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Russia's Vladimir Putin has vowed to take all of the mostly occupied Donetsk region either through negotiation or militarily. Even as Ukraine resists ceding territory, how is the city of Sloviansk maintaining morale in the face of a forbidding future? Also: today's stories, including how even stable cryptocurrencies still carry some risk to the greater economy; whether Germany is ready to lead the way on European defense; and one author's insight into how the life of Chinese revolutionary Xi Zhongxun sheds light on the actions of his son, Chinese President Xi Jinping. Join the Monitor's Kurt Shillinger for today's news.

En Turquie, les associations, et même le président de la République tirent la sonnette d'alarme. Il n'y a pas que les féminicides qui sont en hausse, les ONG se penchent aussi sur les morts suspectes : des morts maquillées en suicides ou en accidents. Elles ont plus que doublé, au cours des cinq dernières années, signe que les autorités et le pouvoir judiciaire ne se donnent pas les moyens pour lutter contre cette violence. C'est le reportage à Ankara d'Anne Andlauer.  À l'occasion de cette Journée internationale de la lutte contre les violences faites aux femmes, quelques chiffres : en France, on compte chaque jour trois femmes victimes de féminicide ou tentative de féminicide conjugal. Dans le monde, plus de 50 000 femmes et filles ont été tuées par un proche en 2024, soit une femme toutes les dix minutes, selon les chiffres de l'ONU qui déplore l'absence de progrès pour lutter contre ces crimes. Le train Kiev-Kramatorsk Alors que les pourparlers se poursuivent sur l'Ukraine, les bombardements russes sur la ville de Kiev ont été particulièrement violents la nuit dernière, ils ont fait six morts et treize blessés. Les infrastructures énergétiques sont visées, mais les transports ne sont pas épargnés. C'est le cas du train qui, pendant ces trois dernières années, a relié Kiev aux villes   de Sloviansk et Kramatorsk dans le Donbass, dans l'est du pays, près de la ligne de front. Il a permis d'acheminer des milliers de personnes.  Mais aujourd'hui, la compagnie ferroviaire a dû arrêter la ligne à Kharkiv. Le reste du voyage s'effectue désormais en navettes aux itinéraires changeant en fonction de la dangerosité des routes. La fin d'un lien entre l'arrière et le front pour les familles et les soldats que tout le monde espère temporaire. Petit aperçu du voyage avec notre correspondante Emmanuelle Chaze.   À lire aussiUkraine : nouvelle attaque russe « massive » sur les infrastructures énergétiques, Kiev riposte La rénovation du Palais des Nations Les grandes instances multilatérales héritées de la Seconde Guerre mondiale n'ont pas les faveurs du président américain. L'ONU n'échappe pas à la crise, menacée d'asphyxie financière, certaines de ses agences ont déjà dû licencier.  Mais dans ses bâtiments principaux, à New York ou Genève, il faut rénover. Sur les bords du lac Léman, le Palais des Nations est en travaux depuis huit ans et les surcoûts sont en décalage complet avec les plans sociaux. Ils touchent déjà 20% du personnel alors qu'il faudra sans doute dépenser un milliard d'euros en plus pour rénover le bâtiment. Visite du chantier au Palais des Nations, un des plus grands centres de conférence du monde. Reportage de Jérémie Lanche.   La chronique d'ENTR  Et place à notre rendez-vous avec la rédaction d'ENTR, le média qui parle d'Europe aux jeunes sur les réseaux sociaux. Tiffany Fillon nous parle de son reportage en Allemagne sur les manifestations pro-palestiniennes. La vidéo du reportage est à retrouver ici.

En Turquie, les associations, et même le président de la République tirent la sonnette d'alarme. Il n'y a pas que les féminicides qui sont en hausse, les ONG se penchent aussi sur les morts suspectes : des morts maquillées en suicides ou en accidents. Elles ont plus que doublé, au cours des cinq dernières années, signe que les autorités et le pouvoir judiciaire ne se donnent pas les moyens pour lutter contre cette violence. C'est le reportage à Ankara d'Anne Andlauer.  À l'occasion de cette Journée internationale de la lutte contre les violences faites aux femmes, quelques chiffres : en France, on compte chaque jour trois femmes victimes de féminicide ou tentative de féminicide conjugal. Dans le monde, plus de 50 000 femmes et filles ont été tuées par un proche en 2024, soit une femme toutes les dix minutes, selon les chiffres de l'ONU qui déplore l'absence de progrès pour lutter contre ces crimes. Le train Kiev-Kramatorsk Alors que les pourparlers se poursuivent sur l'Ukraine, les bombardements russes sur la ville de Kiev ont été particulièrement violents la nuit dernière, ils ont fait six morts et treize blessés. Les infrastructures énergétiques sont visées, mais les transports ne sont pas épargnés. C'est le cas du train qui, pendant ces trois dernières années, a relié Kiev aux villes   de Sloviansk et Kramatorsk dans le Donbass, dans l'est du pays, près de la ligne de front. Il a permis d'acheminer des milliers de personnes.  Mais aujourd'hui, la compagnie ferroviaire a dû arrêter la ligne à Kharkiv. Le reste du voyage s'effectue désormais en navettes aux itinéraires changeant en fonction de la dangerosité des routes. La fin d'un lien entre l'arrière et le front pour les familles et les soldats que tout le monde espère temporaire. Petit aperçu du voyage avec notre correspondante Emmanuelle Chaze.   À lire aussiUkraine : nouvelle attaque russe « massive » sur les infrastructures énergétiques, Kiev riposte La rénovation du Palais des Nations Les grandes instances multilatérales héritées de la Seconde Guerre mondiale n'ont pas les faveurs du président américain. L'ONU n'échappe pas à la crise, menacée d'asphyxie financière, certaines de ses agences ont déjà dû licencier.  Mais dans ses bâtiments principaux, à New York ou Genève, il faut rénover. Sur les bords du lac Léman, le Palais des Nations est en travaux depuis huit ans et les surcoûts sont en décalage complet avec les plans sociaux. Ils touchent déjà 20% du personnel alors qu'il faudra sans doute dépenser un milliard d'euros en plus pour rénover le bâtiment. Visite du chantier au Palais des Nations, un des plus grands centres de conférence du monde. Reportage de Jérémie Lanche.   La chronique d'ENTR  Et place à notre rendez-vous avec la rédaction d'ENTR, le média qui parle d'Europe aux jeunes sur les réseaux sociaux. Tiffany Fillon nous parle de son reportage en Allemagne sur les manifestations pro-palestiniennes. La vidéo du reportage est à retrouver ici.

