Ukraine Two sides of the war in Ukraine While the prolonged war Ukraine is still going on, people are stuck along the frontline, locked down by Minsk agreement, with nowhere to move. There is no development towards peace and life along the frontline has become a everyday routine. Today Helsingin Sanomat publishes my photo essay Two Sides.

Ukraine The conflict continues in East Ukraine. Reportage out today in SK While Europe is watching Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev many tend to forget that further east there is a trench war still going on, even though media in general has moved their focus elsewhere. The Minsk agreement is broken on daily basis as artillery, mortars and sniper fire echoes in the deserted suburbs and country...

Serbia Refugees and Immigrants stuck in Serbia. Mainly Afghan and Pakistan refugees and immigrants find themselves stuck in Serbia. They try to cross to Hungary or Croatia but are denied access. They stay in Serbia illegally, refusing to register, because that will most likely give them the best chance to remain here or get thru into EU at some point. Read the...

Iraq Documentary “Two Steps To Death” is running tonight on YLE1. My documentary Two Steps To Death (Kaksi askelta kuolemaan) covering the first days of the operation to drive ISIS out from Kurdistan and the work of the EOD team Fire Force clearing the explosives as ISIS withdraws is premiering at YLE1 tonight at 22.00. Thanks to producer Ari Lehikoinen once again for working his ass off...

Iraq Reportage on Liberation of Fazilia out now in Helsingin Sanomat Last week the village of Fazilia, close to Bashiqa, was liberated. Many of the villages around are empty from civilians but Fazilia was still filled with people who refused to leave their homes which made the enetering more difficult and time consuming to avoid civilian casualties. See the images at Helsingin Sanomat news paper.

Iraq Reportage on Operation Bashiqa out tomorrow in Helsingin Sanomat Helsingin Sanomat news paper will tomorrow publish my photoessay from the first line on the eastern front of Operation Bashiqa. The operation is a part of the Mosul offensive. Get a Helsingin Sanomat from the news stand or follow the web.

Iraq Photo essay “Children of The Revolution” out today. Children of The Revolution is a story about the Kurdish Guerilla, PKK in the mountains of Qandil by the border of Iraq and Iran. Helsingin Sanomat.