Barbara Wojazer

Reporter at @AFP covering Ukraine; Former @cnni

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Inside a secret bunker in Ukraine, a former grain trader turned drone commander is planning some of the biggest attacks on Russia, long-range strikes on oil and military facilities chipping away at Vladimir Putin's war chest. Latest for @AFP
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L’Ukraine a inhumé lundi dans sa terre natale un dirigeant nationaliste, Andriï Melnyk, dans le cadre d'un projet de Panthéon de héros nationaux qui occulte toutefois le passé de collaboration avec les nazis de son organisation. @AFP
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Ukraine’s new civil code is designed to bring Ukraine closer to Europe as part of Kyiv's bid to join the European Union, but protesters and watchdog organisations said it contradicts the EU's fundamental rights. Latest for @AFP https://t.co/N6ywWDgq5L

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From his underground post, the commander of Ukraine's unmanned forces, Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, has been meticulously planning increasingly frequent strikes deep into Russian territory, which he sees as retribution for Russia's invasion. Interview to @AFP https://t.co/9SqtemRpQd

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🇺🇦 Kyiv's elderly shiver after Russian attacks on power and heat

Volunteers deliver food and essentials to the elderly while Russia steps up its strikes against Ukraine's power and heating infrastructure, plunging Kyiv residents into darkness and cold as temperatures drop as low as -20C.

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Since many ask me what life looks like in Kyiv, here’s a small story about Christmas celebrations and Kyiv’s split reality! Latest for @AFP https://t.co/5zcFBcVONd

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As the hourslong interrogation dragged on, David worried FSB agents would send him back to occupied Mariupol and into the ranks of Russia's army. Latest for @AFP
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A major corruption scandal and mounting accusations that the Ukrainian presidency is using the judiciary to intimidate and silence critics has rocked Kyiv. (Belated post) for @AFP https://t.co/MwkduFLYoj

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Kyiv seeks to position itself as a leader in military innovation -- an idea that has taken on new weight as Russia has repeatedly tested NATO airspace over the past weeks. For @AFP https://t.co/FlxA7Yy4Z6

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“You get the most points for infantry, so everyone is focusing on destroying manpower," said Rubik, explaining the new score-based systems for rewarding Ukrainian drone pilots of hitting targets. Earlier this summer for @AFP https://t.co/2jO4Qphe9t

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The canopy of killer drones blanketing the skies over the front line is forcing military medics to find new ways to evacuate wounded. Earlier this summer for @AFP https://t.co/rhdPh8U17U

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“My husband said: if something flies over the lake, just dive,” said Mariana Rebets, resting a lakeshore near the eastern Ukrainian front, undeterred by drones, airstrikes, or Russian advances close by. Latest for @AFP
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College sweethearts Mykyta and Sofia Lamekhov had simple dreams: safety for their family and a fresh start at life, away from the war they thought they had left behind in east Ukraine. Latest for @AFP
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“You stop breathing. For a certain period of time, life around you just freezes. And you don't know what will happen after the explosion," said Yuliia Holovnina, describing Russian air attacks that forced her to shelter in the metro for the night. @AFP https://t.co/Aa7DAiAknU

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"If someone just said, 'I saw your son.' Just one word. I would carry them in my arms and kiss them," said Lyubov Brodovska, hoping Ukrainian soldiers freed in a prisoner exchange would give a sign of life of her son, who went missing in combat. For @AFP
https://t.co/AGmH1ehYi4

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The war has given a sense of urgency to military couples in Ukraine, many seeing no point in waiting for a  peace that seems little more than a mirage. Latest for @AFP
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🇺🇦 VIDEO: Gathered in a wedding hall in the Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, near the front line, Anna and Pavlo Chornobai exchange rings to the applause of a dozen of the groom's fellow soldiers.

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My latest from the east for @AFP

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Whenever warm days come to Kramatorsk, near the eastern Ukrainian front, the Svitanok organisation leaves its door wide open, offering advice or a cup of tea to the city's social outcasts.
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[Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina]

Today, I spoke at an event in Stockholm about our colleague, Ukrainian journalist Viktoriya Roshchina. I had to turn off the camera right after my speech because it was difficult to contain my emotions.

Today, 13 world media outlets published investigations about the capture and death of Viktoriya Roshchina. I will leave links in different languages ​​in the comments. And I will say a few words from myself.

Viktoriya was young, talented, dedicated to the journalistic profession, and incredibly brave. I met her 11 years ago when she joined our campaign to release illegally detained people in Crimea and eastern occupied territories.

In the first year of the full-scale invasion, she went to the occupied territories herself to write about illegaly detained people and disappeared. We already know that she was abducted, tortured, secretly transported to Russia, and detained there without any legal basis. We know that she did not receive medical care and weighed about 30 kg. But we still do not know how she died. 

Russians refused to return her body for a long time. When they returned the body, it had a visible trace of torture and was missing several internal organs – eyeballs, brain, and part of the trachea.

Russians are even now hardly trying to hide what they did to her. That's why the investigation conducted by 50 journalists from 6 different countries around the world is so important.

Victoria believed in truth and justice so strongly that she knowingly risked her life to tell us what was happening in the occupied territories. We will continue her struggle.

Photo Graty

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On Easter Sunday fighting continued between Russian and Ukrainian troops, officials and soldiers said -- though some told @AFP the intensity of combat had temporarily decreased in some areas.
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There is little faith among Ukraine's troops that the Kremlin leader would keep his word -- or that any brief pause in the fighting would lead to a wider ceasefire. In Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, for @AFP https://t.co/XKfwUe4tYQ