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Correspondent for France 24 in Kyiv, Ukraine since 2013. Born in London.

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Focus - No end in sight for displaced Ukrainians after four years of war This Tuesday, February 24 marks four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, forcing millions to flee their homes. Today there are an estimated four million Internally Displace...

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As I was reminded while making this report, most Ukrainians cry if you ask them to tell you about the early days of this war

24.02.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What the hell is their problem

22.02.2026 22:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Seems like this guy isn’t keen on snow for some reason

21.02.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ•―οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ Enemy drone attacks White Angels evacuation unit in Kupyansk region: two police officers killed. Yulia was only 23 years old…

20.02.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 158 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 3
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A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans ...

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Shaun Walker excellent as usual - on how the US and Britain knew Russia was going to invade Ukraine, but no-one believed them, and why we will never know whether it would have been better or worse if they had

20.02.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

This cannot be true

18.02.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically

18.02.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 40990 πŸ” 10911 πŸ’¬ 310 πŸ“Œ 339

Looks delicious but where can I buy those ingredients in Kyiv?

15.02.2026 08:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In the past year, I’ve been to two Spanish-speaking regions that I did not expect to remind me of Wales, and they reminded me of Wales. And to one that I did expect to remind me of Wales, and it was totally different from Wales.

14.02.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Β«Une rose pour chaque mois de ton combat» : en Ukraine, l’amour au-delΓ  de la guerre Olga Kurtmalayeva, atteinte d’un grave cancer, s’est battue pendant quatreΒ ans pour rΓ©cupΓ©rer son mari Ruslan, prisonnier des Russes. A l’approche des quatre ans de l’invasion russe, elle est devenue ...

Belle lecture pour la Saint Valentin, merci Kristina Berdynskich

www.liberation.fr/internationa...

14.02.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For perspective, that’s about 1/3 of the city.

12.02.2026 11:18 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Such a powerful image in Le Monde.

(The writing on the plane says "Neutral athletes")

Cartoon by: Letton Gatis Sluka

12.02.2026 08:36 πŸ‘ 1316 πŸ” 530 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 15
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Ukraine Attacks Russian Enterprises and Ammunition Depots: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine On the night of February 12, explosions were heard in Russia. Ukrainian drones and missiles attacked Russian enterprises, arsenals, and depots supporting the wa

πŸ”₯😎 Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck the Lukoil-Ukhtaneftepererabotka refinery. Ukhta is located 2,000 kilometers from the border with Ukraine. A UAV damaged an atmospheric-vacuum oil distillation unit.

Read more about strikes πŸ‘€
theukrainianreview.info/ukraine-atta...

12.02.2026 10:35 πŸ‘ 146 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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One Mexican Cartel 'Drone' Near El Paso Airspace Was Actually Party Balloon: Report FAA initially ordered the closure of airspace over El Paso for 10 days before backtracking.

"El Paso Party Balloon" is the name of my next band

gizmodo.com/one-mexican-...

11.02.2026 19:44 πŸ‘ 917 πŸ” 128 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 23
Humour helps Ukrainians survive bitter winter β€’ FRANCE 24 English
Humour helps Ukrainians survive bitter winter β€’ FRANCE 24 English YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English

Report about the brilliant Anetta Barsivna in freezing Troyeschchyna, Kyiv m.youtube.com/watch?v=_dNZ...

06.02.2026 06:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow that was quick!

05.02.2026 13:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ukraine steps up campaign to strike deep into Russia β€’ FRANCE 24 English YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English

My latest report for #France24 is about Ukraine’s long-range drone strikes on targets in Russia. I saw them taking off. It was cold!

m.youtube.com/watch?si=kzk...

Please note that some drones are big, like unmanned aeroplanes, and others are small like toys, but also deadly.

These are big ones

29.01.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
How Russian brainrot became a hit for children β€œSigma Boy” has spread faster than nits

www.economist.com/culture/2026...