En Ukraine, alors que la population est appelée à quitter de nouvelles communes de la région de Donetsk, des dizaines de milliers d'Ukrainiens toujours sur place vivent sous les frappes russes devenues quotidiennes et une situation humanitaire qui se dégrade. À Sloviansk, l'une des deux dernières grandes agglomérations encore libres du Donbass, avec Kramatorsk, sa ville jumelle, la dernière maternité encore ouverte de la région continue à recevoir et à accoucher des dizaines de patientes chaque mois, malgré la situation qui se dégrade quotidiennement, et la proximité du front. De notre envoyée spéciale à Slaviansk, En arrivant dans la maternité de Sloviansk, le calme des couloirs d'hôpital est frappant, il semble désert, et pour cause : au moment de ce tournage, les bébés et leur maman sont tous rentrés chez eux, car des bombes planantes sont tombées à trois reprises à quelques dizaines de mètres seulement de l'hôpital. « Notre maternité est la seule encore active de la partie non occupée de la région de Donetsk à l'heure actuelle. Nous travaillons dans des conditions difficiles, des bombardements constants, surtout aujourd'hui, explique Volodymyr Ivanenko, 69 ans, directeur de l'hôpital. (...) Dans la situation actuelle, on peut prendre des mesures d'évacuation, c'est-à-dire renvoyer chez elles les patientes qui peuvent l'être. Le personnel restant est à son poste pour fournir tous les soins médicaux nécessaires. » Malgré les ordres d'évacuation répétés issus par les autorités, la patientèle continue d'affluer, et avec elle, les naissances dans cette ville si proche de la ligne de front : « En cas d'évacuation de la population, bien sûr que les actes médicaux diminueront également, mais regardez : avant la guerre, nous avions plus de cent naissances par mois, et maintenant, nous en avons quarante. » Anastasia Yevgenovna, cheffe du département de néonatologie, explique pourquoi les naissances sont toujours nombreuses : « Beaucoup de femmes ne veulent pas quitter la ville, et il y a aussi celles qui viennent d'autres régions d'Ukraine, car leur mari sont soldats ici. » C'est le cas de Dasha, 22 ans et future maman, qui précise : « Je pense que c'est très important, c'est une bonne chose qu'il y ait des gynécologues qui restent en ville, car les militaires se déplacent désormais d'une ville à l'autre, et parfois avec leurs proches. » « Il y a davantage de pathologies chez les femmes Pourtant, si la vie continue d'être donnée si près du front, la guerre a des conséquences directes sur la santé des mères et de leurs enfants : « Il y a davantage de pathologies chez les femmes, d'abord le stress, puis toutes ces substances qui se retrouvent dans l'environnement à cause des munitions, dont on ne sait pas ce qu'elles contiennent... Et des enfants trisomiques qui, pour une raison ou une autre, ne se sont pas présentés, car leurs mères n'étaient pas enregistrées, viennent des villages proches de la ligne de front, où les combats font rage, et disent ne pas avoir la possibilité de se rendre à la clinique prénatale » Depuis cet été, la situation humanitaire s'est considérablement dégradée dans l'ensemble de la région de Donetsk. Malgré le danger, les femmes enceintes peuvent encore y donner la vie dans un cadre médicalisé, mais si la maternité de Sloviansk fermait ses portes, elles ne pourraient plus bénéficier d'un suivi médical adéquat. À lire aussiEst de l'Ukraine, lâcher du terrain ou combattre jusqu'au bout ?

En Ukraine, alors que la population est appelée à quitter de nouvelles communes de la région de Donetsk, des dizaines de milliers d'Ukrainiens toujours sur place vivent sous les frappes russes devenues quotidiennes et une situation humanitaire qui se dégrade. À Sloviansk, l'une des deux dernières grandes agglomérations encore libres du Donbass, avec Kramatorsk, sa ville jumelle, la dernière maternité encore ouverte de la région continue à recevoir et à accoucher des dizaines de patientes chaque mois, malgré la situation qui se dégrade quotidiennement, et la proximité du front. De notre envoyée spéciale à Sloviansk, En arrivant dans la maternité de Sloviansk, le calme des couloirs d'hôpital est frappant, il semble désert, et pour cause : au moment de ce tournage, les bébés et leur maman sont tous rentrés chez eux, car des bombes planantes sont tombées à trois reprises à quelques dizaines de mètres seulement de l'hôpital. « Notre maternité est la seule encore active de la partie non occupée de la région de Donetsk à l'heure actuelle. Nous travaillons dans des conditions difficiles, des bombardements constants, surtout aujourd'hui, explique Volodymyr Ivanenko, 69 ans, directeur de l'hôpital. (...) Dans la situation actuelle, on peut prendre des mesures d'évacuation, c'est-à-dire renvoyer chez elles les patientes qui peuvent l'être. Le personnel restant est à son poste pour fournir tous les soins médicaux nécessaires. » Malgré les ordres d'évacuation répétés issus par les autorités, la patientèle continue d'affluer, et avec elle, les naissances dans cette ville si proche de la ligne de front : « En cas d'évacuation de la population, bien sûr que les actes médicaux diminueront également, mais regardez : avant la guerre, nous avions plus de cent naissances par mois, et maintenant, nous en avons quarante. » Anastasia Yevgenovna, cheffe du département de néonatologie, explique pourquoi les naissances sont toujours nombreuses : « Beaucoup de femmes ne veulent pas quitter la ville, et il y a aussi celles qui viennent d'autres régions d'Ukraine, car leur mari sont soldats ici. » C'est le cas de Dasha, 22 ans et future maman, qui précise : « Je pense que c'est très important, c'est une bonne chose qu'il y ait des gynécologues qui restent en ville, car les militaires se déplacent désormais d'une ville à l'autre, et parfois avec leurs proches. » « Il y a davantage de pathologies chez les femmes Pourtant, si la vie continue d'être donnée si près du front, la guerre a des conséquences directes sur la santé des mères et de leurs enfants : « Il y a davantage de pathologies chez les femmes, d'abord le stress, puis toutes ces substances qui se retrouvent dans l'environnement à cause des munitions, dont on ne sait pas ce qu'elles contiennent... Et des enfants trisomiques qui, pour une raison ou une autre, ne se sont pas présentés, car leurs mères n'étaient pas enregistrées, viennent des villages proches de la ligne de front, où les combats font rage, et disent ne pas avoir la possibilité de se rendre à la clinique prénatale » Depuis cet été, la situation humanitaire s'est considérablement dégradée dans l'ensemble de la région de Donetsk. Malgré le danger, les femmes enceintes peuvent encore y donner la vie dans un cadre médicalisé, mais si la maternité de Sloviansk fermait ses portes, elles ne pourraient plus bénéficier d'un suivi médical adéquat. À lire aussiEst de l'Ukraine, lâcher du terrain ou combattre jusqu'au bout ?

