– I’m born to kill, a soldier said.
Five years after the war in Eastern-Ukraine started, right wing soldiers are still fighting at the frontline against Russian backed separatists. Story in Dagbladet.
Inside Gaza, the unlikely place for a zoo - and how they treat the animals when they are killed by shrapnel.
– When an animal dies, I usually stuff it. I can’t afford to replace it because the animals usually has to be smuggled in. That’s too expensive, says Fahti Joma the owner of one of Gaza’s zoos. This story ran in Klassekampen, words and photos by me.
Grandmas have lived in a bomb shelter for four years and a top military chief has some of the worlds most dangerous snakes in his office. This is the life inside the rebel held territory of Donetsk.
In the weekend edition of Aftenposten our story from Donetsk was published. We've met up with Maria, a 85- year old woman living on the fourth year in a bomb shelter on the frontline, a commander that has snakes at his office and spent time at the annual 9th of May military parade in town. The story was published one week after their prime minister Aleksandr Zakharchenko was killed in an apparent assassination.
Story from the most dangerous schools in Europe. We spent time in two schools on each side of the frontline in the war in Eastern-Ukraine.The schools have covered up the windows so that the kids can study in somewhat safety, even though there is shelling nearby almost every day. The almost forgotten war has been raging for over four years now, claiming more than 10.500 lives.Words by colleague Per Christian Selmer-Anderssen, published in Dagbladet Magasinet.
