@AFP journalist in Brussels, looking among other things at EU foreign policy, defence, NATO. Ex‐Lagos, Nicosia, Moscow, Tbilisi, Kampala. All opinions my own.
La sœur du journaliste américain du Wall Street Journal, Evan Gershkovich, détenu en Russie depuis mars pour des accusations d'espionnage, a exhorté mardi à sa libération à l'approche de son 32e anniversaire
🎥 @AgnesBun & @billdmccarthy#AFP#AFPTV ⤵️
#AFP video journalist @collinsdyl was wounded by a drone attack while reporting at a Ukrainian artillery position on Monday, AFP reporters who witnessed the explosion said.
Dylan Collins, a US citizen based in Lebanon but on assignment in #Ukraine, sustained multiple shrapnel injuries in the attack in a forested area near Bakhmut.
He was evacuated to a nearby hospital where he was being treated and doctors have said his condition was not life-threatening. Collins, 35, is conscious and speaking to colleagues.
"We are investigating the full circumstances behind this incident. Our thoughts are with Dylan and his loved ones," AFP's Europe Director Christine Buhagiar said in a statement. @AFP
We are devastated to learn of the death of AFP video journalist Arman Soldin in eastern Ukraine today.
All of our thoughts go out to his family and loved ones.
#UPDATE US reporter Evan Gershkovich appeared at a court hearing partly open to the press on Tuesday for the first time since his arrest for espionage, an AFP reporter in the courtroom saw.
My former AFP colleague Evan Gershkovich is a fantastic journalist and deserves to be free - read more about him here from the WSJ #FreeEvan#JournalismIsNotACrime https://t.co/BplCrIiYBX
#UPDATE NATO must be prepared for a long standoff with Russia beyond the immediate crisis triggered by President Vladimir Putin's year-old invasion of Ukraine, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg told @AFP
#UPDATE NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has told @AFP that he went to sleep on the eve of February 24, 2022 knowing full well the carnage that would be unleashed within hours.
https://t.co/DUWRlDKlhB
Planes. Rockets. Flares. Grad. Rockets. Tanks. Shelling. Heavy artillery. Rounds of automatic guns. Wounded. Reinforcements. Battle of Soledar seems to be going strong and not over. Probably the worst place to be on the planet right now though #afp#ukraine#soledar#bakhmut
Today in #Bakhmut, a city in eastern #Ukraine and Moscow's current target, we witnessed an intense Russian bombardment. Just listen to that hellish, terrorizing sound. One badly injured person collected by an ambulance that we know of
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