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‘Letting them know we're here’: Ukrainian soldiers ready for Russian offensive on northern front

Ukraine endured a wave of strikes on Saturday, including a devastating hit on an apartment block in the city of Dnipro. This latest attack on Ukrainian civilians came as cross-border artillery fire continues to affect northern Ukraine. In areas the Russian army swept into in late February before being driven…

France 24 · Jan 15, 2023

Ukrainian farmers in Kherson region grapple with aftermath of Russian occupation

Russia's invasion of Ukraine and occupation of much of its most fertile land, in the southern regions of Mykolaiv and Kherson, has been catastrophic for the country's agriculture. Back in April, our correspondent Gulliver Cragg met one of the many farmers whose land had fallen under Russian control. Along with…

France 24 · Dec 14, 2022

NATO head Stoltenberg accuses Russia of using cold as 'a weapon of war'

NATO allies gathering for a summit on Tuesday said they would help Ukraine fix its power grid damaged by Moscow's shelling in what the alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg said was Russia using the cold weather as "a weapon of war". Follow our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.…

France 24 · Nov 29, 2022

Russia increasingly isolated on world stage as Putin turns 70

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday celebrated turning 70 with a ceremony attended by Russian officials as US President Joe Biden said that the risk of nuclear “Armageddon” is at the highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Russian officials have spoken of the possibility of using tactical nuclear…

France 24 · Oct 7, 2022

Ukraine's stunning counter-offensive: Commanders explain Kyiv's military success

Ukraine launched a major counter-offensive in the Kharkiv region on September 6. This operation surprised Russia and led to the withdrawal of Russian soldiers from several strategic cities in eastern Ukraine, such as Izium. Our reporters Gulliver Cragg and Gwendoline Debono met with Ukrainian soldiers who took part in the…

France 24 · Sep 23, 2022

'We weren't really expecting that': Ukrainian troops amazed by rapid advance

Ukraine’s rapid advance in the east of the country did not just take Russian forces by surprise – jubilant Ukrainian soldiers are also amazed by the speed of their counter-attack. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg reports.

France 24 · Sep 20, 2022

In Ukraine's liberated Izium, traumatised residents face further hardship

The Ukrainian city of Izium is now associated in people's minds with the mass burial site discovered just outside it, but the plight of those still living there is also a cause for concern. During its assault on Izium in March, Russia heavily bombarded the town centre. In early September,…

France 24 · Sep 19, 2022

Ukraine accuses Russia of strike on southern nuclear plant

Ukraine's nuclear energy agency on Monday accused Moscow's troops of an attack on the country's second largest nuclear plant in the south. The accusations come after the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine – Europe's largest atomic facility – faced frequent shelling in recent months, raising fears of a nuclear…

France 24 · Sep 19, 2022

Ukraine's digital transformation on 'war footing', minister says

FRANCE 24 sat down with Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's deputy prime minister and minister of digital transformation. The ministry was created in 2019 because President Volodymyr Zelensky had promised that Ukraine would be a pioneering e-government. Since the Russian invasion, digital transformation has been put on a "war footing", Fedorov said.…

France 24 · Aug 9, 2022

French journalist killed in east Ukraine while reporting on evacuating civilians

A French journalist was killed Monday during a Russian bombardment that struck a vehicle evacuating civilians from eastern Ukraine, French and Ukrainian officials said.

France 24 · May 30, 2022