Gulliver Cragg
@gullivercragg.bsky.social
Correspondent for France 24 in Kyiv, Ukraine since 2013. Born in London.
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Ukrenergo top manager killed by electric shock at substation
Ukrenergo’s ex-coal miner Oleksiy Brekht dies while performing his professional duties
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Brekht was the genius behind Ukraine’s astonishingly swift repairs to its damaged power grid, according to Volodymyr Kudrytsky, former head of Ukrenergo. Things may not go so well now, without him. Despite being a top manager he was a hands-on guy and it killed him.
Brekht was the genius behind Ukraine’s astonishingly swift repairs to its damaged power grid, according to Volodymyr Kudrytsky, former head of Ukrenergo. Things may not go so well now, without him. Despite being a top manager he was a hands-on guy and it killed him.
My latest report for #France24 is about Ukraine’s long-range drone strikes on targets in Russia. I saw them taking off. It was cold!
m.youtube.com/watch?si=kzk...
Please note that some drones are big, like unmanned aeroplanes, and others are small like toys, but also deadly.
These are big ones
m.youtube.com/watch?si=kzk...
Please note that some drones are big, like unmanned aeroplanes, and others are small like toys, but also deadly.
These are big ones
Ukraine steps up campaign to strike deep into Russia • FRANCE 24 English
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
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January 29, 2026 at 7:39 PM
My latest report for #France24 is about Ukraine’s long-range drone strikes on targets in Russia. I saw them taking off. It was cold!
m.youtube.com/watch?si=kzk...
Please note that some drones are big, like unmanned aeroplanes, and others are small like toys, but also deadly.
These are big ones
m.youtube.com/watch?si=kzk...
Please note that some drones are big, like unmanned aeroplanes, and others are small like toys, but also deadly.
These are big ones
In Canada more people voted for the Liberal centre in reaction to Trump. Might Trump put enough of the French and other Europeans off the populist right too?
January 27, 2026 at 11:31 AM
In Canada more people voted for the Liberal centre in reaction to Trump. Might Trump put enough of the French and other Europeans off the populist right too?
If you’re American maybe you should watch France 24 we’re on the case
Amount of time devoted to MN and fallout Sunday on network newscasts:
NBC: 8.5 minutes
ABC: 7 minutes
CBS: 4 minutes
Only NBC led with the news from MN
NBC: 8.5 minutes
ABC: 7 minutes
CBS: 4 minutes
Only NBC led with the news from MN
Two and half minutes. That’s all the time the CBS Evening News thought today’s events in Minneapolis were worth. Not even time to tell viewers what Alex Pretti did for a living.
The winter storm got 8 minutes.
NBC Nightly News spent 8 minutes, nearly half the show, on Pretti’s killing
The winter storm got 8 minutes.
NBC Nightly News spent 8 minutes, nearly half the show, on Pretti’s killing
January 26, 2026 at 6:37 AM
If you’re American maybe you should watch France 24 we’re on the case
I’ve been saying for a while that I sometimes feel more angry with Americans for not protesting than I do with Russians, cos Russians (in Russia) risk their lives if they do…
Terrifying how quickly that’s got less true
Terrifying how quickly that’s got less true
January 25, 2026 at 8:28 AM
I’ve been saying for a while that I sometimes feel more angry with Americans for not protesting than I do with Russians, cos Russians (in Russia) risk their lives if they do…
Terrifying how quickly that’s got less true
Terrifying how quickly that’s got less true
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January 23, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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Totally.
Ukraine has a higher-than-average proportion of sanewashers. Maybe cos when they read it in translation it’s gone through some kind of preliminary rinse.
Totally.
Ukraine has a higher-than-average proportion of sanewashers. Maybe cos when they read it in translation it’s gone through some kind of preliminary rinse.
Opinion | Stop sanewashing Donald Trump’s incoherent ramblings
It's well past time to call Trump’s stream-of-consciousness monologues exactly what they are.
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January 23, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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Totally.
Ukraine has a higher-than-average proportion of sanewashers. Maybe cos when they read it in translation it’s gone through some kind of preliminary rinse.
Totally.
Ukraine has a higher-than-average proportion of sanewashers. Maybe cos when they read it in translation it’s gone through some kind of preliminary rinse.
People cannot seriously watch this and continue to say the guy can't sing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWZe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWZe...
Bob Dylan | Glasgow Hotel Room 1966
YouTube video by Route
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January 23, 2026 at 6:58 AM
People cannot seriously watch this and continue to say the guy can't sing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWZe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWZe...
