Matthew Luxmoore
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@WSJ reporter covering Russia and Ukraine. Alum @DCRES_Harvard . Messages/tips/stories to: matthew.luxmoore @wsj .com #IStandWithEvan
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Ukrainian orphan Denys Kostev used to film TikToks cursing Putin. But after the teen was forcibly transferred to Russia, he suddenly began appearing in Kremlin propaganda. His family wondered: What happened to him? The answer was darker than they imagined
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People marching through central Moscow this evening chanting “No to War!”
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Video shared on Ukrainian channels of a captured Russian soldier apparently being fed by locals. The post says he burst into tears when he was allowed to video-call his mother. So many of these troops are just teenagers, with absolutely no clue what this war is really for.
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Protests in Moscow and St Petersburg today have grown pretty large. People chanting “No to War!” Dozens of arrests reported
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Protesters are marching past St Isaac’s Cathedral in St Petersburg chanting “No to War!”
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Massive pro-Ukraine rally tonight in Tbilisi, Georgia - a country invaded by Russia in 2008
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7-year-old Angelina, just arrived from Russian-occupied territory
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A view of the protest in central Moscow this evening. Thousands across the country are risking serious repercussions to protest Putin’s attack on Ukraine. More than 850 people detained so far.
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Amazing footage from Melitopol of Ukrainians stopping the onward advance of a Russian convoy and chanting “Occupants!” and “Murderers!” The jittery Russians are firing into the air
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A Ukrainian childhood.
Photo published by UNIAN news agency.
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Looks like the whole of Novopskov in eastern Ukraine has come out to tell the bedraggled Russian soldiers occupying the town what its residents think: “War and death follows you wherever you go, get up and leave!” Crowd chanting “Ukraine!”
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Incredible scenes in Moscow today, surreal even. Hundreds chanting Navalny’s name as his body is brought to the church - honouring a man the Kremlin branded an extremist, and killed
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Video appearing to show emotional residents of Balakliya greeting Ukrainian troops who liberated the town after enduring 7 months under Russian occupation.
“The flag of Ukraine in a free Ukrainian city under a free Ukrainian sky,” Zelensky said yest
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Extraordinary moment as students at Russia’s oldest university in St Petersburg applaud and cheer a professor who has been fired for taking part in anti-war protests. Denis Skopin spent 10 days in jail and was given a summons to the military recruitment office.
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Shevchenko Park in central Kyiv now. Probably the city’s busiest park, usually packed with people and street musicians
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Watch till the end. The Ukrainian volunteer tells the Russian soldier’s mother as he sheds tears: “Don’t worry Natasha, he’s alive and well. You will get a call later.”
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A Russian activist who replaced price tags in supermarkets with anti-war appeals and graphic images of atrocities in Ukraine has been jailed for 8 weeks pending her trial for “discrediting Russia’s armed forces.” Aleksandra Skochilenko faces 10 years behind bars.
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More protests against mobilisation happening across Russia today, with rallies planned in Moscow and St Petersburg tonight. Arrests already under way in Tomsk, Siberia
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Amazing videos surfacing today of Ukrainian troops being greeted by emotional residents of Kherson region towns and villages liberated since Russia announced its withdrawal yesterday. “Can I hug you?” one woman asks.
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Protests are taking place across Russia today, calling for Navalny’s release.
This is Vladivostok, in the country’s Far East
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Sun’s out and central Kyiv is absolutely packed tonight. Hard to believe the contrast to several weeks ago.
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That was Moscow, this is St Petersburg. People marching through the city center denouncing Putin’s war
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Mariupol's Peace Avenue before the arrival of Russia's military, and after.
Source:
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This is the biggest pro-opposition gathering in Moscow since the war’s first days.
Navalny used to lead such protests columns in a freer Russia - now his dead body is lying in an open casket where they’ll pay their respects.
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Ominous words from Putin about a “natural and necessary cleansing of the nation” to “spit out like flies” all representatives of a fifth column and “traitors” who do not back the Kremlin line. No wonder thousands are leaving the country in fear.
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People throwing flowers at the hearse carrying Navalny’s body. After so many waves of repression it’s amazing that so many of his supporters have turned out.
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Emotional scenes in Moscow as Navalny’s mother is hugged by mourners at her son’s funeral.
“Forgive us,” they tell her, and “Your son is a martyr.”
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Pro-Kremlin blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in the Kremlin Grand Hall adds his commentary after Putin's speech:
"We'll conquer everyone, we'll kill everyone, we'll loot whoever we need to, and everything will be just as we like it."
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Protesters in central Moscow chanting “Down with the Tsar!”
Some have broken off and are heading to the Matrosskaya Tishina jail where opposition leader Navalny is being held.
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Thousands are marching through the heart of Moscow after today’s protest chanting “Change!”
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On Putin’s 70th birthday, Ukraine’s Defense Minister addresses Russian soldiers and highlights their leaders’ hypocrisy:
“Our president is visiting the frontline… He is with his army. And where is yours?”
One of the hardest-hitting speeches I’ve seen from anyone since February
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People in Moscow today lining up to lay flowers for Navalny, the only form of silent protest the state will tolerate today. You can see how shell-shocked they are
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More footage of protests in Putin’s home city today. Always the same anti-war chant
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Amazing videos surfacing today of Ukrainian troops being greeted by emotional residents of Kherson region towns and villages liberated since Russia announced its withdrawal yesterday. “Can I hug you?” one woman asks.
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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill unsurprisingly endorsing Putin’s narrative on Ukraine in a sermon today. According to him the West essentially organises genocide campaigns against countries that refuse to stage gay parades 🤯
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Russia has instituted a climate of fear and jailed hundreds since it started its war in Ukraine. And still the line of people for Navalny’s funeral in Moscow keeps growing.
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In a single day at least 5 Russian-installed officials have been killed on occupied Ukrainian territory. Two in Luhansk, one in Kherson, & two more in Berdyansk. Ukraine has not claimed responsibility but this is sure to undermine Russian morale just as Kyiv presses its offensive
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A video from the massive protest in St Petersburg earlier today, via Telegram
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“Now, commercials. And then… commercials.”
Russian state TV is in chaos as anchors wait for info on producers who themselves need instructions from the Kremlin on how to cover this attempted coup. Today has been lots of ads & occasional, very brief MOD statements.
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Surreally calm and quiet in Kyiv this morning. People going about their daily business. Just listened to a whole radio news bulletin in a taxi and Russia wasn’t mentioned once. Bars last night were packed. A scarily parallel reality to media reports.
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Spoke to a Russian reservist who fled to Kazakhstan this weekend. He spoke of enormous lines, and said the Russian train he took to the border was packed with young Russian men."I can tell you honestly those leaving are decent men, smart, educated, leaving wives and kids behind."
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Looks like an international scandal is brewing in Tokyo: Belarusian athlete Kryscina Tsimanouskaya publicly appeals for help & says staff from her national Olympic committee are trying to forcibly repatriate her to Belarus after she criticised Belarusian sports officials.
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Ukraine’s Azov Regiment has worked hard to combat its reputation as a far-right movement. As it trains new fighters for the war with Russia it’s seeking to clean up its image - and avenge comrades killed or captured in the battle for Mariupol. W/
@vmsalama
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Unbelievable screed from a pro-Kremlin military blogger telling Russian occupation officials to stop denying Ukrainian advances when there's literally photos of their soldiers in liberated towns. Every other word of this post is a curse-word.
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Russia has lost thousands of weapons in Ukraine & faces Western sanctions designed to impede their replacement. Two years of tank production erased. “We don’t have the men, we don’t have the equipment, we don’t have the components." Story w/
@DanMichaelsWSJ
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“We brought you a hot breakfast!” More videos of residents of de-occupied territories greeting Ukrainian soldiers.
