsẃr. Farmland strùn wɖ mainz lîz untild: ɖ crops ɖt wd hv bn groun mt hv sstend faṃliz far awe.

Ɖ cost v rīcnstrux́n hz olrdi bn esṭmetd at $411bn. Ẃnvr ɖs wor cmz t an end, Ycren wl nīd s’port fr yirz t cm. Bt it z imposbl t calklet ẃt z lost ẃn tnz v miłnz r undr asōlt, n so mni mst b mōrnd. Hǎ dz wn acǎnt fr ẃt cd hv bn?

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Prigozhin’s mutiny: Putin’s problems aren’t over

‘Yevgeny Prigozhin attacked not only the execution of the war in Ukraine but its very rationale.’ Prigozhin in Bakhmut, Ukraine, 25 May 2023. Photograph: Press service of Prigozhin/UPI/Shutterstock
‘Yevgeni Prigoźin atact nt onli ɖ x’kśn v ɖ wor in Ycren bt its vri raṣ́nal.’ Prigoźin in Baħmŭt, Ycren, 25 Me 2023. Foṭgraf: Preșrvis v Prigoźin/YPI/Śuṭstoc

Ɖ Gardịn vy on Prigoźin’z ḿṭni: Pūtin’z probḷmz r’nt ovr

Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 25 June 2023

Ɖ Vāgnr grūp ćīf’s rbełn swiftli cem t a hōlt, bt ɖ consiqnsz wl rvrḅret in Ruśa n bynd

Súnde, 25 Jūn 2023

Yevgeni Prigoźin cōld of hiz marć on Mosco on Saṭde evri bit az abrupli az h hd bgun hiz rbełn ɖ prīvịs de. Bt ɖ Vāgnr grūp’s armd ḿṭni, hvr śort-livd, hz dminiśt Vladīmir Pūtin in ɖ îz v bʈ ɖ ilīt n ordnri Ruśnz. Ɖ mrṣnriz hd tecn ovr ɖ Ruśn suɖn militri cmand in Rostof-on-Don, a l’jisticl hub fr ɖ Ycren inveźn, bfr rêsñ twdz ɖ capitl. Mr Pūtin wz forst t worn v “a dedli ʈret t ǎr stet” n Mosco’z mẹr rjd rezidnts t ste at hom.

Ẃl Mr Prigoźin’z uprîzñ lcs lîc a despṛt act t stop hiz prîṿt armi biyñ incorṗretd intu reğlr forsz, sm wundr f brōdr intṛilīt conflict lîz in ɖ bacgrǎnd. Ɖ Vāgnr ćīf hd bcm incrisñli brezn in hiz atacs on ɖ dfnsministr, Serge Śôgu, n cmandr in ćīf, Valeri Gerasimof. Iniṣ́li ɖr wr sjsćnz ɖt h mt b actñ wɖ ɖ apruvl v ɖ Cremlin. Bt on Frîde, Mr Prigoźin atact nt onli ɖ x’kśn v ɖ wor bt its vri raṣ́nal, bfr clemñ ɖt Ruśn forsz hd cild scorz v hiz men in a rocit’tac n dmandñ rvnj on ɖ “īvl” militri līdrśp. A de lêtr – aftr Mr Pūtin akzd him v trīzn – h ćalinjd hiz mastr ǎtrît fr ɖ frst tîm.

Mr Prigoźin’z hybris wz olrdi astǎndñ. Hiz unlîcli rîz sw him ivolv fṛm peti ʈug t a ʈug on a grand scel, via a hotdog stand n militri ceṭrñcontracts. Vāgnr, a netwrc v cumṗniz, z b’livd t hv snt mrṣnriz t abt 30 cuntriz. Mr Prigoźin set p trolfacṭriz, tù, n wz indîtd in ɖ YS ovr inṭfiṛns in ɖ 2016 YS ilex́n. Vāgnr wz jujd t alǎ Ruśa “plōzibl dnạbiḷti”, n its fǎndr himslf dsclemd ɖ grūp, suwñ mīdia hu hd alejd cnx́nz bfr acnoḷjñ hiz rǒl last Sptmbr.

Hiz clem ɖt h std dǎn hiz men t privnt bludśed rezd îbrǎz, gvn ɖ atroṣtiz v ẃć Vāgnr forsz hv bn akzd in Ycren, Siria, Sntṛl Africn Rpublic n uɖr neśnz. H prizyṃbli riylîzd ɖt h cd nt amas inuf s’port. Bt h hz nt bn puniśt – yt – n wz sd t b gwñ t Beḷrūs, s’pozidli folowñ ɖ mīdieśn v its līdr, Alexander Lŭcaśenco. Ɖ fîtrz hu s’portd ɖ uprîzñ wl rportidli b fgivn; uɖrz sbsymd intu ɖ reğlr militri, az pland. Ɖ disintgreśn v Vāgnr forsz cd b hlpfl t Ycren’z cǎnṭ’fnsiv, az cd ɖ Ruśn līdrśp’s dstrax́n. Mor criticl me b ɖs episod’z impact on ɖ mrāl v Ruśn trūps n rleśnz amñ its rūlñ clīc. Ɖ dīl, n Mr Prigoźin’z svîvl, simḅlîz Mr Pūtin’z wìcnis.

