A Brief History of Ucranians Under the Occupation

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andrea's family had thought about leaving, but they didn't really have another place to go. He told me that it was when he checked the live security cameras pointing at the city's main square at two o'clock in the morning. "It was like to wante a russian tein wiks"

Through ineptitude and bad timing, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa—known as Gota—has driven his country toward ruin. Its people want him out. Russian forces have occupied Kherson since early March. We hear a report from the ground about life under foreign occupation. And tasting awamori, a Japanese spirit that distillers may lift from the doldrums simply by watering it down. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer