Jonathan Brown
@jonathaneebrown
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Deputy Bureau Chief @AFP in Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
Joined April 2013
It’s been the honor of my life to serve as Washington Post bureau chief in Ukraine. ❤️🩹
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For nearly a century, @washingtonpost foreign correspondents have been on the frontlines of wars, pandemics, economic crises, civil uprisings and so much more. Washington needs us. The world needs us. If you read us and need us, please watch and share. @JeffBezos #SaveThePost
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The hope is that Trump will see that Russia is the obstacle to peace, lose patience with Putin, and then "we will get more weapons", a source in the Ukrainian presidency told @AFP. https://t.co/bn2J8iKo9d via @FRANCE24
france24.com
Hours after Russian and Ukrainian negotiators ended their first round of peace talks in the United Arab Emirates last Friday, Russian forces pummelled Ukraine with hundreds of drones and missiles.
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"We wanted to live. We had no combat experience. We were just ordinary working people from villages," one Ukrainian serviceman, who fled but later returned to battle told @AFP. 📝@jonathaneebrown 📷@RomanPilipey 📷@ic_iordachescu
https://t.co/1gBLMglE3q
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Oleksandr deserted from the front line in eastern Ukraine after watching his fellow servicemen being pulverised by Russian bombardments for six months. Then, those remaining were ordered to counter...
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"It's the front line now. They're on one side, and we're on the other," 72-year-old Lyubov Voronova said of the Oskil river flowing by her home in east Ukraine. 📝 @jonathaneebrown 📷 @RomanPilipey 🎥 @ic_iordachescu Our dispatch for @AFP: https://t.co/vuv3aVKd8R
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Lyubov Voronova still remembers a time before the war when the Oskil river flowing by her east Ukraine home was an idyll where families would swim, picnic and make memories.
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The fall of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine would cap a year of mounting military and political setbacks for Kyiv. Our dispatch from the ghost town for @AFP 📝 @jonathaneebrown 📷 @RomanPilipey 📹 @ic_iordachescu
https://t.co/ethJOTCPNy
france24.com
The pack of stray dogs -- thin and rain-soaked -- yelped in fear at the roar of incoming Russian artillery fire that echoed off abandoned Soviet-era buildings and an Orthodox church in frontline...
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This is an excellent opportunity to join a crack team covering Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia and the Caucasus. Start Polish on Duo and apply.
📢 AFP is looking for a Hub reporter 📍 Location: Warsaw, Poland 📅 Start date: May 1, 2025 ⏰ Deadline for applications: December 15, 2024 🖊️ Contract type: 1 year, renewable 👉 More info: https://t.co/04TtQxFrvY
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BREAKING—This autumn, Russia has suffered record high losses (specifically of KIA) since it invaded Ukraine. An average age of a killed Russian soldier reached 38, also a record. Estimated total KIA are at 141k to 198k @oivshina @bbcrussian @mediazona_en
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На основе открытых данных Би-би-си совместно с изданием «Медиазона»* и командой волонтеров удалось установить имена 78 329 российских военных, погибших в ходе полномасштабного вторжения в Украину....
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Where Asia Meets Europe, Allies Become Rivals in a Tangle of Interests By @antontroian with images from @EmileDucke
https://t.co/GWiZweKI5x
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In the volatile Caucasus region, Russia and Iran, often seen as united in their aims, are vying to secure trade routes and influence. That leaves Western countries facing an unusual dilemma.
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Our father was finally allowed to visit Maria. I cannot believe it. @by_Kalesnikava
#sosMaria #freekalesnikava
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How Ukraine’s Widows Are Shouldering Their Grief
nytimes.com
It’s impossible to say how many widows the war in Ukraine has created because Kyiv closely guards its casualty figures. But estimates suggest they number in the tens of thousands.
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Alongside battlefield setbacks, Ukraine faces another major test as the war enters its third winter: keeping the lights on By @IsabelColes with pictures and video by @Serhiikorovayny
https://t.co/3UDpnQKvNq via @WSJ
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Ukraine is scrambling to repair electricity production crippled by a Russian bombing campaign, seeking parts abroad and at a front-line power plant.
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Donald Trump's victory in US presidential elections has sparked anxiety on the streets of Kyiv at a decisive moment of the war as Ukrainian defences buckle under mounting Russian pressure. https://t.co/BGMLcoiaT9
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“And Ukraine is in big trouble,” a senior EU official told the @FT. European leaders vow to work with Trump despite fears https://t.co/6LekzriOyf via @financialtimes
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"When he regained consciousness, Oleksii found himself in the half light of dawn or dusk, he could not tell which, in a sprawling field surrounded by dead and decaying bodies." By @carlottagall
https://t.co/Tdl05Eblol
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Moscow is employing a variety of tactics, including torture and forced Russian citizenship, to try to obliterate Ukrainian identity, former detainees and human rights groups say.
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Russia's greatest battlefield advantage right now is in manpower, and thousands of additional North Korean infantry in Kursk, even without combat experience and coordination problems, would compound that advantage. Over the past three months, Russia has been advancing at a faster
Blinken said the North Korean troops are a sign of Russia's weakness. Labeling the current development primarily as just weakness is a dangerous and wrong analysis that will lead to incorrect conclusions about the nature of the situation. My take: https://t.co/SmB3IQZrZp
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