On Saṭde, ɖ Ruśn līdr drù paṛlélz wɖ wortîm ivnts in 1917 ɖt léd t “dstrux́n v ɖ armi n ɖ stet”. Uɖrz sáitd 1991: Miħaīl Grbaćof sw of a cù, bt nɖr h nr ɖ Sovịt Yńn lastd ɖ yir. Fy asym ɖ sem fet fr Mr Pūtin. Bt hiz grip on hiz cuntri hz nvr fest gretr ʈret. In ɖ last 18 munʈs h hz bn dlt tū gret bloz intîrli v hiz ǒn crieśn: hiz feld atmt t tec Cyīv n brñ Ycren t hìl, n nǎ ɖ rbełn bî hiz ǒn proṭźe, wɖ forsz h inebld. Ɖ unsrtnti n hymilieśn me mc him mor denjṛs. Ẃl Mr Prigoźin’z uprîzñ apirz t b ovr, its consiqnsz r onli startñ t unfold.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

In Ñspel: The Observer view on negotiating with Vladimir Putin: it’s too soon

Ukrainians in Kyiv celebrate Russia’s retreat from Kherson on 12 November 2022. Photograph: Ed Ram/Getty Images
Ycreńnz in Cyīv seḷbret Ruśa’z rtrit fṛm Hersón on 12 Nvmbr 2022. Foṭgraf: Ed Ram/Geti Iṃjz

Ɖ Obzrvr vy on ngośietñ wɖ Vladīmir Pūtin: it’s tù sn

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 13 Nov. 2022)

Ycren z in a stroñ pziśn aftr rītecñ Hersón bt ɖ wst mst rzist ɖ rj t pś fr a setlmnt wɖ Ruśa

Súnde 13 Nvmbr 2022

Vḷdīmir Pūtin’z dsiźn t ste awe fṛm ɖs wīc’s G20 sumit v wrld līdrz in Bāli z telñ. Ẃl Inḍnīźa insistd ɖt Ruśa’z prezidnt wz welcm, hiz prezns wd hv bn an imbaṛsmnt. H z an inṭnaśnl p’raia – n h nz it. Īvn Ćîna apirz t b luzñ peśns.

Ɖ rīzn fr ɖs z, v cors, Ycren, ẃr Pūtin’z c’lamiṭs “speśl militri oṗreśn” dmiṇśz him n hiz cuntri bî ɖ de. Last wīc’s liḅreśn bî Ycreńn forsz v Hersón, folowñ vicṭriz arnd Cyīv n in Harcīv rījn, wz ɖ most sgnificnt Ruśn rvrs sins ɖ inveźn bgan in Febrri. Pūtin anxt ɖ Hersón oblast in Sptmbr aftr a foni reḟrendm n dclerd it soṿrin teritri. Ɖ pṛvinśl capitl, ɖ onli wn in Cremlin handz, wd “nvr” b srendrd, h vaud.

Nǎ, hiz trūps, firñ insrclmnt, hv cut n run, scuṭlñ of t ɖ reḷtiv sefti v ɖ īst banc v ɖ Dnipro Rivr. Xibtñ tredmarc p’liticl cawdis, a śelśoct Pūtin hz bn trayñ t distns himslf fṛm ɖs dzastr. H left it t hiz haplis dfnsministr, Serge Śîgu, n nyli apôntd hardlîn cmandr in Ycren, Jén. Serge Sŭrovīcin, t brec ɖ hymilietñ nyz t TV vywrz.

Bt evri Ruśn nz hu z rsponsbl. Fr dictetrz lîc Pūtin, ɖt z ɖ prîs v abṣlut pǎr. Ɖ Hersón dbācl hz frɖr dspeld ɖ ōra v a wîz, ol-nwñ, zar-lîc faɖrfigr ɖt h hz cultvetd ovr tū decedz. Sadli, Pūtin z nt yt finiśt, bt hiz public standñ z cnsidṛbli wìcnd. Ɖs sns ɖt Ruśa z on ɖ bac ft z wn v sevṛl factrz fylñ spekleśn abt pīstōcs. Jén. Marc Mile, ćermn v ɖ YS jônt ćīfs, argyd last wīc ɖt a “windo v oṗtyṇti” wz oṗnñ az wintr frizz ɖ fruntlînz. Cyīv’z trūps wr unlîcli t advans mć frɖr untl sprñ, h sd, n cd ɖen fes a betr-orġnîzd eṇmi. Ngośietrz śd “sīz ɖ momnt.”

Firz ɖt ɖ wor me drag on incnclūsivli fr yirz, repḷcetñ ɖ et-yir Donbas stelmet, fīd ɖ tōc abt tōcs. Ɖ hymn cost z undǎtidli hrific, wɖ an esṭmetd 100,000 militri caźltiz on ć sîd. Hundṛdz v ʈǎzndz v sviłnz hv olso bn cild, injrd, trōṃtîzd n dsplest.

Mnẃl, Pntgn ćīfs wuri abt esc̣letñ fînanśl costs n wepnzśorṭjz – a probḷm olrdi afctñ Yṛpiyn Nāto stets. Ɖ YS hz pṛvîdd $19.3bn (£17bn) in līʈl ed t Ycren, includñ an adiśnl $400m last wīc. Ɖr z tōc v a ny $50bn cngreśnl pacij bî yir’z end. Ɖs wl nt plīz sm nyli ilectd Rpublicnz, hu wont t cut ed. Rîzñ p’liticl preśrz r nt cnfînd t ɖ YS. Far-rît n far-left Yṛpiyn partiz, pīscampenrz n Pūtin admîrrz sć az Hunġri’z prîm̦inistr, Viktor Orbán, olso qsćn unliṃtd YY s’port fr a liṃtlis conflict amd an eṇji n cost-v-livñ sqīz. Ɖe wont ɖ wor t stop nǎ.

Ɖt z nt a vy śerd bî Ycren’z līdrśp n sitiznz. Prezidnt Vlodimir Zelensci n hiz advîzrz se bluntli ɖr z nʈñ t ngośiet abt ẃl Mosco’z agreśn cntinyz n, in eni ces, Pūtin canot b trustd. Ɖe pônt ǎt ɖt ɖr z no sîn Ruśa z redi fr sirịs tōcs. Rɖr, it z digñ in n pripẹrñ fr a loñ wintr v atriśnl worfér.