La Russie a pour but avoué d'occuper la totalité de la région de Donetsk. Or, on ne parle pas uniquement de territoire. Rien que dans les agglomérations de Kramatorsk et Sloviansk, il reste encore près de 100 000 personnes, et ces villes aux allures de garnison sont les dernières grandes forteresses du Donbass à l'arrière du front, qui se rapproche pourtant inexorablement. Reportage à Kramatorsk de notre correspondante  Nous sommes à Kramatorsk, à une quinzaine de kilomètres seulement du front, presque à portée d'artillerie, et définitivement à portée des drones russes. Ici, les drapeaux ukrainiens, bleus et jaunes flottent dans toutes les rues. Une énième sirène retentit. Impossible chaque jour de les compter tant elles sont nombreuses, pourtant ici, malgré la présence de bunkers en béton à travers la ville, plus personne n'y prête attention ni ne s'abrite. Dans ce supermarché du centre-ville, où l'on trouve désormais autant de soldats que de civils, Luda, une caissière, explique : « Eh bien, je voudrais rester ici, dans ma maison. Je ne veux aller nulle part ailleurs, vous comprenez ? J'ai travaillé ici toute ma vie, j'ai mes enfants, mes petits-enfants… » À lire aussiUkraine: à Kramatorsk, une ville entre la menace de la destruction et le spectre d'une nouvelle occupation À quelques rues de là, sous-sol, nous retrouvons Anja, une vétérinaire. Pour elle non plus, il n'est pas encore question de partir : « Il y a beaucoup de monde qui est venu ici, bien sûr, ils sont venus de toute la région de Donetsk. Ils sont venus s'installer, ici, à Kramatorsk, mais aussi à Sloviansk. On va partir, mais pas encore. » Pourquoi ? « Eh bien, pas encore, on est déjà partis de là où nous vivions, à Lyman, c'est dans l'autre direction, c'est juste que nous vivons ici depuis trois ans maintenant, enfin un peu moins. Et pendant longtemps, ça allait. Pour l'instant, ça va encore, mais on a un enfant, donc on ne sait pas trop quoi faire. On partira probablement à un moment. » Rester, faute de mieux Dasha, elle, est jeune maman. Malgré les explosions devenues quotidiennes, elle ne voit aucune perspective loin d'ici : « Effrayant, oui ! Mais que faire ? Qui a besoin de nous ? Les loyers sont chers ces temps-ci, et je suis mère célibataire. Il n'y a personne pour m'aider ! » Dans le bazar de la ville, on retrouve des personnes âgées, qui étalent les récoltes de leur jardin, herbes, fruits et légumes. Parfois, même leurs effets personnels qu'ils essaient de vendre afin de boucler les fins de mois. Eux n'ont tout simplement pas les moyens financiers pour fuir. C'est sur cette population que pèse le danger quotidien des bombes russes, ainsi que la perspective d'une nouvelle invasion, dans cette ville déjà occupée pendant quelques mois par les séparatistes soutenus par Moscou en 2014.

La Russie a pour but avoué d'occuper la totalité de la région de Donetsk. Or, on ne parle pas uniquement de territoire. Rien que dans les agglomérations de Kramatorsk et Sloviansk, il reste encore près de 100 000 personnes, et ces villes aux allures de garnison sont les dernières grandes forteresses du Donbass à l'arrière du front, qui se rapproche pourtant inexorablement. Reportage à Kramatorsk de notre correspondante  Nous sommes à Kramatorsk, à une quinzaine de kilomètres seulement du front, presque à portée d'artillerie, et définitivement à portée des drones russes. Ici, les drapeaux ukrainiens, bleus et jaunes flottent dans toutes les rues. Une énième sirène retentit. Impossible chaque jour de les compter tant elles sont nombreuses, pourtant ici, malgré la présence de bunkers en béton à travers la ville, plus personne n'y prête attention ni ne s'abrite. Dans ce supermarché du centre-ville, où l'on trouve désormais autant de soldats que de civils, Luda, une caissière, explique : « Eh bien, je voudrais rester ici, dans ma maison. Je ne veux aller nulle part ailleurs, vous comprenez ? J'ai travaillé ici toute ma vie, j'ai mes enfants, mes petits-enfants… » À lire aussiUkraine: à Kramatorsk, une ville entre la menace de la destruction et le spectre d'une nouvelle occupation À quelques rues de là, sous-sol, nous retrouvons Anja, une vétérinaire. Pour elle non plus, il n'est pas encore question de partir : « Il y a beaucoup de monde qui est venu ici, bien sûr, ils sont venus de toute la région de Donetsk. Ils sont venus s'installer, ici, à Kramatorsk, mais aussi à Sloviansk. On va partir, mais pas encore. » Pourquoi ? « Eh bien, pas encore, on est déjà partis de là où nous vivions, à Lyman, c'est dans l'autre direction, c'est juste que nous vivons ici depuis trois ans maintenant, enfin un peu moins. Et pendant longtemps, ça allait. Pour l'instant, ça va encore, mais on a un enfant, donc on ne sait pas trop quoi faire. On partira probablement à un moment. » Rester, faute de mieux Dasha, elle, est jeune maman. Malgré les explosions devenues quotidiennes, elle ne voit aucune perspective loin d'ici : « Effrayant, oui ! Mais que faire ? Qui a besoin de nous ? Les loyers sont chers ces temps-ci, et je suis mère célibataire. Il n'y a personne pour m'aider ! » Dans le bazar de la ville, on retrouve des personnes âgées, qui étalent les récoltes de leur jardin, herbes, fruits et légumes. Parfois, même leurs effets personnels qu'ils essaient de vendre afin de boucler les fins de mois. Eux n'ont tout simplement pas les moyens financiers pour fuir. C'est sur cette population que pèse le danger quotidien des bombes russes, ainsi que la perspective d'une nouvelle invasion, dans cette ville déjà occupée pendant quelques mois par les séparatistes soutenus par Moscou en 2014.

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Quelques heures avant ce sommet d'ores et déjà annoncé comme « historique », les spéculations vont bon train. « Trump et Poutine en route pour un sommet aux enjeux élevés, mais avec des objectifs contradictoires », titre le Wall Street Journal. « Le président américain », explique le quotidien, « espère forger en personne, ce qu'il n'a pas pu accomplir par téléphone : un partenariat avec le chef du Kremlin pour mettre fin à la guerre en Ukraine ». Mais, poursuit le Wall Street Journal, « Poutine se rend en Alaska, avec un objectif très différent : rester dans les bonnes grâces de Trump, tout en poursuivant son ambition à plus long terme, à savoir réaffirmer la domination de Moscou sur Kiev ». En Allemagne, die Welt va plus loin, affirmant : « Poutine veut que Trump force les ukrainiens à capituler. »  Le quotidien allemand a interviewé Kurt Volker, qui était l'envoyé spécial des États-Unis en Ukraine, de 2017 à 2019 (sous le premier mandat présidentiel de Trump). À la question : « quel est l'objectif de Vladimir Poutine, qui a salué les "efforts vigoureux et sincères de Donald Trump" pour ramener la paix ? », Kurt Volker répond : « Cette déclaration est incroyablement cynique. C'est Poutine qui mène cette guerre. S'il avait vraiment essayé d'y mettre fin, ce serait fait depuis longtemps. Il rejette donc la responsabilité de la fin du conflit sur Trump ». Imprévisible La presse russe ne voit pas les choses de cette manière. Pour le Moskovski Komsomolets, « un piège est tendu à Poutine en Alaska ». Le journal affiche son scepticisme et affirme que la rencontre d'Anchorage sera ni plus ni moins un « préambule ». Trump, nous dit-on, « entend s'informer directement de la position russe auprès de Vladimir Poutine, et en deux minutes seulement, évaluer la sincérité et le sérieux du président russe, auquel il entend lancer un ultimatum sévère, Il veut aussi infliger de lourdes sanctions à la Russie, si Moscou ne salut pas immédiatement sa décision ». Quoi qu'il en soit, le Moskovski Komsomolets estime que « l'issue du sommet en Alaska et ses conséquences à long terme sont hautement imprévisibles ». De son côté, l'agence Ria Novosti se contente d'annoncer que « le thème central de la rencontre sera le règlement de la crise ukrainienne » et « qu'aucun accord ne sera réglé lors de cette réunion ». Côté ukrainien, le Kiev Post fait sa Une sur les dernières frappes ukrainiennes contre la Russie. Un peu plus bas, évoquant le sommet Trump-Poutine, il titre : « l'Europe craint un résultat "désastreux" alors que Poutine cherche à creuser un fossé entre ses alliés » . Le Kiev Post qui s'interroge : « que se passerait-il si Trump concluait un mauvais accord, que l'Ukraine le rejetait et que les États-Unis s'en lavaient les mains, comme le président américain a suggéré qu'il pourrait le faire ? ». Rester ou partir Le journal le Monde, de son côté, a choisi de donner la parole à des habitants de Sloviansk et Kramatorsk. Sloviansk et Kramatorsk, « les derniers bastions ukrainiens du Donbass », précise le quotidien français, qui ajoute : « À la veille du sommet Trump-Poutine, une seule question occupe les esprits : rester ou partir ». Ainsi, Nikita, 21 ans, « n'a qu'une idée en tête : partir (…) il se dit persuadé qu'il n'y a pas d'avenir » à Sloviansk. Il veut « fuir les hommes en armes, il n'y aura pas de paix ici (dit-il) et de toute façon, quel après-guerre attend l'Ukraine, avec tous ces vétérans qui sont psychologiquement abîmés ? Vivre entouré de dingues armés ? très peu pour moi », conclut le jeune homme, qui aimerait se rendre en Slovaquie. À Kramatorsk, le Monde a rencontré Oksana 59 ans, et lui a demandé ce qu'elle espérait du sommet Trump-Poutine. Elle explique « qu'elle ne fait aucune confiance à Trump pour régler la situation », mais elle « espère quand même que « quelque chose bouge ». « Pas en faveur des russes cependant », précise le quotidien français. Oksana ajoute : « Mon fils combat sur le front (...) Mon mari est mort et moi je souffre d'un cancer ».  

En Ukraine, la question des violences sexuelles liées au conflit s'ajoute à la longue liste de crimes de guerre commis par l'agresseur russe. Jusqu'à présent, tous crimes confondus, la justice ukrainienne a recensé plus de 150 000 violations. Et lorsqu'il s'agit de crimes à caractère sexuel, l'État et les organisations non gouvernementales qui y répondent font face à de nombreux obstacles. De notre correspondante à Kiev, Les crimes à caractère sexuel font partie des crimes les plus difficiles à recenser sur le territoire ukrainien. À Kiev, les acteurs qui y répondent se sont rassemblés il y a quelques mois autour de la volonté commune de joindre leurs forces afin de proposer le meilleur cadre possible pour que la justice suive son cours et que les survivants soient mieux pris en charge. La problématique du genre des survivants est centrale. Céline Bardet, juriste internationale à la tête de l'ONG We Are NOT Weapons of War, explique : « C'est important parce que de l'extérieur, quand on parle des violences sexuelles, on pense immédiatement aux femmes et aux filles, à juste titre évidemment. Mais il y a plein d'endroits dans le monde où les hommes et les garçons sont très touchés, et en Ukraine, c'est le cas. » Face à ces violences, le travail des ONG ukrainiennes a été crucial. Olena Suslova, fondatrice du centre d'information et de consultation pour les femmes, épaule les survivants depuis plus d'une décennie : « Nous avons commencé à nous attaquer aux problèmes des violences sexuelles liées aux conflits en 2015. Nous nous sommes ensuite rendus dans les territoires libérés de la région de Donetsk, à Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Droujkivka pour interroger la population. À cette époque, les gens étaient très effrayés et très fermés. Ils avaient peur de parler des violences sexuelles. Alors, nous avons posé des questions pour savoir s'il y avait eu des violations des droits humains. » À lire aussiUkraine : la kétamine utilisée pour soigner les maux physiques et psychiques des vétérans Ce travail a permis à Olena Suslova d'établir qu'au moins 15% des personnes à qui elle parlait avaient été victimes de violences sexuelles. Des ONG comme Global Survivors Fund agissent à leurs côtés et les aident notamment à obtenir des réparations. Pour Fedir Dunebabin, le représentant de l'association pour l'Ukraine, le plus important pour les survivants est d'être reconnus comme tels : « D'après ce qu'on voit dans nos échanges, la chose la plus utile pour eux, c'est de dépasser le traumatisme, c'est la reconnaissance. C'est de savoir qu'ils ne sont pas seuls et que quelqu'un pense à eux. Pas seulement une personne, mais la société ukrainienne, le gouvernement ukrainien ainsi que la communauté internationale. » À l'heure actuelle, seuls 366 cas de violences sexuelles en lien avec l'invasion russe de 2022 ont été documentés. Un chiffre que les autorités craignent bien en deçà de la réalité. Côté judiciaire, le président Volodymyr Zelensky vient de ratifier l'accord sur la création d'un tribunal spécial pour juger la Russie de ses crimes en Ukraine. Le chemin vers la justice est encore long pour les Ukrainiens, mais il est bel et bien enclenché.  À lire aussiGuerre en Ukraine: «Dans les prisons russes, la torture des Ukrainiens est une pratique institutionnalisée»

