<![CDATA[Giorgio Provinciali]]>https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.comhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ln13!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1a5f7144-bf27-4d3d-a427-21827dd6997a_960x960.pngGiorgio Provincialihttps://giorgioprovinciali.substack.comSubstackSat, 27 Jun 2026 01:21:54 GMT<![CDATA[Material Futurism: Between Human Memory and Industrial Structure in Wartime]]>https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/material-futurism-between-human-memoryhttps://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/material-futurism-between-human-memoryFri, 26 Jun 2026 22:54:46 GMTKyiv — During our stay in Kyiv, we came to know Paolo Coia better. An internationally renowned Italian artist, Paolocoia It has lived in Ukraine for more than ten years and has devoted himself almost entirely to volunteer work since 2022. From the start, he organized the evacuation of some 900 refugees, ran numerous fundraising drives for the civilian p…

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]]><![CDATA[Crossed Orders, Friendly Fire. As Ukraine Sends Its Covert Officers Forward, NABU Asks For Their Names.]]>https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/crossed-orders-friendly-fire-as-ukrainehttps://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/crossed-orders-friendly-fire-as-ukraineThu, 25 Jun 2026 15:59:05 GMTKyiv — On June 24, two orders crossed inside the Ukrainian state, pointing in opposite directions. That afternoon, after meeting his military-intelligence chief, President Zelensky announced that Ukraine was preparing new and entirely justified steps against Russia’s prolongation of the war, and said he had directed the intelligence services and the arm…

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]]><![CDATA[Russia Didn’t Stop the ‘Meat-Grinder’. It Downsized the Portions]]>https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/russia-didnt-stop-the-meat-grinderhttps://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/russia-didnt-stop-the-meat-grinderWed, 24 Jun 2026 15:01:19 GMTKramatorsk – Describing small groups of two to four Russian attackers attempting to penetrate vulnerable points in the Ukrainian defenses by moving on foot, often at night, and minimizing communications, “The Telegraph” used misleading language to claim that «Russia abandons ‘meat-grinder’ tactics». This phrase is incorrect because it confuses tactical …

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]]><![CDATA[The Ritual and the Desert]]>https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/the-ritual-and-the-deserthttps://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/the-ritual-and-the-desertWed, 24 Jun 2026 14:27:43 GMTBlahodatne – As in Hitler’s bunker, the ritual of the Russian imperial liturgy will outlast reality for a little longer: then reality will come knocking again, and it will do so ever closer.

While we were filming the clip below, a “SuperCam” reconnaissance drone started operating between this location and the nearby villages of Muzykivka and Bohdanivka, …

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]]><![CDATA[Defeated Victors]]>https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/defeated-victorshttps://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/defeated-victorsWed, 24 Jun 2026 14:13:51 GMTKherson — Today is Europe Day in Ukraine. In a clear cultural and political break with Soviet tradition and in line with European celebrations, the victory over Nazism in World War II was commemorated here yesterday. The parade is taking place in Russia today because the unconditional German surrender was signed in Central Europe on May 8, 1945, while i…

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]]><![CDATA[How Russia Planned The Physical Elimination Of Ukrainians]]>https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/how-russia-planned-the-physical-eliminationhttps://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/how-russia-planned-the-physical-eliminationWed, 24 Jun 2026 13:37:22 GMTMykolaiv — Khrystyna Hayovyshyn, the deputy Ukrainian ambassador to the United Nations, has provided grave insights regarding the ongoing humanitarian crisis stemming from the conflict. At a UN Security Council meeting on Sept. 7, she said that Since the onset of Russia’s invasion on February 24, approximately 2.5 million Ukrainians have faced forced de…

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]]><![CDATA[Freed By Fire: In Donbas, Putin’s “Liberated” People Are Dying — Drinking Water From Puddles]]>https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/freed-by-fire-in-donbas-putins-liberatedhttps://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/freed-by-fire-in-donbas-putins-liberatedWed, 24 Jun 2026 13:18:11 GMTKramatorsk — They wanted to believe it. While new Russian and North Korean soldiers paraded through Moscow, decked out with hammer-and-sickle symbols and “Z”s made of St. George’s ribbon, the civilians of Donbas, whom Vladimir Putin claims he wants to “liberate”, actually tried to escape.
From the Russians.

Alla reporting with me from the remains of a civ…

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]]><![CDATA[Damned Truce]]>https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/damned-trucehttps://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/damned-truceWed, 24 Jun 2026 12:56:16 GMTTernopil’ – Damned Truce. Paradoxical as it may seem, this anathema is the logical consequence of everything we’ve reported from the battlefield whenever Moscow violated its ceasefire promises: postremo, during the three days Washington claimed to give Moscow a chance to stage its parade of shame. As you’ll read later, this isn’t the only reason for Ukr…

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]]><![CDATA[Hunted By Russian FPV Drones]]>https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/hunted-by-russian-fpv-droneshttps://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/hunted-by-russian-fpv-dronesWed, 24 Jun 2026 12:48:02 GMTLupareve – Of the thousand souls that once populated this settlement before the war, very few remain today. The last burial mounds are still open, while others have been destroyed, as the Russian Armed Forces did not even spare the local cemetery.