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“Rise up, Melitopol!” Huge march today in the Ukrainian city occupied by Russian forces, who are definitely not being greeted with flowers and cheers as their superiors had promised
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Russians are posting to Instagram in tears over the Crimea bridge attack, saying they’ve always loved vacationing on the peninsula seized from Ukraine in 2014. No sympathy in Kyiv of course. H/t
@wartranslated
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Belgorod in Russia today, which is gradually turning into a frontline city in this war. Reports that the airport has been heavily damaged in strikes this morning.
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Can’t remember seeing such scenes on Moscow’s streets since February. Activists say almost 1,000 people have been detained today.
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Imagine being a Ukrainian soldier in your teens or early 20s witnessing a scene like this
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Thousands of Georgians are watching Volodymyr Zelensky’s latest speech:
“Come to the streets, support Ukraine,” he says. “If Ukraine falls, so does all of Europe.”
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Footage from a packed police van in Moscow tonight. It’s a wonder that despite the vast political exodus in recent months, many dissenters remain.
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It’s the 2nd weekend of protests across Russia, a crucial test for the opposition & its standoff with the Kremlin.
In Vladivostok in the Far East, protesters gather on the ice of the frozen Amur Bay after police blocked off the city center.
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Navalny in an open casket at the Moscow church, his parents in the bottom left. An image for the history books today, and one you will see many times in the future.
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Many Russian cities are like militarised fortresses today, as authorities try to thwart a second protest wave.
Graphic designer Vladislav Ivanov captures the zeitgeist with this dystopian depiction of St. Petersburg.
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A deep fake Putin announcing mass mobilisation in Russia may be one part of what seems to be a hacking attack coinciding with Ukrainian counter-offensives in the east & south today. TVs in Crimea were reportedly broadcasting Ukrainian propaganda yesterday
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Thousands of people are gathered at Moscow’s Luzhniki stadium wearing pro-war symbolism, to hear the father of a Russian soldier killed in Ukraine say “We must finish what we started and liberate our land from fascism.” Just unbelievable.
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Ukrainians always find a way to put a good face on things
Massive blasts in central Kyiv right now shaking the walls of apartments in the city centre - air defenses working but seems at least one missile has struck. People are now sprinting to shelter after days of largely ignoring daytime air raids.
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Really uncomfortable to watch this. A battered Roman Protasevich appears on Belarusian state TV to praise autocrat Aleksandr Lukashenko, 10 days after the dissident blogger was taken off the Ryanair flight that was forced to land in Minsk. A volte-face that’s very hard to believe
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Crowds marching through central Moscow tonight chanting “Russia without Putin!”
Putin’s main critic in Russia
@navalny
has been sentenced to 2 years and 8 months in prison.
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A typical street scene in Russia’s major cities since the invasion of Ukraine began. One minute people are walking peacefully in a silent protest in St Petersburg, as police tell them to disperse… 1/2
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Massive crowds in central Moscow right now, chanting “All for one and one for all!”
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The most amazing video from Minsk yesterday is of this taxi driver saving a protester being chased by riot police. Solidarity in action
#Belarus
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A girl was recording herself as she walked through what looks like Shevchenko Park in Kyiv this morning. She was almost killed by a Russian rocket
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Exclusive: We spoke to soldiers wounded in Ukraine’s counter-offensive at a hospital behind the frontlines, where they spoke of significant advances but an extremely brutal fight. “Our orders were ‘Go in, fuck them up, retake what’s ours.’”
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Huge lines for Navalny’s funeral in Moscow today. His body is being carried to the church
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Worrying scenes in Dagestan where parents of children mobilised for Russia’s war in Ukraine have blocked the main road to the regional capital. Police are firing in the air to restore order.
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Multiple arrests in central Moscow this afternoon as people come out with posters reading “No to War!” The central Pushkin Square has now been blocked off by police.
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Some of the redacted price tags that have appeared in Russia recently. One reads: "Russia shelled an art school in Mariupol, some 400 people were hiding inside from bombardment." Another says rising inflation is a result of Russia's war in Ukraine.
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Horrific images emerging from the blast right in the heart of Kyiv, which drives home that no place in Ukraine is yet safe. Looks like there are fatalities.
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Another clip from central Moscow tonight, people now chanting “Get a doctor to Navalny!”