Dark

27.01.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In Canada more people voted for the Liberal centre in reaction to Trump. Might Trump put enough of the French and other Europeans off the populist right too?

27.01.2026 11:31 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

If you’re American maybe you should watch France 24 we’re on the case

26.01.2026 06:37 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve been saying for a while that I sometimes feel more angry with Americans for not protesting than I do with Russians, cos Russians (in Russia) risk their lives if they do…

Terrifying how quickly that’s got less true

25.01.2026 08:28 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
"I am Puerto Rican," she says. "I send my kids with their passports to school. I'm having conversations with them about safety: Am I safe at school? A week ago we had an incident where there was a school bus with the STOP sign open and kids were getting on the bus and it was surrounded by ICE agents. And this is 7:20 in the morning and - just - you get that fight-or-flight response." At first her 9-year-old was carrying her passport in her backpack; now it's in her back pocket. "I have to prepare them for it if they get stopped," she says. "I said, Do not engage. This is not the time to be cussing at anyone. But she said, Mom, if I create enough noise, my friends can get away."

"I am Puerto Rican," she says. "I send my kids with their passports to school. I'm having conversations with them about safety: Am I safe at school? A week ago we had an incident where there was a school bus with the STOP sign open and kids were getting on the bus and it was surrounded by ICE agents. And this is 7:20 in the morning and - just - you get that fight-or-flight response." At first her 9-year-old was carrying her passport in her backpack; now it's in her back pocket. "I have to prepare them for it if they get stopped," she says. "I said, Do not engage. This is not the time to be cussing at anyone. But she said, Mom, if I create enough noise, my friends can get away."

Our kids

nymag.com/intelligence...

23.01.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 2123 πŸ” 586 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 69
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Opinion | Stop sanewashing Donald Trump’s incoherent ramblings It's well past time to call Trump’s stream-of-consciousness monologues exactly what they are.

www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

Totally.

Ukraine has a higher-than-average proportion of sanewashers. Maybe cos when they read it in translation it’s gone through some kind of preliminary rinse.

23.01.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Bob Dylan | Glasgow Hotel Room 1966
Bob Dylan | Glasgow Hotel Room 1966 YouTube video by Route

People cannot seriously watch this and continue to say the guy can't sing

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWZe...

23.01.2026 06:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Resistance in occupied Ukraine 'under constant surveillance' β€’ FRANCE 24 English
Resistance in occupied Ukraine 'under constant surveillance' β€’ FRANCE 24 English YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English

SO glad to see my colleagues at France 24 are finding ways to cover the important issue of resistance to Russia in the occupied territories of Ukraine, and grateful to Jade McGlynn for taking part www.youtube.com/watch?v=103y...

23.01.2026 06:47 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Fiery speech from Zelensky at Davos lashing out against Europe. I wonder if it’s calculated to please Trump

22.01.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Top Ukrainian energy official killed at electrical substation Top Ukrainian energy worker Oleksii Brekht was killed while on the job, after reportedly being electrocuted at a substation.

I think most Ukrainians didn’t know his name until he died.

But they sure as hell knew his work.

What a tragedy

kyivindependent.com/top-ukrainia...

22.01.2026 07:43 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No, cos some of them are frozen in the US. Not saying that means it works, but Belgium doesn’t have to be involved.

22.01.2026 07:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ukrenergo top manager killed by electric shock at substation Ukrenergo’s ex-coal miner Oleksiy Brekht dies while performing his professional duties

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Brekht was the genius behind Ukraine’s astonishingly swift repairs to its damaged power grid, according to Volodymyr Kudrytsky, former head of Ukrenergo. Things may not go so well now, without him. Despite being a top manager he was a hands-on guy and it killed him.

22.01.2026 04:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

People who didn’t listen to Trump’s speech will open the New York Times or whatever & see headlines like β€˜Trump β€œWon’t use Force” but Demands Greenland’. While that does sound crazy, it does NOT convey the terrifying unhinged reality. Terrifying above all because people clapped. Some even stood up

21.01.2026 18:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0