I feel helpless. No matter how hard we try, no matter how much we speak, words stop nothing. Everything seems futile. So I end the interview. He smiles, kindly. And we share a cigarette in silence as, in the distance, indifferent, the bombs fall. #end
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Suède enverra jusqu’à 10 chars Leopard 2 à l’Ukraine
Sweden to send up to 10 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. "The Swedish tanks reinforce the Leopard 2 contribution that other European countries make. Coordination of support is ongoing with international partners donating Leopard 2 or other tanks," the Swedish government said.
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@christopherjm — 2023-02-24
Zelensky on China Ukraine plan: "Only after we see specific steps will we be able to discuss this further. I see an opinion. Territorial integrity … if it is not there, then that’s not OK with us."
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Ze hopes China won’t supply weapons to Russia, seeks fair peace
Ze says he wants to believe that #China is "not going to supply weapons" to Russia. "This is priority number one. I'm doing my best to prevent this from happening," he says, saying he hopes Beijing is on the side of a "fair peace".
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Odessa: A survival tale and vodka
December 10th. Odessa
By the Black Sea, Sergei tells me how he was captured by the Russians with one of his colleagues, how they stole his car, how he survived, how he escaped. The vodka flows freely. -
A man too far in Donbass, taken aim, ends up in trunk
He went one village too far in the Donbass. Taken aim at by a Russian officer, he stopped. In his 4×4, wounded Russians took their places. He ended up in the trunk with his colleague.
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Bakhmut under shelling, a woman at the bus stop
October 11, 2022, Bakhmut
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Grad attack near Soledar: civilians interviewed, fleeing into building
10/ Octobre 2022, Soledar, On interviewe des civils qui refusent de quitter la ville. Soudain, une volée de Grad s’abat à une trentaine de mètres de nous. Heureusement, ils tapent dans la terre. On s’enfuit dans un immeuble d’habitation. Des marches. Des soldats partout en bas. pic.twitter.com/kblMsGyhsr
— Nicolas Delesalle (@KoliaDelesalle) 24 février 2023October 10, 2022, Soledar. Civilians refusing to leave the city are interviewed. Suddenly, a volley of Grad rockets lands about thirty meters away. Fortunately, they hit the ground. We flee into a residential building. Stairs. Soldiers everywhere below.
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A young man drowns his rage in vodka at a nightclub
He cannot bear to see these young people having fun while so many others are being killed on the front lines. I tell him to drown his rage in vodka. I switch to English. "I'm ashamed to be here, but damn it, I'm 20!" a young man tells me. At 9:30 p.m., the club closes its doors.
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Death of Frédéric in Kramatorsk in 2022
May 9, 2022. Man Hotel in Kramatorsk. End of mission. We leave tomorrow. Dinner. A BFM team has just arrived. Between French people, we greet each other. I meet his gentle gaze, I remember his focused expression. The next day, Frédéric will be killed on the road to Lysychansk.