Pūtin’z terristic misîl n dron atacs on ilectriṣti n wōtr infṛstrucćr apir onli t hv hardnd ordnri ppl’z rzistns. Last wīc, Zelensci riiṭretd Ycren’z dmandz: “Resṭreśn v teṛtorịl integṛti, rspct fr ɖ YN ćartr, compnseśn fr ol daṃjz cōzd bî ɖ wor, puniśmnt v evri worcriminl n gaṛntìz ɖt ɖs wl nt hapn agn.” Ɖ risc v growñ difṛnsz btwn Cyīv n Wośñtn z evidnt. Wɖ Yṛpiyn Nāto alîz, nt līst Britn, priokpaid bî conflict-rletd ic̣nomic probḷmz, ɖ Bîdn admiṇstreśn hz incrisñli tecn ćarj v ɖ wstn wor eḟt. Bt a rīsnt, informl YS sjsćn ɖt Ycren adopt a mor flex̣bl pziśn wnt dǎn vri badli in Cyīv. Dis’grīmnts ovr hǎ t pṛsid hv olso imrjd wɖn ɖ YS guvnmnt itslf, wɖ Jec Sulivn, Jo Bîdn’z naśnl-s’kṛti advîzr, rportidli rzistñ Jén. Mile’z advîs. Sulivn n uɖr Ẃît Hǎs eidz argy eni pōz in ɖ fîtñ wd gv Ruśa tîm t riinfors, rīgrūp n riarm.

Olɖo ɖ YS b’livd ɖ wor wd b setld ʈru ngośieśnz, it wz nt “preṣ́rñ” Ycren, Sulivn sd last wīc. “W’r nt insistñ on ʈñz wɖ Ycren. Ẃt w r dwñ z cnsultñ az partnrz.” Nvɖles, ɖ impreśn rmenz, aftr hiz vizit t Cyīv last wīcend, ɖt ɖ YS hz bgun t xplor ẃt a setlmnt mt ultiṃtli lc lîc.

A yrnñ fr a qc, penlis end z a naćṛl rspons t slōtr n miẓri. Dsruptd gren s’plîz t dveḷpñ cuntriz, firz v ńclir esc̣leśn, dîr invîrnmntl impacts, ɖ weṗnîześn v fosilfylz n ɖ ic̣nomic pen flt bî ppl evrẃr ol ad t preśr fr a swift reẓluśn. Endlis wor z nt an opśn. Ngośieśnz wɖ ɖ Ruśn guvnmnt, nt nesseṛli wɖ Pūtin, wl hapn ivnć̣li. Bt ɖ tîm z nt yt rîp. Ycren mst b alaud t ćūz its momnt n bgin eni tōcs fṛm a pziśn v maximm streñʈ. Pūtin mst nt b rwordd fr hiz bć̣ri. Mor vicṭriz lîc ɖt in Hersón cn pev ɖ we t pīs.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Russia’s war machine: little more than a brittle facade

Vladimir Putin at a military training centre in Ryazan, Russia. Photograph: Mikhail Klimentyev/AP
Vḷdīmir Pūtin at a militri trenñsntr in Riazan, Ruśa. Foṭgraf: Mihaīl Klimentiev/AP

Ɖ Gardịn vy on Ruśa’z wor mśīn: litl mor ɖn a britl fsād

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 26 October 2022)

Vḷdīmir Pūtin’z dfit in Ycren z nīdd fr ɖ resṭreśn v hop t Ruśnz wontñ a betr fyćr fr ɖmslvz az wel az ɖer nebrz

Wnzde 26 Octobr 2022

Vḷdīmir Pūtin z luzñ ɖ wor in Ycren, bt ɖs dz nt mc him eni les denjṛs. A despot huz oʈoṛti at hom dpndz on pṛjctñ streñʈ abrōd canot aford ɖ hymilieśn v dfit. So far, ɖ Ruśn prezidnt hz rspondd t evri setbac wɖ mor agreśn. Ɖt involvz mor indiscrimiṇt atacs on sviłnz n sivl infṛstrucćr. Bt Mr Pūtin olso mcs mor dmandz v Ruśnz. Ẃn ɖ wor bgan, sviłn s’port fr ẃt snsrśp lwz insistd on cōlñ a “speśl militri oṗreśn” wz hî, bt mostli pasiv. Sać̣retd wɖ Cremlin propganda, most v ɖ cuntri axptd ɖ d’renjd ofiśl vrśn v ivnts – ɖt Ycreńnz wr crayñ ǎt fr “liḅreśn” bî Ruśn soljrz.

Bt ɖr wz olso dsnt n protest in dfayns v rpreśn. Tnz v ʈǎzndz v ppl left ɖ cuntri in horr ẃn ɖ wor bgan. Ɖer numbr wz ɖen swoḷn bî Mr Pūtin’z dsiźn last munʈ t dcler a “parśl moḅlîześn” v fîtñ-ej men.

Plenti hv sînd p wilñli, folowñ ẃt ɖe b’liv z ɖer petriotic dyti, or fr wont v betr implômnt. Bt mni r nt so cīn on spilñ ɖer ǒn blud fr a cōz ɖt wz mor apilñ ẃn cnfînd t fix́ṇlîzd nyzbŭḷtinz.

Ɖ scel v ɖ moḅlîześn hz md it hardr t cnsil ɖ abject cndiśn v Ruśn soljrz in ɖ fīld. Conscripts r biyñ snt t Ycren wɖt trenñ, worm cloɖz, fuñṣ́nñ wepnz or eni sns v ẃt ɖe r s’pozd t b aćivñ. Ɖer dsme rejistrz wɖ añśs faṃliz bac hom.

Opińnpoulz ɖt śo masiv s’port fr ɖ wor r unrilaybl, sins oponnts v Mr Pūtin r wẹrịr v śẹrñ ɖer vyz wɖ strenjrz. Indipndnt aṇlists se ɖt ɖr probbli z stl a mjoṛti in fevr, bt ɖt it z nt moṇliʈic. Ɖr r hardlîn naśṇlists hu si ɖ conflict az a crūsed agnst ɖ wst, bt olso a les îdịlojicl segmnt ɖt bacs ɖ cuntri’z armd forsz az a matr v culćṛl habit. Ɖ formr grūp z cmitd t totl wor wɖt limits. Ɖ latr camp wd gladli si ɖ hol ʈñ bròt t a swift cncluźn. Ɖt dviźn z incrisñli rflectd in dbets on stet propganḍćanlz, ẃr it z no longr tbu t sjst ɖt ʈñz hv nt gn t plan.