Alla while reporting with me for this piece from Lupareve, Ukraine 🇺🇦. Defensive lines are right ahead her…

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]]><![CDATA[«I Killed a Child. I Blew Up Others While They Were Alive»]]>https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/i-killed-a-child-i-blew-up-othershttps://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/i-killed-a-child-i-blew-up-othersWed, 24 Jun 2026 12:38:22 GMT
Photo illustration: iStories.

Below, I share a translation I worked on a couple of years ago with Alla Perdei that remains exclusive to Italy. It includes a deeply disturbing confession from a former Wagner Group member who chose to speak with Oeschkin. This person offers a glimpse into the troubling actions of the mercenaries associated with the so-call…

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]]><![CDATA[The Mankurt Factory: Root and Uprooting When Memory Is the Target]]>https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/the-mankurt-factory-root-and-uprootinghttps://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/the-mankurt-factory-root-and-uprootingWed, 24 Jun 2026 12:30:41 GMTLviv – On May 18, 1944, the Soviet attempt to separate the Crimean Tatars from Crimea began, as one might sever a root from the earth, trusting that the plant would die without being cut down. In a few days, the NKVD emptied the peninsula: approximately 200,000 people, the vast majority of them women, the elderly, and children, were loaded into cattle c…

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]]><![CDATA[The Wind Has Shifted In Donbas, While Most Western Narratives Are Stuck In 2022]]>https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/the-wind-has-shifted-in-donbas-whilehttps://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/the-wind-has-shifted-in-donbas-whileWed, 24 Jun 2026 12:07:45 GMTOleksandrivka, Donetsk – A quick walk around this area is enough to see that the wind has shifted direction. In cities near the hottest parts of Donbas, like Oleksandrivka, life is busy, businesses are open as usual, and spaces that a few months ago were for rent or sale now host many of the businesses forced to relocate from places like Kramatorsk and …

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]]><![CDATA[Surrounded By Mines]]>https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/surrounded-by-mineshttps://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/surrounded-by-minesWed, 24 Jun 2026 11:57:06 GMTVavylovo — A single misstep here means death. And it takes a moment to make one. Vavylovo is surrounded by mines. Instead of corn, wheat, and sunflowers, its endless fields are dotted with red-and-white sticks marking the presence of explosive devices. There are so many that, in many places, they even overwhelm the vegetation. All the houses are battere…

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]]><![CDATA[The War Does Not Retreat. Neither Do We]]>https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/the-war-does-not-retreat-neitherhttps://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/the-war-does-not-retreat-neitherWed, 24 Jun 2026 10:32:57 GMTOleksandrivka, Donetsk — When we began describing it on these pages four years ago, war still had an ancient grammar. The front was a line, and death came from an artillery shell, from shrapnel capable of severing an artery, from a sniper’s shot, or from a sudden ambush along a secondary road.
In Sumy, in the first months of the full-scale Russian invasi…

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]]><![CDATA[If Ukraine Keeps Striking at This Pace, Crimea Will Soon Become an Island]]>https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/if-ukraine-keeps-striking-at-thishttps://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/if-ukraine-keeps-striking-at-thisWed, 24 Jun 2026 10:20:33 GMTKyiv — On the night of 21–22 June, drones from Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces tore the rail bed off the bridge that carries the railway across the North Crimean Canal near the village of Rozdolne and dropped one of its spans into the water. When Russian crews rushed in repair equipment, a second wave on the night of 22–23 June finished the machiner…

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]]><![CDATA[From Berezina to the Shaheds: A Silent Flank That Never Went Quiet]]>https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/from-berezina-to-the-shaheds-a-silenthttps://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/from-berezina-to-the-shaheds-a-silentWed, 24 Jun 2026 10:01:01 GMTKyiv — Today I had the privilege of attending, in person, a conference held in the capital by Ukrinform on the sustainability, for Ukraine, of the problem posed by Belarus. I want to share its central content here, together with a reflection I had prepared so as to bring our own direct experience from the field, set within a very long timeline and stret…

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]]><![CDATA[Truth Needs a Body: Where The Lies Are Made And War Crimes Get Par Condicio, The Witnesses Are Gone]]>https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/truth-needs-a-body-where-the-lieshttps://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/truth-needs-a-body-where-the-liesTue, 23 Jun 2026 01:42:00 GMTThanks to the support of generous and determined, true friends like you, we will keep reporting on this terrible war with our boots on the ground.

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]]><![CDATA[One Bridge Left in Crimea – and It’s for Fleeing ]]>https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/one-bridge-left-in-crimea-and-itshttps://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/one-bridge-left-in-crimea-and-itsSun, 21 Jun 2026 18:33:49 GMTThanks to the support of generous and determined, true friends like you, we will keep reporting on this terrible war with our boots on the ground.

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]]><![CDATA[Moscow Burns Our Schools, Hospitals, and Churches. The West Pays for the Fuel]]>https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/moscow-burns-our-schools-hospitals-and-churches-the-west-pays-for-the-fuel-db2814a22874https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/moscow-burns-our-schools-hospitals-and-churches-the-west-pays-for-the-fuel-db2814a22874Sat, 20 Jun 2026 20:07:07 GMT

Live from Ukraine 🇺🇦

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]]><![CDATA[Smoke Over Moscow, Silence Over Pavlohrad]]>https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/smoke-over-moscow-silence-over-pavlohrad-43d1dd7496a6https://giorgioprovinciali.substack.com/p/smoke-over-moscow-silence-over-pavlohrad-43d1dd7496a6Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:14:09 GMT

Live from Ukraine 🇺🇦

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