En Ukraine, la question des violences sexuelles liées au conflit s'ajoute à la longue liste de crimes de guerre commis par l'agresseur russe. Jusqu'à présent, tous crimes confondus, la justice ukrainienne a recensé plus de 150 000 violations. Et lorsqu'il s'agit de crimes à caractère sexuel, l'État et les organisations non gouvernementales qui y répondent font face à de nombreux obstacles. De notre correspondante à Kiev, Les crimes à caractère sexuel font partie des crimes les plus difficiles à recenser sur le territoire ukrainien. À Kiev, les acteurs qui y répondent se sont rassemblés il y a quelques mois autour de la volonté commune de joindre leurs forces afin de proposer le meilleur cadre possible pour que la justice suive son cours et que les survivants soient mieux pris en charge. La problématique du genre des survivants est centrale. Céline Bardet, juriste internationale à la tête de l'ONG We Are NOT Weapons of War, explique : « C'est important parce que de l'extérieur, quand on parle des violences sexuelles, on pense immédiatement aux femmes et aux filles, à juste titre évidemment. Mais il y a plein d'endroits dans le monde où les hommes et les garçons sont très touchés, et en Ukraine, c'est le cas. » Face à ces violences, le travail des ONG ukrainiennes a été crucial. Olena Suslova, fondatrice du centre d'information et de consultation pour les femmes, épaule les survivants depuis plus d'une décennie : « Nous avons commencé à nous attaquer aux problèmes des violences sexuelles liées aux conflits en 2015. Nous nous sommes ensuite rendus dans les territoires libérés de la région de Donetsk, à Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Droujkivka pour interroger la population. À cette époque, les gens étaient très effrayés et très fermés. Ils avaient peur de parler des violences sexuelles. Alors, nous avons posé des questions pour savoir s'il y avait eu des violations des droits humains. » À lire aussiUkraine : la kétamine utilisée pour soigner les maux physiques et psychiques des vétérans Ce travail a permis à Olena Suslova d'établir qu'au moins 15% des personnes à qui elle parlait avaient été victimes de violences sexuelles. Des ONG comme Global Survivors Fund agissent à leurs côtés et les aident notamment à obtenir des réparations. Pour Fedir Dunebabin, le représentant de l'association pour l'Ukraine, le plus important pour les survivants est d'être reconnus comme tels : « D'après ce qu'on voit dans nos échanges, la chose la plus utile pour eux, c'est de dépasser le traumatisme, c'est la reconnaissance. C'est de savoir qu'ils ne sont pas seuls et que quelqu'un pense à eux. Pas seulement une personne, mais la société ukrainienne, le gouvernement ukrainien ainsi que la communauté internationale. » À l'heure actuelle, seuls 366 cas de violences sexuelles en lien avec l'invasion russe de 2022 ont été documentés. Un chiffre que les autorités craignent bien en deçà de la réalité. Côté judiciaire, le président Volodymyr Zelensky vient de ratifier l'accord sur la création d'un tribunal spécial pour juger la Russie de ses crimes en Ukraine. Le chemin vers la justice est encore long pour les Ukrainiens, mais il est bel et bien enclenché.  À lire aussiGuerre en Ukraine: «Dans les prisons russes, la torture des Ukrainiens est une pratique institutionnalisée»

Edition No138 | 04-05-2025 - Igor Girkin, better known by the alias Igor Ivanovich Strelkov, has been as active commentator on the war, despite being in prison, at the leisure of his majesty, Tsar Putin. Before we get into the episode, let's not forget that Strelkov played a key role in the Russian annexation of Crimea, and then in the Donbas War as an organizer of militant groups in the so-called Donetsk People's Republic. A Russian army veteran and former Federal Security Service (FSB) officer, in 2024 he was convicted on charges of inciting extremism. Earlier he received the life sentence in absentia in the Netherlands for his role in downing the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, after 298 civilians were killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down by Russian-backed militants. Dutch prosecutors charged Girkin and three others with mass murder. Girkin admits "moral responsibility" but denies pushing the button. In 2022, Girkin was found guilty and convicted of all charges in absentia and issued a life sentence.Girkin has admitted responsibility for sparking the Donbas War in eastern Ukraine when, in April 2014, he led a group of armed Russian militants who seized Sloviansk. His role in the siege gained him influence and attention, and he was appointed to the position of Minister of Defence in the Donetsk People's Republic, a Russian puppet state.----------Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5q2YuI1Q9c&t=684s----------Your support is massively appreciated! SILICON CURTAIN LIVE EVENTS - FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN Events in 2025 - Advocacy for a Ukrainian victory with Silicon CurtainNEXT EVENTS - LVIV, KYIV AND ODESA THIS MAY.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrasOur first live events this year in Lviv and Kyiv were a huge success. Now we need to maintain this momentum, and change the tide towards a Ukrainian victory. The Silicon Curtain Roadshow is an ambitious campaign to run a minimum of 12 events in 2025, and potentially many more. We may add more venues to the program, depending on the success of the fundraising campaign. https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrasWe need to scale up our support for Ukraine, and these events are designed to have a major impact. Your support in making it happen is greatly appreciated. All events will be recorded professionally and published for free on the Silicon Curtain channel. Where possible, we will also live-stream events.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras----------SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISERA project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of Ukraine's struggle and in supporting a team running aid convoys to Ukraine's front-line towns.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.orgNGO “Herojam Slava”https://heroiamslava.org/kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyślhttps://kharpp.com/NOR DOG Animal Rescuehttps://www.nor-dog.org/home/-----------

On en a assez de se faire traiter de fascistes par Mappemonde, qui a déjà botté en touche pour un Amplimondes sur la Russie, thème qu'on a dû aborder seuls car ce pays, malgré le contexte politique, regorge de belles choses musicales qui nous intéressent. Pour balancer tout ça, on se rend un an après en Ukraine, où la scène électronique et expérimentale fleurit depuis plus de deux décennies. Cap donc sur l'Europe orientale pour cette soirée d'automne. Bonne écoute. Tracklist : Kotra - Self-credence Compression (Radness Methods, 2022) Andrey Kiritchenko - Pneumatic/Airless (Kniga Skazok, 2003) Vakula - New Romantic (You've Never Been to Konotop (Selected Works 2009-2012), 2013) Valentina Goncharova - Symphony of Wind (Recordings 1987-1991, Vol.1, 2020) First Human Ferro - Hollow Shells of Light (Guernica Macrocosmica, 2003) Untitledcloud - Waves (Abstractions, 2019) Labyrinthus Stellarum - Cosmic Winds (Tales of the Void, 2023) Dronny Darko - Arcane Shrine (Outer Tehom, 2014) Катя Chilly - Пливе вінок (Русалки in da House, 1998) Heinali - Night Walk (Kyiv Eternal, 2023) Photo : Resurrection Church in Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, Dmytro Balkhovitin (2017)

