The chalkboard that hangs behind the bar at Squat 17b does not list the drink specials — it keeps a countdown of how many more days Ukrainians must endure the harsh winter that has gripped the war-weary country. On Thursday, it read: “Days until spring: 24.” w/ @fabricedeprez.bsky.social

Ukrainian Railways writes this morning that the route from Lozova (in the Kharkiv region) to the Donbas fortress of Kramatorsk remains a zone "of increased risk", days after a Russian drone strike on a passenger train near Barvinkove killed 4 people.

The Long War #55: Dark Kyiv, Ukraine's regional shift, the Mariupol-Donetsk rivalry & more eastradar.substack.com/p/the-long-w...

Very interesting post (“Russia was sucked into the Donbas conflict” is quite an incredible Sakwa quote).

Ukraine keeps trains running as end of line draws closer- Ukraine’s sprawling railway network has emerged as an indispensable means of transport and a symbol of resilience in the wake of Moscow’s full-scale invasion in 2022… www.ft.com/content/6c58... @fabricedeprez.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Mon interview de l'intellectuel et historien ukrainien Yaroslav Hrytsak dans @grandcontinent.bsky.social legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/09/1...

"Libres de résister" : excellent tour d'horizon par @fabricedeprez.bsky.social des enjeux liés à la mobilisation en Ukraine depuis 2022, avec plein d'exemples et d'anecdotes parlantes. A lire sur le @grandcontinent.bsky.social :

Ten die in ‘massive’ Russian attack on Ukrainian capital on.ft.com/45TE5l7

Pourquoi l'Ukraine peine à mobiliser ? Une longue explication dans @grandcontinent.bsky.social : legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/08/2...

Russia launched 352 drones as well as 16 missiles over Ukraine last night--with Kyiv being the main target for the fourth time in the past month, Ukraine's air force reports this morning t.me/kpszsu/36914

My look at the drone-focused technological arms race between Ukraine and Russia: interceptors, fiber optics drones, and the prospect of AI-powered autonomous UAVs looming over the battlefield www.ft.com/content/ccd8...

Mon reportage sur l'impossible vie à Kherson, alors que des experts de l'ONU viennent de qualifier de "crime contre l'humanité" les attaques constantes de drones russes contre les habitants de cette ville du sud de l'Ukraine www.la-croix.com/internationa...

Mon reportage sur l'impossible vie à Kherson, alors que des experts de l'ONU viennent de qualifier de "crime contre l'humanité" les attaques constantes de drones russes contre les habitants de cette ville du sud de l'Ukraine www.la-croix.com/internationa...

The Long War #50 eastradar.substack.com/p/the-long-w...

Really good piece on the way Russia is methodically dispossessing Ukrainians of their homes. It's of course not happening only in Mariupol. And, in the past months, it has pushed an unclear number of Ukrainians to make the dangerous trip to the occupied territories...

Moscow claims the strike in Kryvhyy Rih that killed 9 children targeted a restaurant where soldiers and "foreign mercenaries" had gathered. Footage found by @gullivercragg.bsky.social shows a near-empty restaurant, and no soldiers anywhere www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

I'm still very skeptical that Moscow has any intention to go for a ceasefire in the short term. But the one thing that could encourage Putin to agree to a ceasefire is the prospect of Ukrainian elections that would be fertile ground for destabilization.

"According to two Russian diplomats and a source close to the Kremlin, Moscow is now focusing on a third option: discrediting Zelensky in the eyes of Trump so that Washington will pressure Kyiv to hold presidential elections" www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/30/k...

The paradoxes of the language discussion: a linguist hopes that Russian will in the future be spoken only by "marginalized people" in Ukraine, saying this in an interview ran by NV, which publishes all its stories in Ukrainian... and Russian nv.ua/ukr/ukraine/...

NEW: Ukrainian forces lose ground in Kursk region as they fight on without US support. Read @fabricedeprez.bsky.social and Anastasia Stognei's report www.ft.com/content/0513... #datviz

Une très belle lettre, avec des choses qu'il est souvent assez compliqué de placer dans nos articles. Pas d'actu, mais de l'Ukraine et des Ukrainiens :

En Ukraine, sidération et ralliement autour de Zelensky après la rencontre avec Trump

As Trump makes increasingly hostile statements toward Kyiv, @fabricedeprez.bsky.social checked in with Ukrainian troops on the front lines in Kramatorsk and Lyman. The vibes? Not great.

A lot of things can happen on this road, but I think there is where we're headed, yeah.

Feels like Trump will soon outright demand Zelensky's resignation. If this happens, pressure on Zelensky will be massive: refusing to step down could be the pretext Trump is looking for to cease all support towards Ukraine. Something that might happen anyway, no matter what Zelensky does.

Would love to see the results if "respected by other countries" and "feared by other countries" were separate answers.

