Fabrice Deprez
@fabricedeprez.bsky.social
Journalist covering #Ukraine with the Financial Times / Also seen in La Croix, Les Jours, Foreign Policy & others
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Fabrice Deprez
@fabricedeprez.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Eastern Radar | Fabrice Deprez | Substack
Stories and insights about the war in Ukraine you've (probably) missed. Click to read Eastern Radar, by Fabrice Deprez, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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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 👉
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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…
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Ukraine keeps trains running as end of line draws closer
Railway company adapts to increasing Russian strikes on stations, depots and power lines
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November 22, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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…
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Mon interview de l'intellectuel et historien ukrainien Yaroslav Hrytsak dans @grandcontinent.bsky.social legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/09/1...
La très longue guerre d'Ukraine : naissance d'une nation
« L'Ukraine est en train de quitter un monde dangereux : le monde russe. » Comment la longue durée peut-elle aider à comprendre la guerre ? Pour l’historien et intellectuel ukrainien Yaroslav Hrytsa...
legrandcontinent.eu
September 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Mon interview de l'intellectuel et historien ukrainien Yaroslav Hrytsak dans @grandcontinent.bsky.social legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/09/1...
Reposted by Fabrice Deprez
"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 :
A lire sur le @grandcontinent.bsky.social :
Libres de résister: enquête sur la mobilisation en Ukraine | Le Grand Continent
Se mobiliser sans cesser de vivre ; tenir sans passer par l’économie de guerre. L’Ukraine a une stratégie pour articuler résistance et liberté. Mais face au manque d’hommes — et dans des expériences ...
legrandcontinent.eu
September 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
"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 :
A lire sur le @grandcontinent.bsky.social :
Reposted by Fabrice Deprez
Ten die in ‘massive’ Russian attack on Ukrainian capital on.ft.com/45TE5l7
Ten die in ‘massive’ Russian attack on Ukrainian capital
Zelenskyy calls for fresh sanctions on Moscow after worst attack on Kyiv in weeks
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August 28, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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...
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/08/2...
Libres de résister: enquête sur la mobilisation en Ukraine | Le Grand Continent
Se mobiliser sans cesser de vivre ; tenir sans passer par l’économie de guerre. L’Ukraine a une stratégie pour articuler résistance et liberté. Mais face au manque d’hommes — et dans des expériences ...
legrandcontinent.eu
August 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Pourquoi l'Ukraine peine à mobiliser ? Une longue explication dans @grandcontinent.bsky.social :
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/08/2...
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
Повітряні Сили ЗС України / Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
⚡️ ЗНЕШКОДЖЕНО 354 ЦІЛІ
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У ніч на 23 червня (із 20.00 22 червня) противник атакував 368 засобами повітряного нападу:
- 352 ударними БпЛА типу Shahed і безпілотниками-імітаторами різних типі...
t.me
June 23, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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...
How AI guided Ukraine’s drones to hit Russian airfields
Artificial intelligence took over the steering of unmanned quadcopters after losing signal
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June 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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...
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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...
Guerre en Ukraine : à Kherson, la vie au rythme des attaques de drones
L’armée russe multiplie depuis plusieurs semaines les frappes de drones sur Kherson, localité du sud de l’Ukraine envahie par les Russes au cours de la première année de la guerre, puis libérée fin 20...
www.la-croix.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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...
Guerre en Ukraine : à Kherson, la vie au rythme des attaques de drones
L’armée russe multiplie depuis plusieurs semaines les frappes de drones sur Kherson, localité du sud de l’Ukraine envahie par les Russes au cours de la première année de la guerre, puis libérée fin 20...
www.la-croix.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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...
The Long War #50
Zelensky the dictator & Talking about Crimea
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April 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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...