On en a assez de se faire traiter de fascistes par Mappemonde, qui a déjà botté en touche pour un Amplimondes sur la Russie, thème qu'on a dû aborder seuls car ce pays, malgré le contexte politique, regorge de belles choses musicales qui nous intéressent. Pour balancer tout ça, on se rend un an après en Ukraine, où la scène électronique et expérimentale fleurit depuis plus de deux décennies. Cap donc sur l'Europe orientale pour cette soirée d'automne. Bonne écoute. Tracklist : Kotra - Self-credence Compression (Radness Methods, 2022) Andrey Kiritchenko - Pneumatic/Airless (Kniga Skazok, 2003) Vakula - New Romantic (You've Never Been to Konotop (Selected Works 2009-2012), 2013) Valentina Goncharova - Symphony of Wind (Recordings 1987-1991, Vol.1, 2020) First Human Ferro - Hollow Shells of Light (Guernica Macrocosmica, 2003) Untitledcloud - Waves (Abstractions, 2019) Labyrinthus Stellarum - Cosmic Winds (Tales of the Void, 2023) Dronny Darko - Arcane Shrine (Outer Tehom, 2014) Катя Chilly - Пливе вінок (Русалки in da House, 1998) Heinali - Night Walk (Kyiv Eternal, 2023) Photo : Resurrection Church in Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, Dmytro Balkhovitin (2017)

On en a assez de se faire traiter de fascistes par Mappemonde, qui a déjà botté en touche pour un Amplimondes sur la Russie, thème qu'on a dû aborder seuls car ce pays, malgré le contexte politique, regorge de belles choses musicales qui nous intéressent. Pour balancer tout ça, on se rend un an après en Ukraine, où la scène électronique et expérimentale fleurit depuis plus de deux décennies. Cap donc sur l'Europe orientale pour cette soirée d'automne. Bonne écoute. Tracklist : Kotra - Self-credence Compression (Radness Methods, 2022) Andrey Kiritchenko - Pneumatic/Airless (Kniga Skazok, 2003) Vakula - New Romantic (You've Never Been to Konotop (Selected Works 2009-2012), 2013) Valentina Goncharova - Symphony of Wind (Recordings 1987-1991, Vol.1, 2020) First Human Ferro - Hollow Shells of Light (Guernica Macrocosmica, 2003) Untitledcloud - Waves (Abstractions, 2019) Labyrinthus Stellarum - Cosmic Winds (Tales of the Void, 2023) Dronny Darko - Arcane Shrine (Outer Tehom, 2014) Катя Chilly - Пливе вінок (Русалки in da House, 1998) Heinali - Night Walk (Kyiv Eternal, 2023) Photo : Resurrection Church in Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, Dmytro Balkhovitin (2017)

Cliquez ici pour accéder gratuitement aux articles lus de Mediapart : https://m.audiomeans.fr/s/P-UmoTbNLs Dans le Donbass, à l'est de l'Ukraine, l'armée ukrainienne continue de devoir reculer pas à pas. Une dizaine de soldats issus de plusieurs unités stationnées sur place racontent les combats, reconnaissent leurs difficultés et décrivent comment la guerre a changé. Un article de Justine Brabant publié dimanche 1er décembre et lu par Jérémy Zylberberg.

The first flashpoint of Russia's hybrid war in Donbas in eastern Ukraine, and one of the first Ukrainian cities to be occupied and then liberated back in 2014, Sloviansk today finds itself once again under threat from the Kremlin's armies.

Rivne - Nessun caccia francese, inglese o americano s'è librato ieri in volo per difendere i cieli di Sloviansk, quando l'ennesimo attacco combinato di missili e droni russi ha squarciato le facciate di quattro condomini provocando un cratere enorme, da cui continua a trafilare acqua.

In February 2022, Russia launched a full scale invasion into Ukraine in the largest attack on a European country since World War II. This invasion did not start a new war, but escalated the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War that started in 2014 when Russian forces captured Crimea and invaded the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.In his book, “The War Came to Us: Life and Death in Ukraine,” author and journalist Christopher Miller tells the story of the past fourteen years in Ukraine through his personal experiences living and reporting in Ukraine since 2010. For this week's Chatter episode, Anna Hickey spoke with Chris Miller about his book, what led to the full scale invasion in 2022, the 2014 capture of Crimea, and his journey from being a Peace Corps volunteer in Bakhmut in 2010 to a war correspondent.Among the works mentioned in this episode:The book, “The War Came to Us: Life and Death in Ukraine,” by Christopher MillerThe article, “Documents show Russian separatist commander signed off on executions of three men in Sloviansk” by Christopher MillerThe book, "Voroshilovgrad" by Serhiy ZhadanChatter is a production of Lawfare and Goat Rodeo. This episode was produced and edited by Cara Shillenn of Goat Rodeo. Podcast theme by David Priess, featuring music created using Groovepad.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In February 2022, Russia launched a full scale invasion into Ukraine in the largest attack on a European country since World War II. This invasion did not start a new war, but escalated the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War that started in 2014 when Russian forces captured Crimea and invaded the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.In his book, “The War Came to Us: Life and Death in Ukraine,” author and journalist Christopher Miller tells the story of the past fourteen years in Ukraine through his personal experiences living and reporting in Ukraine since 2010. For this week's Chatter episode, Anna Hickey spoke with Chris Miller about his book, what led to the full scale invasion in 2022, the 2014 capture of Crimea, and his journey from being a Peace Corps volunteer in Bakhmut in 2010 to a war correspondent.Among the works mentioned in this episode:The book, “The War Came to Us: Life and Death in Ukraine,” by Christopher MillerThe article, “Documents show Russian separatist commander signed off on executions of three men in Sloviansk” by Christopher MillerThe book, "Voroshilovgrad" by Serhiy ZhadanChatter is a production of Lawfare and Goat Rodeo. This episode was produced and edited by Cara Shillenn of Goat Rodeo. Podcast theme by David Priess, featuring music created using Groovepad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nineteen months since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the books are coming thick and fast. Fortunately, each tells a different and compelling story. Like other recent books, Gwendolyn Sasse's Russia's War Against Ukraine (Polity, 2023) analyses three decades of diverging Russian and Ukrainian politics and society, burgeoning Russian neo-imperialism, and Western temerity. Unique to this book, however, is the restoration of Crimea to centre-stage in the conflict. The war didn't start in February 2022 when Russian and Ukrainian troops battled on the northern outskirts of Kyiv. It didn't even start in April 2014 when Ukrainian forces tried to retake Sloviansk. "Russia's war against Ukraine began with the annexation of Crimea on 27 February 2014,” writes Professor Sasse, and the signal it sent to secessionists in the Donbas. It may only be 69 years since the Soviet government assigned Crimea to Ukraine but, as she explains, Russia's claim to the peninsular is no stronger. Crimea threads through the book on post-Soviet Ukrainian and Russian histories, the war, and its potential aftermath. Gwendolyn Sasse directs the Centre for East European and International Studies in Berlin and is a professor at Humboldt university. Before that, she was a professor of comparative politics at Oxford and taught at the Central European University and the London School of Economics. Her 2007 book - The Crimea Question - won the Alec Nove Prize for scholarly work in Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet studies. *The author's own book recommendations are The Frontline: Essays on Ukraine's Past and Present by Serhii Plokhy (Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, 2021) and 100 Kinder: Kindersachbuch über den Alltag von Kindern auf der ganzen Welt by Christoph Drösser and Nora Coenenberg (Gabriel Verlag, 2019) Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors, who also writes the twenty4two newsletter on Substack and also hosts the In The Room podcast series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Nineteen months since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the books are coming thick and fast. Fortunately, each tells a different and compelling story. Like other recent books, Gwendolyn Sasse's Russia's War Against Ukraine (Polity, 2023) analyses three decades of diverging Russian and Ukrainian politics and society, burgeoning Russian neo-imperialism, and Western temerity. Unique to this book, however, is the restoration of Crimea to centre-stage in the conflict. The war didn't start in February 2022 when Russian and Ukrainian troops battled on the northern outskirts of Kyiv. It didn't even start in April 2014 when Ukrainian forces tried to retake Sloviansk. "Russia's war against Ukraine began with the annexation of Crimea on 27 February 2014,” writes Professor Sasse, and the signal it sent to secessionists in the Donbas. It may only be 69 years since the Soviet government assigned Crimea to Ukraine but, as she explains, Russia's claim to the peninsular is no stronger. Crimea threads through the book on post-Soviet Ukrainian and Russian histories, the war, and its potential aftermath. Gwendolyn Sasse directs the Centre for East European and International Studies in Berlin and is a professor at Humboldt university. Before that, she was a professor of comparative politics at Oxford and taught at the Central European University and the London School of Economics. Her 2007 book - The Crimea Question - won the Alec Nove Prize for scholarly work in Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet studies. *The author's own book recommendations are The Frontline: Essays on Ukraine's Past and Present by Serhii Plokhy (Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, 2021) and 100 Kinder: Kindersachbuch über den Alltag von Kindern auf der ganzen Welt by Christoph Drösser and Nora Coenenberg (Gabriel Verlag, 2019) Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors, who also writes the twenty4two newsletter on Substack and also hosts the In The Room podcast series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history