Ɖ prezidnt z stl bynd criṭsizm. In draftñ sviłnz t fît, Mr Pūtin intndd t hardn opińn, apilñ t naśnl miʈs v slf-sacṛfîs fr ɖ gretr glori v Ruśa, cnvrtñ wevrrz intu crūsedrz. Hvr, h mt b aćivñ ɖ oṗzit.

H badli undr-esṭmetd ɖ cpaṣti v Ycren t rzist inveźn in Febrri, n h hz oṿesṭmetd ɖ redinis v Ruśnz t martr ɖmslvz fr hiz vaṇti. Indipndnt Ruśn mīdia in xîl rport ɖt sīńr guvnmntfigrz hv lost feʈ in Mr Pūtin, bt hv no we v rplesñ him. Ɖ imij v ttaḷterịn cntrol śoun t ɖ wst z a fsād, cnsilñ a wìc strucćr hld tgɖr bî fir, c’rupśn n inrśa.

Mr Pūtin’z oʈoṛti canot wɖstand unliṃtd militri setbacs n hiz reźīm mt b mor britl ɖn it lcs. Hiz meʈ̇d v rspondñ t fełr wɖ esc̣leśn z līdñ t yt mor fełr. Hiz dfit in Ycren wd b ɖ just ǎtcm fr ɖ ppl v ɖt cuntri. It z olso a nesṣri step on ɖ loñ rod t a betr fyćr fr Ruśa.

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Putin’s escalations: dangerous times

The aftermath of a Russian missile strike on a residential block in Zaporizhzhia. Photograph: Future Publishing/Ukrinform/Getty Images
Ɖ afṭmaʈ v a Ruśn misîlstrîc on a reẓdnśl bloc in Zaporīźa. Foṭgraf: Fyćr Pubḷśñ/Ycrinform/Geti Iṃjz

Ɖ Gardịn vy on Pūtin’z esc̣leśnz: denjṛs tîmz

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 11 October 2022)

Ɖ Ruśn prezidnt z mcñ sviłnz sufr fr ɖ s’xesz v Ycren’z cǎnṭ’fnsiv

Tyzde 11 Octobr 2022

Ɖ  misîlz ɖt hv rênd dǎn on Ycreńn sitiz far fṛm ɖ fruntlîn sins Munde mornñ, strîcñ plêgrǎndz n uɖr sviłn targits, r rtalieśn fr ɖ blast at ɖ Crć brij btwn Ruśa n Crîmīa. Bt it z Vḷdīmir Pūtin’z rej at ɖ brōdr s’xes v ɖ Ycreńn cǎnṭ’fnsiv ɖt hz śiftd ɖ wor fṛm a grîndñ militri stelmet intu a mor denjṛs fêz. Ɖ Ruśn prezidnt hz riylîzd ɖt h z luzñ on ɖ grǎnd; ɖt mejr dmocṛsiz wl nt īẓli b bŭlid ǎt v s’portñ Cyīv; n consiqntli ɖt h cn no longr cǎnt on Ycren’z ivnćl cpićleśn. Hiz rspons – anxeśn n moḅlîześn – hz onli incrist ɖ preśr on him, crietñ hayr xpcteśnz amñ hōciś dmestic ilīts v hǎ far h wl g, n ełnetñ brōdr p’liticl s’port. Ɖ frst deʈs v moḅlîzd soljrz wr rportd ɖs wīc.

Ẃl Ruśa canot ssten ɖs ret v atac – 80 misîlz on Munde alon – ɖ sviłn deʈs n damij t wōtr n pǎr fsiḷtiz wl cntiny. Ɖo ɖ asōlt hz so far stifnd rzistns, rɖr ɖn sapñ mrāl, ɖ aproć v wintr n ɖ dtirịreśn v infṛstrucćr wl tec ɖer tol on sviłnz. Ycren wl hv t ćūz btwn dployñ er-dfns sistmz t pṛtct sitiz, or imployñ ɖm in its cǎnṭ’fnsiv.

Wl Mr Pūtin nǎ g frɖr? Ɖs wor’z rvrḅreśnz r olrdi flt far bynd Ycren’z bordrz. Ɖ IMF wornd on Tyzde ɖt ɖr z a growñ risc v globl rseśn nxt yir dy in part t ɖ fōlǎt. Az Josep Borrell, ɖ YY foṛn-poḷsi ćīf, obzrvd in a strîcñ spīć, ɖs z a wrld “ẃr evrʈñ z biyñ weṗnîzd”. Mor frîtnñli, Mr Pūtin hz olso rtrnd t ɖ ńclir blacmeil ɖt h frst atmtd in sprñ; nǎ hiz desṗreśn mcs ɖ ʈret mor sirịs. Jo Bîdn last wīc wornd ɖt ɖ wrld wz ɖ closist it hd cm t ńclir ctastṛfi sins ɖ Kbn misîlcrîsis 60 yirz ago, n cd fes Arṃgedn f Ruśa yzz a tacticl ńclir wepn. A tacticl wepn wd b far mor devstetñ ɖn ɖ bomz dropt on Hrośima n Nagsaci, ẃć md ɖ wrld vǎ nvr agn.

So far, ɖr r no sînz v Ruśa pripẹrñ sć wepnz fr ys. Ɖ asōlt on Cyīv, Lviv n Zaporīźa z a rmîndr ɖt h hz uɖr brūtl mīnz v atmtñ t impoz hiz wil; ńclir wepnz r a last rzort. Ɖr z no gaṛnti ɖt a lōnć ordr wd b carid ǎt. Ɖ YS wornñ v “caṭstrofic” consiqnsz śrli weiz on ɖ mîndz v Ruśn hardlînrz, n Ćîna n India hv dǎtlis md ɖer dis’pruvl clir. Nnɖles, it nǎ apirz a mor sirịs posbiḷti ɖn it sīmd īvn ɖs sprñ.