SO glad to see my colleagues at France 24 are finding ways to cover the important issue of resistance to Russia in the occupied territories of Ukraine, and grateful to Jade McGlynn for taking part www.youtube.com/watch?v=103y...
Resistance in occupied Ukraine 'under constant surveillance' • FRANCE 24 English
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
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January 23, 2026 at 6:47 AM
SO glad to see my colleagues at France 24 are finding ways to cover the important issue of resistance to Russia in the occupied territories of Ukraine, and grateful to Jade McGlynn for taking part www.youtube.com/watch?v=103y...
Fiery speech from Zelensky at Davos lashing out against Europe. I wonder if it’s calculated to please Trump
January 22, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Fiery speech from Zelensky at Davos lashing out against Europe. I wonder if it’s calculated to please Trump
I think most Ukrainians didn’t know his name until he died.
But they sure as hell knew his work.
What a tragedy
kyivindependent.com/top-ukrainia...
But they sure as hell knew his work.
What a tragedy
kyivindependent.com/top-ukrainia...
Top Ukrainian energy official killed at electrical substation
Top Ukrainian energy worker Oleksii Brekht was killed while on the job, after reportedly being electrocuted at a substation.
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January 22, 2026 at 7:43 AM
I think most Ukrainians didn’t know his name until he died.
But they sure as hell knew his work.
What a tragedy
kyivindependent.com/top-ukrainia...
But they sure as hell knew his work.
What a tragedy
kyivindependent.com/top-ukrainia...
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Brekht was the genius behind Ukraine’s astonishingly swift repairs to its damaged power grid, according to Volodymyr Kudrytsky, former head of Ukrenergo. Things may not go so well now, without him. Despite being a top manager he was a hands-on guy and it killed him.
Brekht was the genius behind Ukraine’s astonishingly swift repairs to its damaged power grid, according to Volodymyr Kudrytsky, former head of Ukrenergo. Things may not go so well now, without him. Despite being a top manager he was a hands-on guy and it killed him.
Ukrenergo top manager killed by electric shock at substation
Ukrenergo’s ex-coal miner Oleksiy Brekht dies while performing his professional duties
biz.liga.net
January 22, 2026 at 4:52 AM
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Brekht was the genius behind Ukraine’s astonishingly swift repairs to its damaged power grid, according to Volodymyr Kudrytsky, former head of Ukrenergo. Things may not go so well now, without him. Despite being a top manager he was a hands-on guy and it killed him.
Brekht was the genius behind Ukraine’s astonishingly swift repairs to its damaged power grid, according to Volodymyr Kudrytsky, former head of Ukrenergo. Things may not go so well now, without him. Despite being a top manager he was a hands-on guy and it killed him.
People who didn’t listen to Trump’s speech will open the New York Times or whatever & see headlines like ‘Trump “Won’t use Force” but Demands Greenland’. While that does sound crazy, it does NOT convey the terrifying unhinged reality. Terrifying above all because people clapped. Some even stood up
January 21, 2026 at 6:03 PM
People who didn’t listen to Trump’s speech will open the New York Times or whatever & see headlines like ‘Trump “Won’t use Force” but Demands Greenland’. While that does sound crazy, it does NOT convey the terrifying unhinged reality. Terrifying above all because people clapped. Some even stood up
I bet Emmanuel Macron will still be in office when Donald Trump is not
January 21, 2026 at 7:13 AM
I bet Emmanuel Macron will still be in office when Donald Trump is not
My take this morning from chilly but sunny Kyiv.
They're saying last night's attack was not The Big One that everyone's expecting. 300 drones is now not considered such a lot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhpG...
They're saying last night's attack was not The Big One that everyone's expecting. 300 drones is now not considered such a lot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhpG...
Over 5,000 homes without power in Kyiv after Russian strikes on energy grid • FRANCE 24 English
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
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January 20, 2026 at 11:02 AM
My take this morning from chilly but sunny Kyiv.
They're saying last night's attack was not The Big One that everyone's expecting. 300 drones is now not considered such a lot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhpG...
They're saying last night's attack was not The Big One that everyone's expecting. 300 drones is now not considered such a lot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhpG...
Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw
Will Republicans in Congress ever step in?
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January 19, 2026 at 8:11 PM
This is the worst-case scenario, he says. Not the only one or even the most likely one.