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian authorities are systematically seizing thousands of homes from Ukrainian residents of Mariupol, a BBC Verify investigation has found as the city marks three years of occupation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
#Ukraine #Russia #RussianWarCrimes
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#Ukraine #Russia #RussianWarCrimes
Russia seizing thousands of homes in occupied Mariupol - BBC News
To save their homes, Ukrainians face a dangerous return through Russia, and pressure to take a Russian passport.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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...
In Zelensky’s home town Kryvy Rih, residents fear more Russian strikes
Two Russian strikes on Friday killed 20 in President Volodymyr Zelensky’s home town Kryvy Rih, in central Ukraine. While Russia said the attack was a "precision strike" on a meeting of Ukrainian and…
www.france24.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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...
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/30/k...
Kremlin Doubles Down on Demand to Replace Zelensky, Risking Trump’s Ire - The Moscow Times
The Kremlin is increasingly set on subjugating Ukraine by forcing a change in the country’s leadership as Moscow’s military efforts falter, five sources familiar with its thinking as well as independe...
www.themoscowtimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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...
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/30/k...
Kremlin Doubles Down on Demand to Replace Zelensky, Risking Trump’s Ire - The Moscow Times
The Kremlin is increasingly set on subjugating Ukraine by forcing a change in the country’s leadership as Moscow’s military efforts falter, five sources familiar with its thinking as well as independe...
www.themoscowtimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:10 AM
"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...
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/...
nv.ua
March 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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/...
Reposted by Fabrice Deprez
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
Read @fabricedeprez.bsky.social and Anastasia Stognei's report
www.ft.com/content/0513...
#datviz
March 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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
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 :
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March 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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 :
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En Ukraine, sidération et ralliement autour de Zelensky après la rencontre avec Trump
Rencontre Trump-Zelensky : en Ukraine, sidération et ralliement autour de Zelensky
La violence de l’échange entre les présidents américain et ukrainien, vendredi 28 février à la Maison-Blanche, semble sonner le glas de l’alliance entre les deux pays. En Ukraine, figures politiques et médiatiques se sont ralliées autour de Volodymyr Zelensky.
www.la-croix.com
March 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
En Ukraine, sidération et ralliement autour de Zelensky après la rencontre avec Trump
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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.
The Mood on the Front Line, Three Years On
Ukrainian troops watch with anxiety as the United States moves closer to talks with Russia over the war.
foreignpolicy.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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.
Finishing this thought: Trump will reach some deal with Putin, giving him what he wants (most of which Russia already has territorially, plus political reforms in what’s left of Ukraine that would spell Zelensky’s end). Zelensky will refuse, and Trump will say, oh well, I tried. Peace out.
February 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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.
All masks fell off now, I guess.
Trump calls Ukrainian President Zelensky "A Dictator without Elections", says he "has done a terrible job."
Trump calls Ukrainian President Zelensky "A Dictator without Elections", says he "has done a terrible job."
February 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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.
If the War in Ukraine did nothing else for Russians, it convinced them that Russia is Great Again.
Data from recent @global-affairs.bsky.social & Levada survey.
Data from recent @global-affairs.bsky.social & Levada survey.
February 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Would love to see the results if "respected by other countries" and "feared by other countries" were separate answers.
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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...
Maksym Boutkevitch : « J’ai la version de Poutine de l’histoire ukrainienne inscrite sur ma peau »
Libéré en octobre après plus de deux ans en captivité, le militant des droits humains devenu soldat Maksym Boutkevitch témoigne des sévices infligés aux prisonniers de guerre. Il appelle la justice i…
www.mediapart.fr
January 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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...
Guerre en Ukraine : le rapprochement entre Trump et Poutine, cauchemar éveillé de Kiev
L’échange, mercredi 12 février, entre le président américain et son homologue russe fait redouter à Kiev un « deal » dont une Ukraine impuissante ferait les frais. Dans les allées du pouvoir à Kiev, l...
www.la-croix.com
February 14, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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...
January 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Ces lignes de Vassili Grossman à la découverte du génocide des juifs d'Ukraine...