Z ɖr an oltrṇtiv t frɖr esc̣leśn? Ruśa wd lîc t frīz ɖs conflict: ɖ Cremlin sjsts ɖt it z opn t pīstōcs wɖ Ycren ʈru mīdietrz – bt līdñ vôsz simlteńsli pṛclem maxiṃlist objctivz includñ reźīmćenj. Ycreńnz n uɖr obzrvrz cnclud ɖt eni sīsfîr wd b yzd bî Mosco az an oṗtyṇti t rīgrūp n riarm, streñʈ̇nñ its forsz fr ɖ nxt fêz v ɖ wor.

Soḷdaṛti wɖ Cyīv in ɖ fes v ɖs ʈret z isnśl. Bt cer, az wel az cnvix́n, z nīdd. Ɖ G7 wz rît t stet clirli on Tyzde ɖt it standz frmli wɖ Ycren n wl pṛvîd it wɖ fînanśl, hymaṇterịn, militri, dipḷmatic n līgl s’port “fr az loñ az it tecs”. Līdrz mst mnten ɖ closist woć on Ruśa’z planz. Ɖt includz alrtnis t ɖ mni wez in ẃć Mosco me atmt t xact rvnj agnst ɖoz bacñ Cyīv. Bt it z, v cors, Ycren’z ppl hu r at gretist risc. Ńclir or cnvnśnl, ɖ ʈret t ɖm hz nvr bn gretr in ɖs conflict.

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Fṛm ɖ Gardịn: As the missiles strike Kyiv, of course we are scared – but war has made us practical

A firefighter helps his colleague out of a crater after a Russian missile attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday. Photograph: Roman Hrytsyna/AP
A fîrfîtr hlps hiz colīg ǎt v a cretr aftr a Ruśn misîl’tac on Cyīv, Ycren, on Munde. Foṭgraf: Roman Hritsina/AP

Az ɖ misîlz strîc Cyīv, v cors w r scerd – bt wor hz md s practicl

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 10 October 2022)

Wns agn ślṭrñ unḍgrǎnd, w trî t raśṇlîz ɖs asōlt on ǎr parcs, yṇvrṣtiz n ḿziymz

Nataliya Gumenyuk

Natālia Ğmeńec, Munde 10 Octobr 2022

Frst v ol, it’s scẹri t b bombardd. Fr fîv aurz n 37 minits duznz v rocits lōnćt fṛm ɖ Caspịn n Blac sīz hit Ycreńn sitiz, includñ Cyīv, ẃr I liv n wrc. Ć v ɖm cd dstrô yr hǎs. Az a rportr traṿlñ in ɖ eriaz most afctd bî ɖ wor, I’v sìn ɖ hrific damij ɖz strîcs cn cōz. Jst wn hit cn dstrô a multi-stōri apartmntbildñ, līvñ a brnt scelitn – ovr ɖ wīcend an atac lîc ɖs in Zaporīźa tc at līst 13 lîvz.

Tde Ycreńnz xpirịnst wn v ɖ larjist er’tacs sinz ɖ start v ɖ Ruśn inveźn. Fr ɖ frst tîm, misîlstrîcs hit ɖ vri sntr v ɖ Ycreńn capitl, ẃr at līst fîv ppl wr cild, n duznz wūndd. Ɖz wr mnli cḿtrz gwñ t wrc on Munde mornñ. Fîv mor erstrîcs foloud.

Ɖ Cremlin tarġtd ol mejr Ycreńn tǎnz, includñ Dnipro n Ħarcīv, Lviv n īvn Ivano-Francivsc in ɖ reḷtivli sef wst v ɖ cuntri. Acordñ t ɖ stét imrjnsisrvis, at līst 11 ppl hv daid, wɖ a frɖr 60 wūndd.

Prezidnt Zelensci hz rcordd a vidiostetmnt seyñ ɖ prîṃri targits wr infṛstrucćr, in ptiklr ɖ pǎrgrid. Ɖ guvnmnt acnolijd at līst 11 importnt targits wr damijd, bt most pǎr hz nǎ bn rstord. In mî Cyīv flat ɖ ilectriṣti wnt of fr no mor ɖn 10 minits, bt eriaz on ɖ ǎtscrts v ɖ siti n parts v Ćrnīhiv, Lviv n Tsŭmé stl hv no pǎr.

Ẃt mcs ɖz atacs so uņrvñ z ɖ imprisiźn v ɖ Ruśn misîlz. Ɖer erstrîcs constntli mis targits. Y cd si ɖs az gd fṛm a practicl militri pspctiv – bt it mīnz ɖt enbdi, at eni gvn momnt, cn bcm a victim. Ɖ Ycreńn vīgn n animl rîts dfndr Pavlo Viśebaba, hu nǎ srvz in ɖ armi, postd a foto v a bomcretr ẃr a plêgrǎnd yst t b in Cyīv sntṛl parc. H refṛnst a prīvịs Ruśn stetmnt ɖt ɖe wd b atacñ militri dsiźn-mcñ sntrz. “It wz ǎr ‘sntr fr dsiźn mcñ’, ẃr w dsîdd ẃɖr mî dōtr îɖr wontd a con or an îs-crīm on a stic,” h joct. At ɖz tîmz, blac hymr z a sort v sîc̣lojicl slf-dfns.

Ɖ prezidnt sd ɖ uɖr em wz t terrîz Ycreńnz, n atac ǎr mrāl. Fr ɖ last fy munʈs w hv woćt ɖ Ruśn armi sstenñ batlfīld losz. Ycren’z rli s’xesz in ɖ Ħarcīv rījn wr larjli atribytd t ɖ fact ɖt ɖ Ruśnz wr tecn bî s’prîz. Bt ɖz s’xesz cntiny; Ycreńn trūps, wɖ gret dificlti, hv cntinyd liḅretñ vilij aftr vilij in ɖ Donbas n Ħersón rījnz.

Ɖ 8 Octobr xploźn on ɖ brij cnctñ okpaid Crîmīa wɖ Ruśa – a prsnl project v Vḷdīmir Pūtin – wz olso a hyj simbolic blo agnst ɖ Ruśn līdrśp. Ɖ Ycreńn guvnmnt dd’nt cnfrm it wz its oṗreśn, bt Ycreńn s’kṛtisrṿsz gev hints ɖe mt b bhnd ɖ atac bî postñ a seḷbretri foto v ɖ brij on fîr. It cōzd an increḍbl str amñ Ruśn worproṗgandists, n cōlz fr imīɉt rtalieśn. Influenśl hōcs wɖn Ruśa hd olrdi bn criṭsîzñ ɖer forsz fr lacñ tufnis.