Nineteen months since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the books are coming thick and fast. Fortunately, each tells a different and compelling story. Like other recent books, Gwendolyn Sasse's Russia's War Against Ukraine (Polity, 2023) analyses three decades of diverging Russian and Ukrainian politics and society, burgeoning Russian neo-imperialism, and Western temerity. Unique to this book, however, is the restoration of Crimea to centre-stage in the conflict. The war didn't start in February 2022 when Russian and Ukrainian troops battled on the northern outskirts of Kyiv. It didn't even start in April 2014 when Ukrainian forces tried to retake Sloviansk. "Russia's war against Ukraine began with the annexation of Crimea on 27 February 2014,” writes Professor Sasse, and the signal it sent to secessionists in the Donbas. It may only be 69 years since the Soviet government assigned Crimea to Ukraine but, as she explains, Russia's claim to the peninsular is no stronger. Crimea threads through the book on post-Soviet Ukrainian and Russian histories, the war, and its potential aftermath. Gwendolyn Sasse directs the Centre for East European and International Studies in Berlin and is a professor at Humboldt university. Before that, she was a professor of comparative politics at Oxford and taught at the Central European University and the London School of Economics. Her 2007 book - The Crimea Question - won the Alec Nove Prize for scholarly work in Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet studies. *The author's own book recommendations are The Frontline: Essays on Ukraine's Past and Present by Serhii Plokhy (Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, 2021) and 100 Kinder: Kindersachbuch über den Alltag von Kindern auf der ganzen Welt by Christoph Drösser and Nora Coenenberg (Gabriel Verlag, 2019) Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors, who also writes the twenty4two newsletter on Substack and also hosts the In The Room podcast series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

Nineteen months since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the books are coming thick and fast. Fortunately, each tells a different and compelling story. Like other recent books, Gwendolyn Sasse's Russia's War Against Ukraine (Polity, 2023) analyses three decades of diverging Russian and Ukrainian politics and society, burgeoning Russian neo-imperialism, and Western temerity. Unique to this book, however, is the restoration of Crimea to centre-stage in the conflict. The war didn't start in February 2022 when Russian and Ukrainian troops battled on the northern outskirts of Kyiv. It didn't even start in April 2014 when Ukrainian forces tried to retake Sloviansk. "Russia's war against Ukraine began with the annexation of Crimea on 27 February 2014,” writes Professor Sasse, and the signal it sent to secessionists in the Donbas. It may only be 69 years since the Soviet government assigned Crimea to Ukraine but, as she explains, Russia's claim to the peninsular is no stronger. Crimea threads through the book on post-Soviet Ukrainian and Russian histories, the war, and its potential aftermath. Gwendolyn Sasse directs the Centre for East European and International Studies in Berlin and is a professor at Humboldt university. Before that, she was a professor of comparative politics at Oxford and taught at the Central European University and the London School of Economics. Her 2007 book - The Crimea Question - won the Alec Nove Prize for scholarly work in Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet studies. *The author's own book recommendations are The Frontline: Essays on Ukraine's Past and Present by Serhii Plokhy (Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, 2021) and 100 Kinder: Kindersachbuch über den Alltag von Kindern auf der ganzen Welt by Christoph Drösser and Nora Coenenberg (Gabriel Verlag, 2019) Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors, who also writes the twenty4two newsletter on Substack and also hosts the In The Room podcast series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs

Nineteen months since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the books are coming thick and fast. Fortunately, each tells a different and compelling story. Like other recent books, Gwendolyn Sasse's Russia's War Against Ukraine (Polity, 2023) analyses three decades of diverging Russian and Ukrainian politics and society, burgeoning Russian neo-imperialism, and Western temerity. Unique to this book, however, is the restoration of Crimea to centre-stage in the conflict. The war didn't start in February 2022 when Russian and Ukrainian troops battled on the northern outskirts of Kyiv. It didn't even start in April 2014 when Ukrainian forces tried to retake Sloviansk. "Russia's war against Ukraine began with the annexation of Crimea on 27 February 2014,” writes Professor Sasse, and the signal it sent to secessionists in the Donbas. It may only be 69 years since the Soviet government assigned Crimea to Ukraine but, as she explains, Russia's claim to the peninsular is no stronger. Crimea threads through the book on post-Soviet Ukrainian and Russian histories, the war, and its potential aftermath. Gwendolyn Sasse directs the Centre for East European and International Studies in Berlin and is a professor at Humboldt university. Before that, she was a professor of comparative politics at Oxford and taught at the Central European University and the London School of Economics. Her 2007 book - The Crimea Question - won the Alec Nove Prize for scholarly work in Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet studies. *The author's own book recommendations are The Frontline: Essays on Ukraine's Past and Present by Serhii Plokhy (Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, 2021) and 100 Kinder: Kindersachbuch über den Alltag von Kindern auf der ganzen Welt by Christoph Drösser and Nora Coenenberg (Gabriel Verlag, 2019) Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors, who also writes the twenty4two newsletter on Substack and also hosts the In The Room podcast series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/russian-studies