Police say 6,000 people came out in Russia’s capital today. Navalny’s team says it was at least double that.
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Russians living near a training base for the 3rd Army Corps heading to Ukraine say the Russian recruits are roaming the town drunk and harassing its women. “They say they’re going to defend us, but based on what we’ve seen we won’t be sleeping very calmly"
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Footage of the massive strike on Saki airfield in Crimea, more than 200km from the front line. Beach-goers panicking as war returns to the peninsula annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
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75-year-old Valentina Portyanchenko said she refused for weeks to leave besieged Mariupol or sleep in a bomb shelter but eventually left the city when her daughter persuaded her to. “Everything in the city is destroyed,” she said.
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Touching moment as the crowd in central Moscow chants “Yulia!”, the name of Navalny’s wife who has joined their protest in his support.
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Ukrainian songs were interspersed tonight with chants of “Death to Enemies!” and “Putin is a Dick!”
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Visited a friend at home in Lviv. Russia’s attacks today left half the city without water, electricity or internet. As we parted he calmly picked up a 5-liter bottle and without a word went outside to join the line for water. Unclear why Putin still thinks Ukrainians will buckle.
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Skochilenko in court. Local news outlet Bumaga says the judge accused her of "serious crimes against public security." Russia has gone to extreme lengths to deny the population access to accurate information about Ukraine.
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While Navalny supporters are arrested en masse for “violating coronavirus restrictions,” Kremlin-friendly channels are sharing this pro-Putin performance posted online today, showing hundreds of people dancing and shouting “Putin is our President!”
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Posters like this in Russia are promoting army service (right) while portraying higher education as a sure-fire route to alcoholism and depression, h/t
@ilya_shepelin
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Her was one of dozens of cars that pulled up today at a parking lot outside Zaporizhzhia that processes new arrivals. Her family traveled from Tokmak with the family of Sonya, 8, and her three sisters and brother.
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A literal dogfight in the skies over Donbas tonight. Ukrainian SU-27 shooting flares toward a guided missile fired by a Russian fighter jet, not caught in this footage. The few residents remaining in Pokrovsk rushed out to gape at the spectacle and applaud.
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Zelensky from the scene of today’s attacks on Kyiv:
“The occupiers can’t match us on the battlefield, and that’s why they resort to such terrorism. Well, we’ll make the battlefield even more painful for the enemy and we’ll rebuild what’s been destroyed.”
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Ukraine's rapid advance into Russian-held areas is outpacing Russia’s efforts to expedite training for newly mobilized troops to reinforce its campaign, say Ukrainian & Western officials.“There is virtually nothing Russia can do that can make a difference"
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Meanwhile the Ukrainian troops in Balakliya wasting no time tearing down Russian propaganda posters about how Ukrainians and Russians are one nation
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Those who managed to escape Mariupol - no small feat - are given free clothing and food here in Zaporizhzhia before being taken in by volunteers for the night or continuing their journey west. Most have already spent days on the road, passing through endless Russian checkpoints.
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Poster in central Kharkiv:
“Our army fights so well that NATO should be applying to join Ukraine.”
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“I blame myself for only one thing,” Kara-Murza said in court. “I have not managed to convince enough of my compatriots and enough politicians in democratic countries of the danger that the current regime in the Kremlin poses for Russia and the world.”
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They may be out of the headlines but Russia-wide protests against the war haven’t stopped. Neither have the arrests. This is Yekaterinburg today - peaceful rallies already happening in multiple Siberian cities, and soon beginning in Moscow and St Petersburg.
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Haunting image of the battered bust of Ukraine's national poet Taras Shevchenko with the smouldering remains of residential buildings in Borodyanka, northwest of Kyiv, in the background.
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The Navalny rally in Yakutsk, Siberia, where it’s -50 centigrade
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Russia’s man in occupied Kherson region asks Moscow’s help in evacuating potentially millions of Kherson residents that he says are afraid for their safety. Clearly problems brewing if even he is publicly admitting it. “We know Russia doesn’t abandon its own,” he says.
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