Tde’z atac on Ycren lcs lîc an atmt t plīz ɖt ptiklr Ruśn ōdịns, n śo ɖt ɖ Cremlin z ceṗbl v hrtñ Ycren. Olso on 8 Octobr, Srge Sŭrovicin wz nemd ɖ cmandr v ol Ruśn forsz invedñ Ycren. Noun fr hiz harśnis, Sŭrovicin, hu cmandd forsz in Siria jrñ ɖ Ruśn militri inṭvnśn ɖr, me yz ɖs imīɉt asōlt az a ćans t istabliś himslf.

N so, sviłnz hu hd injoid sm smōl amǎnt v pīs r on hî alrt agn. Tde, scūlćildṛn r muvd t besmnts. Bizṇsz r clozd dǎn, n mītñz cansld. Cyīv subwe – ẃć startd oṗretñ in ɖ sprñ – agn srvd az ɖ bomśltr. Aftr a fy munʈs injoyñ lîf in Cyīv, mni agn mt cnsidr līvñ.

Yt, aftr sevn munʈs v wor, ɖ Ycreńnz hv faund ɖer wez t cǒp wɖ angr. Aftr a fy aurz ćecñ in on colīgz, frendz, n reḷtivz ol ovr ɖ cuntri, ɖ Ycreńn inṭnet z fl v meṣjz abt hǎ mć ppl hv dnetd t ɖ armi.

Ycreńnz olso wuri ɖt aftr a fy aurz v cmpaśn fṛm ppl arnd ɖ wrld, w mt hír ny cōlz t srendr. Ɖz, cmñ fṛm ɖ sefti v far-of Yṛpiyn tǎnz, sǎnd nt jst in’proprịt, bt uneʈicl. Ɖ multipl crîmz cmitd in okpaid teritriz sć az Bŭća n Izịm śo ɖt ɖ oltrṇtivz t rzistns cn b nt jst prṣkśn, bt mas x’kśn n torćr.

W r scerd at ɖ momnt, bt ɖt z difṛnt t livñ in ppćl fir. Ycreńn dfayns dz’nt mīn bṛvādo. Mor ɖn enʈñ, ɖ fīlñ y gt ẃl sitñ in a besmnt lcñ at ɖ eŗêd-wornñ map fr fîv aurz n 37 minits z pragṃtizm. W ʈnc nt abt grand îdīaz, bt ilectriṣti n wōtr s’plîz, dokmnts, dêli raśnz n cntinjnsiplanz.

Ǎt v mor ɖn 80 rocits fîrd intu Ycren tde, at līst haf wr rportidli śot dǎn bî ɖ Ycreńn er dfns. Ẃt cn lc teṛfayñ n inevitbl cn b stopt wɖ propr dfnsz. Ɖs lcs lîc ɖ onli raṣ́nl ansr t ɖ iraśnl asōlt on ǎr parcs, yṇvrṣtiz, ḿziymz. It mst cntiny.

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Natālia Ğmeńec z a Ycreńn jrṇlist speṣ́lîzñ in foṛn aferz n conflict rportñ, n oʈr v Lost Îḷnd: Têlz fṛm ɖ Okpaid Crîmīa

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: ‘Putin will fail and Europe will prevail,’ EU chief tells MEPs

Von der Leyen sz YY soḷdaṛti wɖ Ycren ‘unśec̣bl’ – vidio

‘Pūtin wl fel n Yṛp wl privel,’ YY ćīf tlz MYPz

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 14 September 2022)

Yṛpiyn Cmiśn prezidnt olso vǎz t spīd Ycren’z YY intgreśn in wîd-renjñ spīć

Jennifer Rankin

Jenifr Rancin in Bruslz, Wnzde 14 Sptmbr 2022

Ɖ  Yṛpiyn Cmiśn prezidnt, Ŕsyla von der Leyen, hz insistd “Pūtin wl fel n Yṛp wl privel”, az ś vaud t pres on wɖ Ycren’z YY intgreśn.

Adresñ ɖ Yṛpiyn parḷmnt in Strazbrg, ɖ YY xektiv prezidnt iśùd a raliyñcōl intndd t ynît membrstets graṗlñ wɖ an eṇjicrîsis az wintr drwz nir. Von der Leyen dscrîbd ɖ Ruśn inveźn az nt onli a wor on Ycren, bt “a wor on ǎr icoṇmi, a wor on ǎr valyz n a wor on ǎr fyćr”.

Drest in ɖ blu n yelo culrz v Ycren’z naśnl flag, ɖ cmiśnprezidnt anǎnst ś wd vizit Cyīv lêtr on Wnzde n pland dīteld dscuśnz wɖ Ycren’z prezidnt, Vlodimir Zelensci, on enśurñ Ycren’z “sìmlis axes t ɖ sngl marcit”.

Ycren’z frst ledi, Olenca Zelensca, wz amñ ɖ ōdịns in Strazbrg n gvn a standñ oveśn bî MYPz.

Von der Leyen promist t wrc wɖ Zelensca on ɖ rīcnstrux́n v Ycreńn scūlz n plejd €100m (£87m) in YY fundz. An esṭmetd 70 scūlz hv bn damijd or toṭli dstroid bî Ruśa.

Ɖ Yṛpiyn Cmiśn prezidnt, hu hz olrdi viẓtd Cyīv twîs sins ɖ ǎtbrec v wor, olso sd ɖ YY wd ste ɖ cors wɖ its sañśnz on Ruśa. “Ɖ sañśnz r hir t ste,” ś sd. “Ɖs z ɖ tîm fr s t śo rzolv nt apizmnt.”