A lire aussi, cette rencontre avec Maksym Boutkevitch, un homme admirable. Militant des droits humains, soldat par nécessité, prisonnier condamné puis échangé après 30 mois de détention… www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...

Guerre en Ukraine : le rapprochement entre Trump et Poutine, cauchemar éveillé de Kiev www.la-croix.com/internationa...

Ces lignes de Vassili Grossman à la découverte du génocide des juifs d'Ukraine...

Transnistrie: Tiraspol a franchi ce matin un de ses Rubicons en demandant du gaz à Chisinau. Le journ même, Chisinau acceptait et annonçait envoyer 3 millions de m3 en tant qu'aide d'urgence sur le 1-10 février, subventionnés par l'UE. C'est majeur 1/

Ukrainska Pravda putting this quote in the literal last paragraph of a very long story has to be the worst case of burying the lede I've ever seen www.pravda.com.ua/articles/202...

(1/3) There's this tendency to look at the frontline maps and draw sweeping conclusions from it, whether it is that Russia has been advancing constantly for a year already (and Ukraine is therefore losing) or that Russia's progress has been extremely limited when compared to Ukraine's size (and...

The Long War #48 eastradar.substack.com/p/the-long-w...

Dans @liberation.fr, j'ai pu écrire un reportage sur un sujet important en #Ukraine, les "abandons de poste", un phénomène qui n'est pas de la désertion, ni légalement, ni au niveau de l'attitude du soldat. Article, puis 2/3 explications en-dessous (1) www.liberation.fr/internationa...

Some interesting stories and a look back at what I wrote about this year in the latest issue of my newsletter : eastradar.substack.com/p/the-long-w...

#Ukraine : A l’approche de l’hiver, le pays dans la crainte du black-out général www.la-croix.com/internationa...

Russian forces have been capturing Ukrainian territory for a full year now, and these gains have been increasing every month for the past five months.

Des centres d'enrôlement d'Odessa à la cour d'appel de Kyiv, le dilemme de la mobilisation en Ukraine lesjours.fr/obsessions/g...

Guerre en #Ukraine : à Odessa, la mobilisation pèse sur les entreprises www.la-croix.com/internationa...

"“The presidential administration proceeds from the assumption that the special military operation will end and we should be ready,” Kommersant quoted one of its sources as saying after a four-day seminar with deputy governors last week."

Des centres d'enrôlement d'Odessa à la cour d'appel de Kyiv, le dilemme de la mobilisation en Ukraine lesjours.fr/obsessions/g...

J'ai enfin trouvé le temps de plonger dans le reportage captivant de l'ami @fabricedeprez.bsky.social et je le recommande chaudement - comment le tribunal de Kherson s'est remis au travail sous les bombes pour faire vivre la justice ordinaire. Excellente lecture! www.la-croix.com/internationa...

Great piece on the multiple exiles of Volodymyr Nikulin, the Ukrainian police officer who, back in 2022, smuggled AP reporters out of a besieged Mariupol, allowing them to turn their footage into the '20 days in Mariupol' documentary www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/w...

Given the influx of new people around, now is probably the time to say that I have a newsletter about the war in Ukraine, where I highlight stories you probably haven't seen anywhere else and give my thoughts about how the war is changing Ukraine. And it's free 👉 eastradar.substack.com

Donner des tranquillisants à son chien terrifié par la sirène de l'alerte aérienne, retourner se coucher quelques minutes après qu'un drone se soit écrasé dans un immeuble non loin, lire Telegram à tout bout de champ... la vie à Kiev, entre accoutumance & angoisse www.la-croix.com/internationa...

Kremlin statement: "Putin recalled that the current crisis was a direct result of NATO's long-standing aggressive policy aimed at creating an anti-Russian bridgehead on Ukrainian territory while ignoring our country's security interests and trampling on the rights of Russian-speaking residents."

Given the influx of new people around, now is probably the time to say that I have a newsletter about the war in Ukraine, where I highlight stories you probably haven't seen anywhere else and give my thoughts about how the war is changing Ukraine. And it's free 👉 eastradar.substack.com

"The Russians gain success by searching for weak points, bypassing stronger positions and forcing the enemy to retreat by creating small salients. [...] The Russian tactics are very costly, and rely on the combined effect of numerical advantage in men, armoured vehicles, artillery and air support."

Typical profile of a Russian soldier killed in Ukraine, according to the BBC's Russian service: - Early 2022: 21 years-old contract soldier serving in an elite infantry unit - 2023: 34 years-old former convict - 2024: 38 years-old volunteer receiving minimal training www.bbc.com/russian/arti...

New starter pack on Russia’s war against Ukraine, and on Russia and Ukraine experts & journalists. Send me a private message if you want to be added. go.bsky.app/23BTWVx