HHDL speaking to a crowd of over 50,000 on the second day of his three day teaching at the Shewatsel Teaching Ground in Leh, Ladakh, UT, India on July 29, 2022. Photo by Tenzin Choejor
@RHFontaine To quote one famous Russian leader: "there are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen". V.I Lenin.
So true.
According @googlemaps, there is a "traffic jam" at 3:15 in the morning on the road from Belgorod, Russia to the Ukrainian border. It starts *exactly* where we saw a Russian formation of armor and IFV/APCs show up yesterday.
Someone's on the move.
"I think we'll expect some good news soon" ~US Chargé d'Affaires Kristina Kvien, on why - more than a year after Biden took office - he still has not appointed a US Ambassador to Ukraine. Our interview here:
https://t.co/WpwLVesWPU
Update: Kyiv. We made it. Gratitude to colleagues @lilkat_bigworld & Claire Harbage for their good humor and grace along the journey. Looking forward to a few hours sleep, then waking up to listen to & help tell the stories of this country & its people.
The lovely view from the airport hotel in Dalaman, Turkey. Which we have just returned to, having tried &failed all morning to get out. Every flight canceled. Ukraine, we are trying to get to you! (And may I say, even with travel snafus it is SO great to be back out in the world)