Author: Lee Matz

Images from Ukraine: Putin’s attack on Babyn Yar is a painful reminder of the broken vow of “Never Again”

Images from Ukraine: Putin’s attack on Babyn Yar is a painful reminder of the broken vow of “Never Again”

Posted by | Jun 14, 2022

Reports from Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from cities across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, in May 2022. It was the first and, at that time, only news organization in Wisconsin that traveled to the country since it was invaded. The purpose of this journalism project was to document personal stories and events that detailed or showed the conditions of the war at that time, and their connections to Milwaukee. mkeind.com/reportsfromukraine At the beginning of Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center was...

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Images from Ukraine: Listening to timeless voices of ethnic heritage etched in stone at Lychakiv Cemetery

Images from Ukraine: Listening to timeless voices of ethnic heritage etched in stone at Lychakiv Cemetery

Posted by | Jun 14, 2022

Reports from Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from cities across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, in May 2022. It was the first and, at that time, only news organization in Wisconsin that traveled to the country since it was invaded. The purpose of this journalism project was to document personal stories and events that detailed or showed the conditions of the war at that time, and their connections to Milwaukee. mkeind.com/reportsfromukraine Because I did not attend high school in Milwaukee, when I returned after college I was...

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Interview with Oleksandr Markushin: Mayor of Irpin and the hero of a Hero City

Interview with Oleksandr Markushin: Mayor of Irpin and the hero of a Hero City

Posted by | Jun 10, 2022

Reports from Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from cities across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, in May 2022. It was the first and, at that time, only news organization in Wisconsin that traveled to the country since it was invaded. The purpose of this journalism project was to document personal stories and events that detailed or showed the conditions of the war at that time, and their connections to Milwaukee. mkeind.com/reportsfromukraine The Milwaukee Independent had an interview scheduled with the Mayor of Irpin, Oleksandr Markushin, during the...

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A Meeting of Sister Cities: Former and current Mayors of Irpin ask Milwaukee’s business community for help

A Meeting of Sister Cities: Former and current Mayors of Irpin ask Milwaukee’s business community for help

Posted by | Jun 10, 2022

Reports from Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from cities across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, in May 2022. It was the first and, at that time, only news organization in Wisconsin that traveled to the country since it was invaded. The purpose of this journalism project was to document personal stories and events that detailed or showed the conditions of the war at that time, and their connections to Milwaukee. mkeind.com/reportsfromukraine Leaders from Milwaukee’s Sister City of Irpin made a special visit on May 30, in an...

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Stories from Ukraine: Having a shared purpose helped Irpin’s leaders protect the city and stop the invaders

Stories from Ukraine: Having a shared purpose helped Irpin’s leaders protect the city and stop the invaders

Posted by | Jun 10, 2022

Reports from Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from cities across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, in May 2022. It was the first and, at that time, only news organization in Wisconsin that traveled to the country since it was invaded. The purpose of this journalism project was to document personal stories and events that detailed or showed the conditions of the war at that time, and their connections to Milwaukee. mkeind.com/reportsfromukraine At five o’clock on the morning of February 24, Dmytro Negresha woke up to the loud...

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