Brian Bonner left the St. Paul Pioneer Press for good in 2007, eventually returning to the Kyiv Post in Ukraine, where he was quickly reappointed chief editor of the small, independent paper. A classic, tough, gumshoe reporter for 24 years in St. Paul, Bonner is currently leading his staff through first-person, ground-level coverage of arguably the most dangerous international face-off since the end of the Cold War. Via e-mail, we sought Bonner’s unfiltered views of the current situation.
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Russia's War Against Ukraine
MinnPost: Kyiv Post editor Brian Bonner’s unfiltered take on Ukraine
A pro-Russian activist throws flowers from a window near a flag of the so-called \"People's militia of Donbass\" after she and other activists broke into the regional administration building in the eastern Ukraine city of Lugansk, on April 29, 2014. More than 3,000 pro-Russian protesters stormed the regional administration building in the eastern Ukraine city of Lugansk today, AFP journalists at the scene reported. A vanguard of around 20 youths armed with metal bars broke a window to get inside the building, which was not protected by police. AFP PHOTO / ALEX INOY
