This is what they're dealing with - vast swathes of the country unusable and lethal, estimates for cleaning it up in the tens or even hundreds of years.

& pics from demining ops with @minesadvisorygroup.bsky.social & @herorats.bsky.social - thanks to these great teams for having me

pics from the UXO/mine-contaminated (but beautiful) countryside - open steppe, golden fields, blue skies, red landmine warning signs

The American Monument, mull of Oa, Islay. Commemorates the hundreds who died when troops ships sank off these cliffs in 1918.

Never thought I'd see this in my life: the rare 'Fata Morgana' mirage. The coast of Fife, shot from NE Edinburgh, stretched into huge, inverted, towering optical illusions.
Caused by weather conditions. Absolutely surreal.

NE Edinburgh, the view to Fife, and just round that headland, the sewage works.
Bonny light nights at 11pm still...

Dreamed of seeing this city all my life

Thank you! It's a quote of Pavlo Kazarin, when he was speaking at Lviv Book Forum in 2022.