Ś sd ɖ YY’z ic̣nomic rstrix́nz on ɖ Ruśn icoṇmi wr wrcñ, n ofrd sm îcaćñ clemz. “Ɖ Ruśn militri z tecñ ćips fṛm diśwōśrz n rfriɉretrz t fix ɖer militri hardwér, bcz ɖe ran ǎt v semicnductrz.”

Az xpctd, Von der Leyen cnfrmd ɖ cmiśn wz pśñ ahd wɖ windfōl taxz on eṇjicumṗniz’ xes profits. YY ofiślz hop t rêz €140bn, ẃć wl b ćanld t vulnṛbl hǎsholdz n bizṇsz struġlñ wɖ a tenfold incris in gasprîsz sins bfr ɖ Covid pandemic.

“Mejr ôl, gas n col cumṗniz r olso mcñ hyj profits,” Von der Leyen sd. “So ɖe hv t pe ɖer fer śer – ɖe hv t gv a crîsiscontṛbyśn.” Ś olso cnfrmd ɖt ɖ profits v jeṇretrz v lo-carbn ilectriṣti, rnywbl n ńclir frmz, wd olso b capt, wɖ ɖ fundz rīdistribytd t ppl in nīd.

Ɖ cmiśn hz rtritd on ɖ îdīa v a prîscap on gas. YY membrstets wr split ovr ẃć cuntriz ɖ cap śd cuvr, ẃl sm wr flatli opozd t ɖ îdīa, firñ a ʈret t s’kṛti v s’plîz.

YY pṛpozz profits fṛm eṇjifrmz śd g ‘t ɖoz hu nīd it most’ – vidio

Von der Leyen sjstd ś hd nt abandnd a prîscap in sm form, proṃsñ t dveḷp “a set v meźrz ɖt tec intu acǎnt ɖ sṗsific nećr v ǎr rleśnśp wɖ s’playrz, renjñ fṛm unrilaybl s’playrz sć az Ruśa t rlaybl frendz sć az Norwe”.

N in a vicṭri fr cuntriz sć az Spen n Frans ɖt hv loñ cmplend abt YY ilectriṣtimarcit rūlz, ś promist “dīp n comprihnsiv rform” ɖt wd hlp cnsymrz beṇfit fṛm ćīpr rnywblz.

Ɖ wîd-renjñ spīć olso tućt on ɖ clîṃtcrîsis, wɖ Von der Leyen argywñ ɖ record-brecñ hot n drî sumr v 2022 śd galṿnîz eḟts fr adapteśn. Ś promist t dubl ɖ YY’z flīt v fîr-fîtñ ercraft n helicoptrz t fît foristfîrz.

Ś olso opnd ɖ dor t a rviźn v ɖ YY’z fǎndñtrītiz n promist tîtr rūlz agnst c’rupśn insd YY membrstets.

Wɖ Ruśa’z inveźn v Ycren ɖ mn ʈīm v ɖ spīć, Von de Leyen cōld fr a rīʈnc v poḷsiz fṛm eṇji t ɖ trītmnt v refyjīz. In a refṛns t ɖ YY’z loñ-stōld tōcs on ɖ comn manijmnt v asîḷmsīcrz, Von der Leyen sd: “Ǎr ax́nz twdz Ycreńn refyjīz mst nt b an xpśn. Ɖe cn b a blūprint fr gwñ fwd.”

Ś olso acnolijd ɖ loñ-vôst cmplents v Poḷnd n Bōltic stets ɖt ɖer wornñz abt ɖ Ruśn prezidnt hd gn unhīdd in wstn Yṛp. “W śd hv lisnd t ɖ vôsz insd ǎr yńn … Ɖe hv bn telñ s fr yirz ɖt Pūtin wd nt stop.”

Unlîc similr spīćz in rīsnt yirz, ɖr wz no d’rect mnśn v ɖ YC, olɖo Von der Leyen, an anglofîl hu studid at ɖ Lundn Scūl v Īc̣nomics, peid tribyt t Qīn Iliẓbʈ II. “Ś z a lejnd,” Von der Leyen sd. “Ś wz a constnt ʈrt ɖ trbyḷnt n trnsformñ ivnts in ɖ last 70 yirz.”

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: ‘Putin is killing civilians’: the train station where Russians are greeted with images of war

Vilnius station: a large poster featuring a pregnant woman on a stretcher following the bombing of a maternity ward in Mariupol. Photograph: Petras Malūkas/AFP/Getty Images
Vilnius steśn: a larj postr fīćrñ a pregnnt wmn on a strećr folowñ ɖ bomñ v a mtrṇtiword in Mariupol. Foṭgraf: Petras Malūkas/AFP/Geti Iṃjz

‘Pūtin z cilñ sviłnz’: ɖ trensteśn ẃr Ruśnz r grītd wɖ iṃjz v wor

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on Saturday  9 April 2022)

In Liʈueńa, Ruśnz cḿtñ t Caliningrad cm fes-t-fes wɖ foṭgrafs v bomd Ycreńn sitiz n bludid bodiz

Philip Oltermann in Vilnius, Saṭde 9 Epril 2022

Az ɖ nîțren fṛm Mosco pld intu Vilnius sntṛl steśn fr its scejld 10-minit stop, a krịs per v îz pìct ʈru wn v its windoz – onli t dis’pir bhnd a hesṭli clozd crtn.

Ɖ pasinjrz on ɖ tren wr hedñ t ɖ Ruśn xclev v Caliningrad, ẃć cn b axest via rel onli bî crosñ ʈru Liʈueńa, n on ɖ platform ǎtsd ɖe wr fest wɖ iṃjz v wor n dstrux́n.

Twenti-for larj foṭgrafs, graficli dpictñ bomd-ǎt Ycreńn sitiz, ded Ycreńn ćildṛn n bludid Ycreńn bodiz wɖ śrapnl wūndz, hv bn instōld hir bî Liʈueńa’z relpṛvîdr ŁTG, ẃć olso pṛvîdz ɖ loc̣motiv ɖt plz ɖ Ruśn caṛjz ʈru YY teritri.

Ɖe ol cari ɖ sem mesij in Ruśn, ẃć z rpitd ʈru ɖ public-adres sistm az ɖ tren stops: “Tde, Pūtin z cilñ sviłnz in Ycren. D y s’port ɖs?”

