Fabrice Deprez
@fabricedeprez.bsky.social
Journalist covering #Ukraine with the Financial Times / Also seen in La Croix, Les Jours, Foreign Policy & others
...signs of life to avoid having the property seized by the military of occupation authorities. They'd open the windows, turn on the lights from time to time, water the plants. But this has often stopped working as Ru authorities got more aggressive.
April 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
...signs of life to avoid having the property seized by the military of occupation authorities. They'd open the windows, turn on the lights from time to time, water the plants. But this has often stopped working as Ru authorities got more aggressive.
The piece also mentions how Russian authorities use the pretext of properties showing “signs of being ownerless”. For a while, many Ukrainians who fled the occupied territories stayed in touch with neighbors who would take care of their properties and maintain...
April 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The piece also mentions how Russian authorities use the pretext of properties showing “signs of being ownerless”. For a while, many Ukrainians who fled the occupied territories stayed in touch with neighbors who would take care of their properties and maintain...
...which, as the piece highlights, involves going through FSB filtration at Moscow airport. Some Ukrainians have nevertheless done the grueling trip for fear of losing their homes (or so that they can sell it, rather than simply have it be taken from them)...
April 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
...which, as the piece highlights, involves going through FSB filtration at Moscow airport. Some Ukrainians have nevertheless done the grueling trip for fear of losing their homes (or so that they can sell it, rather than simply have it be taken from them)...
...and vice-versa: if it is unacceptable to speak Russian as a Ukrainian, then it has to be because, even in some tiny ways, speaking Russian does make someone a little bit Russian (something I don't think is true at all, to be clear) kyivindependent.com/explainer-wh...
Explainer: Some Ukrainians speak Russian language — it doesn’t make them Russian
Born in Crimea and raised in Kherson, journalist Yevheniia Virlych grew up speaking both Ukrainian and Russian in her daily life. It wasn’t until 2022, when she and her family lived through the Russia...
kyivindependent.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
...and vice-versa: if it is unacceptable to speak Russian as a Ukrainian, then it has to be because, even in some tiny ways, speaking Russian does make someone a little bit Russian (something I don't think is true at all, to be clear) kyivindependent.com/explainer-wh...
Pure coincidence, but this piece from @kyivindependent.com also provides a great example of the tension at the heart of the language discussion in Ukraine. This quote and headline are mutually exclusive: if speaking Rus doesn't make one Russian, it can't be unacceptable to speak Russian...
March 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Pure coincidence, but this piece from @kyivindependent.com also provides a great example of the tension at the heart of the language discussion in Ukraine. This quote and headline are mutually exclusive: if speaking Rus doesn't make one Russian, it can't be unacceptable to speak Russian...