Notes and Essays -- John Brown

Ivan Dulkay Head of the investigating team His image below Article by: James Marson --  see his bio at the end of article;   Oksana Grytsenko and Serhii Bosak; Photography by Christopher Occhicone for WSJ  Oct. 26, 2026 10:13 am ET The W a l l Street Journal The original article contain numerous links Quick Summary (from article) -- Ukrainian detective Ivan Dulkay is leading an investigation to identify the Russian soldiers and commanders who killed over 300 people in Bucha. -- Dulkay and his team of 12 detectives have solved 86 of the killings and charged 32 Russian soldiers with murder and torturing civilians. -- Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s office charged Russian Lt. Artyom Tareyev with war crimes and murder for his unit’s role in at least 22 killings.  This summary was generated with AI and reviewed by an editor. Read more about how we use artificial intelligence in our journalism .    BUCHA , Ukraine   see  below map:   For poli...

The truce appeared to be holding Tuesday, with the two sides conducting attacks elsewhere but not in Oleshky . Melania Trump image (not from article) from see also article via AP Oct. 26, 2026, 9:42 PM EDT  Updated Oct. 27, 2026, 6:23 AM ED original article contains links Text by Yuliya Talmazan A rare humanitarian ceasefire brokered by first lady Melania Trump to save people trapped in a Russian-occupied Ukrainian town went into effect early Tuesday. After months of warnings from Ukrainian officials about an unraveling humanitarian catastrophe in the front-line town of Oleshky, in the southern Kherson region, the White House announced last week that the first lady had secured a pause in the fighting.   The agreement would “temporarily stop all military action in Oleshky to allow for humanitarian aid to enter and to prepare a civilian evacuation through a designated safe passageway,” it said. Hours after it began at 3 a.m. local time (9 p.m. ET Monday), the ceasefire appeare...