“Ppl in Ruśa d’nt hv mć axes t unbayst inḟmeśn,” sd Mantas Dubauskas, an ŁTG spocsprsn. “Mbi w cn ćenj ɖ mîndz v jst a cupl v pasinjrz.”

Ɖ insṭleśn at Vilnius sntṛl steśn z simbolic v a Bōltic neśn ɖt dz’nt so mć lc caud bî ɖ wor in a felo formr Sovịt stet, az imboldnd t tel ɖ wrld it nīdz fîṇli t stand p t Ruśa.

A poster of the damaged caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at Vilnius central station. The PA system asks Russians on their way to Kaliningrad if they support Putin’s actions. Photograph: Andrius Sytas/Reuters
A postr v ɖ damij cōzd bî Ruśa’z inveźn v Ycren at Vilnius sntṛl steśn. Ɖ PA sistm ascs Ruśnz on ɖer we t Caliningrad f ɖe s’port Pūtin’z ax́nz. Foṭgraf: Andrius Sytas/Rôtrz

In ɖ frst fy dez aftr Ruśn trūps stept on t Ycreńn sôl on 24 Febrri, añzayti spred arnd Liʈueńa, ẃć hz bn an indipndnt rpublic sins 1990 n a membr v Nato sins 2004.

“It bròt p a lot v historic firz in mî cuntri,” sd Linas Kojala, d’rectr v ɖ Īstn-Yṛp Studiz Sntr ʈnctanc. “I hd duznz v meṣjz fṛm frendz ascñ ẃt wd hapn nxt. Sm asct f ɖe śd līv ɖ cuntri, mbi t Spen or Porćgl. Y jst hv t lc at a map v ɖ rījn t fīl uncumftbl.”

Ɖ suɖnmost v ɖ ʈri Bōltic YY cuntriz, Liʈueńa bordrz Caliningrad t its wst n Beḷrūs t its īst – a militri coṛdor btwn ɖ xclev n ɖ clayntstet wd cut ɖ Bōltic stets of fṛm ɖ rest v Yṛp.

Bt wɖn dez v ɖ start v Ruśa’z inveźn, añzayti in ɖ Baltics hd trnsformd intu rzolv. In ɖ sntr v Vilnius, Ycreńn flagz ǎtnumbr Liʈueńn wnz, wɖ ɖ yelo n blu drept arnd guvnmntbildñz, spreid on old sitiwōlz or rápt az scarvz arnd śopfrunt maṇcinz.

On 1 Epril Liʈueńa bcem ɖ frst YY cuntri t anǎns ɖt it hd abandnd Ruśn gas, instd mītñ its eṇji dmandz via a flotñ LNG trminl in ɖ porțǎn v Klaipėda.

It wz olso wn v ɖ frst YY cuntriz t dǎngred its dipḷmatic tîz wɖ ɖ Cremlin aftr rports v worcrîmz imrjd fṛm Būća, wɖdrw̃ its ǒn top dipḷmat fṛm Mosco n ascñ ɖ Ruśn ambasdr t līv ɖ Liʈueńn capitl.

Lithuanian champion swimmer Rūta Meilutytė takes a dip in the pond dyed blood-red in front of the Russian embassy in Vilnius. Photograph: Andrius Repsys/AP
Liʈueńn ćampịnswimr Rūta Meilutytė tecs a dip in ɖ pond dáid blud-red in frunt v ɖ Ruśn emḅsi in Vilnius. Foṭgraf: Andrius Repsys/AP

Ɖ mesij wz viẓ́li unḍlînd bî an artpformns jst a ston’z ʈro fṛm ɖ Ruśn Feḍreśn’z dipḷmatic bes in Vilnius: last Wnzde mornñ, Liʈueńn Olimpic ćampịn Rūta Meilutytė tc a swim in a nirbî pond ɖt hd bn culrd blud-red wɖ naćṛl dai.

“W wontd t rmînd ppl hǎ importnt it z t cīp lcñ at ẃt Ruśn agreśn z dwñ,” sd Berta Tilmantaite, a jrṇlist n artist hu hlpt orġnîz ɖ protest. “I cn unḍstand ẃ ppl lc awe or gt tîrd v ɖ nyz.

“Bt in Liʈueńa w nǒ Ruśa, n w d’nt fīl scerd at ɖs momnt,” Tilmantaite tld ɖ Obzrvr. “W fīl a lot v dtrṃneśn.”

Enwn wontñ t nǒ ẃt’s drîvñ Liʈueńa’z prominnt stans at ɖs juñćr in hisṭri nīd’nt lc mć frɖr ɖn Vilnius’z Ḿziym v Okpeśnz n Frīdmfîts. Lcetd in ɖ formr CGB hedqortrz acrs fṛm Lukiškės Sqer, ɖ ḿziym tlz ɖ stori v hǎ ɖ Sovịt Yńn in Jūn 1940 dlivrd Liʈueńa wɖ an ulṭmetm t alǎ Red Armi trūps t cros its bordrz.

Tnśnz btwn Mosco n Vilnius hd bn rîzñ aftr ɖ Sovịt foṛn ministr akzd Liʈueńa v torć̣rñ n cilñ ʈri v its soljrz. Wɖ Ruśn trūps mast on its bordrz olrdi ǎtnumḅrñ its ǒn, ɖ Liʈueńn guvnmnt handd ovr ɖ cuntri t a pupitreźīm. Most v ɖ xbiśnspes at ɖ ḿziym z gvn t ɖoz parṭzanz hu cntinyd t fît fr indipndns nnɖles.

Migle Kriksciunaite, 25, wz viẓtñ ɖ ḿziym intu ɖ afṭnunsún wɖ hr peṛnts. Wr ɖr lésnz ɖt ɖ rest v Yṛp cd lrn fṛm Liʈueńa’z hisṭri? “Ɖ lésn ǎr hisṭri tīćz s z qt simpl,” ś sd. “Fît fr yr frīdm. It’s ɖt stretfwd.”

Instroduction to Ñspel