Francesca Ebel

Ukraine correspondent @washingtonpost | previously in Russia, @AP North Africa .
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[Francesca Ebel @FrancescaEbel]

📣 I’m delighted to be back in Ukraine where I’ve rejoined the Washington Post as their Ukraine correspondent.

It’s more important than ever that Ukrainian voices are heard by decision-makers in DC, and I’m glad to be back on the ground at this critical juncture in the war.

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Michael Brice-Saddler (@TheArtist_MBS), a prize-winning reporter for the @washingtonpost, talked repeatedly with today's shooter for a story -- but then got laid off before he could write it. Now at the @washingtonsun he tells the story he couldn't before. https://t.co/0PqQjLRtvm

[Liza Fokht @lizafokht]

🧵 A few thoughts on the talks in Abu Dhabi from someone who's been on this beat for almost five years.

[Jimmy Rushton @JimmySecUK]

NEW: Zelensky’s former chief-of-staff ran a “troubling” back channel with Trump’s former chief-of-staff Susie Wiles… that was “more harmful than helpful” multiple Ukrainian and American sources tell me and @TimZadorozhnyy.

https://t.co/gKHv4i5mQg

[DW на русском @dw_russian]

Светлана Тихановская долго не реагировала на критику со стороны Сер��ея Тихановского. В интервью DW лидер белорусских демсил впервые прервала свое затянувшееся молчание и рассказала об эмоциях. Смотрите эксклюзивное интервью на канале DW Беларусь в YouTube: https://t.co/XEYBCSgr4m

[Francis Farrell @francisjfarrell]

I was one of the only foreign journalists present at this evening's clash at the National Guard facility in a suburb outside Kyiv. Here's what you need to understand. Long and difficult thread.

[Shelby @Shelby_Wilder]

Waited until our team crossed the border (back into UA) before commenting on this report, which got me pulled off air yesterday...
But viewers should be aware of the perils and pitfalls of reporting from Russian-occupied Ukraine, where information is tightly controlled and independent journalism faces serious constraints.

[Simon Shuster @shustry]

NEW: Our reporting found the recent Starlink outage in Ukraine could be part of an elaborate upsell.
When U.S. officials asked Musk's company about it, they were told the problem could be fixed by upgrading to a new contract.
@isaacstanbecker @TheAtlantic
https://t.co/roRLEpyQdM

[max seddon @maxseddon]

NEW: We got the list of “Business Deals” the US and Russia are discussing.

They include a potential return by US companies to the Russian oil market as part of wider talks to end Putin’s war, including JVs in Sakhalin and restoring the Druzhba pipeline:

https://t.co/SAQATGQdQ0

[Linda Kinstler @lindakinstler]

When we stop believing in an open future--or even that there will be a future at all--we risk abdicating the power to participate in democratic politics. For my new @NYTmag Context column, I talked to a few people who are looking to change that:
https://t.co/X4f1ru4b48

[Emma Burrows @EJ_Burrows]

Hundreds of Ukrainians have been left with devastating facial injuries and there are few eye surgeons who can help restore sight. Moving story from @samya_kullab about a visiting team of US surgeons giving hope to men who want to see their children again. https://t.co/kTMgfkWCsD

[max seddon @maxseddon]

“Expect listening devices, expect cameras in every single room of your house.”

Great new deep dive from @lizafokht on the rough lives of western diplomats in wartime Moscow:

https://t.co/aYsTCdHLCG

[Siobhán O'Grady @siobhan_ogrady]

A senior Ukrainian commander told me he lost more than $1 million in drones the first night StarShield went out. The next 3 days, speeds remained so unstable they canceled almost all ops striking RU logistics to protect Ukrainian infantry in the kill zone https://t.co/mvIHexZ3OM

[Francesca Ebel @FrancescaEbel]

Very important point by @avalaina

[Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina]

I have read dozens of outraged posts because the US special envoy Witkoff called Putin a "humanist." But no one is writing about the fact that the American negotiators are simply not doing their job. Let me explain.

Peace negotiations are important in their own right. Even if they do not lead to a lasting peace, the process itself is an opportunity to resolve urgent humanitarian issues. If, of course, the human dimension is a priority for the negotiators. But it is entirely obvious that neither Witkoff nor Kushner cares about people's fates in this war.

The Pope calls on Putin to save thousands of people from starvation in occupied Oleshky and the surrounding villages. The UN speaks about a humanitarian catastrophe and asks Russia to allow the evacuation of the civilian population. European Parliament Vice-President Pina Picierno goes on a hunger strike to draw attention to this tragedy unfolding before the eyes of the whole world.

And what are Witkoff and Kushner doing?

That's right, almost nothing.

Except for passing along greetings from Putin’s aide to the First Lady.

Thousands of people are already eating grass to survive and begging to save their lives. The Ukrainian side raises the issue of Oleshky at every meeting. And I can name dozens of such urgent humanitarian issues off the top of my head where American negotiators must be proactive.

Trump’s peace negotiations have already gone down in history as the deadliest years for Ukraine’s civilian population since the start of the full-scale invasion.

I don’t know if anyone will remember the names of Witkoff and Kushner.

But history will certainly record how American negotiators, who had the opportunity to save a huge number of people, refused to raise uncomfortable questions before "humanist Putin."

[Josh Rogin @joshrogin]

So Hegseth is blaming the Ukrainians and saying Elon made the decision to downgrade Ukraine’s Starlink service? Isn’t that completely different from Rubio’s explanation that it was a technical glitch? Days into this scandal and they can’t seem to get their stories straight.

[Valerie Hopkins @VALERIEinNYT]

Tokyo said Tuesday it was “extremely regrettable” that its diplomats had been unable to visit a Japanese journalist detained in Russia, despite a bilateral protocol that guarantees the right to consular access.
https://t.co/dalZA3CPJL

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Images appearing to show the Pink Panther rioting in France have gathered millions of views across social media, but they’re actually AI.

Read more on the protests: https://t.co/Bb6k6aTfx3

[Myroslava Petsa @myroslavapetsa]

Angelina with her mom Inna.
Both were killed today by Russia.
They should have been alive and they would have been alive… if not for Russia’s war against Ukraine

[Francesca Ebel @FrancescaEbel]

The Trump admin has not approved the transfer of interceptor missiles to #Ukraine that are needed to protect the country from Russian attacks, officials said Monday, a delay that comes as Trump has embraced Russia

W/ @John_Hudson @michaelbirnbaum 

https://t.co/aG1Qf5ZA7p

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Breaking news: The Trump administration has not approved the transfer of interceptor missiles to Ukraine that are needed to protect the country from Russian attacks, officials said, a delay that comes as President Trump has embraced Russia in recent weeks. https://t.co/aW79PEWQu3

[Francesca Ebel @FrancescaEbel]

Officials said Hegseth has not formally rejected the transfers but also has not completed the required steps to approve them. Hegseth has continued to approve some U.S. assistance to Ukraine, they said

[Francesca Ebel @FrancescaEbel]

The Trump admin has not approved the transfer of interceptor missiles to #Ukraine that are needed to protect the country from Russian attacks, officials said Monday, a delay that comes as Trump has embraced Russia

W/ @John_Hudson @michaelbirnbaum 

https://t.co/aG1Qf5ZA7p

[Francesca Ebel @FrancescaEbel]

The U.S. retains control because the weapons are made by it and are shipped abroad under the agreement that transfers to other countries require U.S. sign-off. A Ukrainian official told The Post last week that “only a couple” of interceptor missiles remain in Ukraine’s stockpile