(IMHO also not actually the *worst*, though…)
(IMHO also not actually the *worst*, though…)
❗️Kyiv will not be able to function: Russia may destroy all generating capacity to zero by the end of winter. This is the worst-case scenario, — MP Kitsak
January 17, 2026 at 1:45 PM
This is the worst-case scenario, he says. Not the only one or even the most likely one.
(IMHO also not actually the *worst*, though…)
(IMHO also not actually the *worst*, though…)
In 2013 she was jailed on politically-motivated charges and became a cause célèbre in the West, despite so many Ukrainians’ insistence that she really deserved to be in prison, just not for that reason.
I’m wondering now whether it is possible to say she achieved anything for Ukraine, or even tried
I’m wondering now whether it is possible to say she achieved anything for Ukraine, or even tried
They called Yulia Tymoshenko Ukraine's Joan of Arc. She survived oligarch wars, the Orange Revolution, prison under Yanukovych, and three presidential runs.
In July, she called parliament's vote to gut anti-corruption agencies "the brightest day."
In July, she called parliament's vote to gut anti-corruption agencies "the brightest day."
January 17, 2026 at 11:48 AM
In 2013 she was jailed on politically-motivated charges and became a cause célèbre in the West, despite so many Ukrainians’ insistence that she really deserved to be in prison, just not for that reason.
I’m wondering now whether it is possible to say she achieved anything for Ukraine, or even tried
I’m wondering now whether it is possible to say she achieved anything for Ukraine, or even tried
Reposted by Gulliver Cragg
A former federal agent after watching the New York Times breakdown of the ICE shooting:
January 16, 2026 at 8:16 PM
A former federal agent after watching the New York Times breakdown of the ICE shooting:
Finally got to the bottom of the mystery of how the radiators in my flat are heated… and made a report
Thanks to guys like the ones you see in this piece I’ve got about +15c at home in Kyiv; hundreds of thousands here and in other Ukrainian cities aren’t so lucky
youtu.be/T7YyO9_ls7U?...
Thanks to guys like the ones you see in this piece I’ve got about +15c at home in Kyiv; hundreds of thousands here and in other Ukrainian cities aren’t so lucky
youtu.be/T7YyO9_ls7U?...
Ukrainians brave winter cold as Russia targets energy infrastructure • FRANCE 24 English
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
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January 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Finally got to the bottom of the mystery of how the radiators in my flat are heated… and made a report
Thanks to guys like the ones you see in this piece I’ve got about +15c at home in Kyiv; hundreds of thousands here and in other Ukrainian cities aren’t so lucky
youtu.be/T7YyO9_ls7U?...
Thanks to guys like the ones you see in this piece I’ve got about +15c at home in Kyiv; hundreds of thousands here and in other Ukrainian cities aren’t so lucky
youtu.be/T7YyO9_ls7U?...
And Americans who moved to Vancouver don’t criticise Trump? I’ve never been to Canada but I find that hard to believe
I have indeed met people from all 3 countries. Obviously the self selecting group that chooses to move to Vancouver is not representative of the broader population, many are here for the same reason many Americans live here, because LGBT people have rights here.
January 16, 2026 at 2:38 PM
And Americans who moved to Vancouver don’t criticise Trump? I’ve never been to Canada but I find that hard to believe
When will it be enough for you all to get out into the streets and stop this madness? Or for Republicans who think they’re really the party of John McCain (or whoever the last vaguely decent famous Republican was) to vote to impeach him?
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
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January 16, 2026 at 2:18 PM
When will it be enough for you all to get out into the streets and stop this madness? Or for Republicans who think they’re really the party of John McCain (or whoever the last vaguely decent famous Republican was) to vote to impeach him?
Not sure whether this is a reflection of Ukraine’s optimistic spirit or just of how cold it is inside anyway
January 16, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Not sure whether this is a reflection of Ukraine’s optimistic spirit or just of how cold it is inside anyway
Holy shit
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 14, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Holy shit
Reposted by Gulliver Cragg
Ukraine’s anti-corruption agency NABU wins the award for most redundant face blur of all time with this post from today’s raid on Ukrainian politician Yulia Tymoshenko’s office that clearly shows Tymoshenko’s immediately recognisable hairstyle
January 14, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Ukraine’s anti-corruption agency NABU wins the award for most redundant face blur of all time with this post from today’s raid on Ukrainian politician Yulia Tymoshenko’s office that clearly shows Tymoshenko’s immediately recognisable hairstyle