Nineteen months since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the books are coming thick and fast. Fortunately, each tells a different and compelling story. Like other recent books, Gwendolyn Sasse's Russia's War Against Ukraine (Polity, 2023) analyses three decades of diverging Russian and Ukrainian politics and society, burgeoning Russian neo-imperialism, and Western temerity. Unique to this book, however, is the restoration of Crimea to centre-stage in the conflict. The war didn't start in February 2022 when Russian and Ukrainian troops battled on the northern outskirts of Kyiv. It didn't even start in April 2014 when Ukrainian forces tried to retake Sloviansk. "Russia's war against Ukraine began with the annexation of Crimea on 27 February 2014,” writes Professor Sasse, and the signal it sent to secessionists in the Donbas. It may only be 69 years since the Soviet government assigned Crimea to Ukraine but, as she explains, Russia's claim to the peninsular is no stronger. Crimea threads through the book on post-Soviet Ukrainian and Russian histories, the war, and its potential aftermath. Gwendolyn Sasse directs the Centre for East European and International Studies in Berlin and is a professor at Humboldt university. Before that, she was a professor of comparative politics at Oxford and taught at the Central European University and the London School of Economics. Her 2007 book - The Crimea Question - won the Alec Nove Prize for scholarly work in Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet studies. *The author's own book recommendations are The Frontline: Essays on Ukraine's Past and Present by Serhii Plokhy (Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, 2021) and 100 Kinder: Kindersachbuch über den Alltag von Kindern auf der ganzen Welt by Christoph Drösser and Nora Coenenberg (Gabriel Verlag, 2019) Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors, who also writes the twenty4two newsletter on Substack and also hosts the In The Room podcast series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/eastern-european-studies

Nineteen months since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the books are coming thick and fast. Fortunately, each tells a different and compelling story. Like other recent books, Gwendolyn Sasse's Russia's War Against Ukraine (Polity, 2023) analyses three decades of diverging Russian and Ukrainian politics and society, burgeoning Russian neo-imperialism, and Western temerity. Unique to this book, however, is the restoration of Crimea to centre-stage in the conflict. The war didn't start in February 2022 when Russian and Ukrainian troops battled on the northern outskirts of Kyiv. It didn't even start in April 2014 when Ukrainian forces tried to retake Sloviansk. "Russia's war against Ukraine began with the annexation of Crimea on 27 February 2014,” writes Professor Sasse, and the signal it sent to secessionists in the Donbas. It may only be 69 years since the Soviet government assigned Crimea to Ukraine but, as she explains, Russia's claim to the peninsular is no stronger. Crimea threads through the book on post-Soviet Ukrainian and Russian histories, the war, and its potential aftermath. Gwendolyn Sasse directs the Centre for East European and International Studies in Berlin and is a professor at Humboldt university. Before that, she was a professor of comparative politics at Oxford and taught at the Central European University and the London School of Economics. Her 2007 book - The Crimea Question - won the Alec Nove Prize for scholarly work in Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet studies. *The author's own book recommendations are The Frontline: Essays on Ukraine's Past and Present by Serhii Plokhy (Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, 2021) and 100 Kinder: Kindersachbuch über den Alltag von Kindern auf der ganzen Welt by Christoph Drösser and Nora Coenenberg (Gabriel Verlag, 2019) Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors, who also writes the twenty4two newsletter on Substack and also hosts the In The Room podcast series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nineteen months since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the books are coming thick and fast. Fortunately, each tells a different and compelling story. Like other recent books, Gwendolyn Sasse's Russia's War Against Ukraine (Polity, 2023) analyses three decades of diverging Russian and Ukrainian politics and society, burgeoning Russian neo-imperialism, and Western temerity. Unique to this book, however, is the restoration of Crimea to centre-stage in the conflict. The war didn't start in February 2022 when Russian and Ukrainian troops battled on the northern outskirts of Kyiv. It didn't even start in April 2014 when Ukrainian forces tried to retake Sloviansk. "Russia's war against Ukraine began with the annexation of Crimea on 27 February 2014,” writes Professor Sasse, and the signal it sent to secessionists in the Donbas. It may only be 69 years since the Soviet government assigned Crimea to Ukraine but, as she explains, Russia's claim to the peninsular is no stronger. Crimea threads through the book on post-Soviet Ukrainian and Russian histories, the war, and its potential aftermath. Gwendolyn Sasse directs the Centre for East European and International Studies in Berlin and is a professor at Humboldt university. Before that, she was a professor of comparative politics at Oxford and taught at the Central European University and the London School of Economics. Her 2007 book - The Crimea Question - won the Alec Nove Prize for scholarly work in Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet studies. *The author's own book recommendations are The Frontline: Essays on Ukraine's Past and Present by Serhii Plokhy (Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, 2021) and 100 Kinder: Kindersachbuch über den Alltag von Kindern auf der ganzen Welt by Christoph Drösser and Nora Coenenberg (Gabriel Verlag, 2019) Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Advisors, who also writes the twenty4two newsletter on Substack and also hosts the In The Room podcast series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*) Israeli army storms occupied West Bank's Jenin city, kills six Palestinians The Israeli army has stormed the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, killing at least six Palestinians and wounding 10 others, according to Palestinian health officials. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified one of the fatalities as 26-year-old Mohammed Ghazawi. The ministry later announced five other Palestinians were shot and killed, without giving further details. At least 26 Palestinians were also wounded during the raid, the ministry said, three of them seriously. The Israeli army said two of its soldiers were lightly wounded. *) Zelenskyy says his armed forces are resolved to stay in Bakhmut Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the Russian army would have an "open road" into eastern Ukraine if it captures the besieged city of Bakhmut. Zelenskyy told CNN that Ukraine understands that after Bakhmut Russians could go further to Kramatorsk and Sloviansk opening the road for them to other Ukrainian towns. Zelenskyy said that his armed forces were resolved to stay in Bakhmut. *) Over 232,000 buildings damaged or fit for demolition after Türkiye quakes More than 232 thousand buildings have been severely damaged or should be demolished immediately in southern Türkiye after the powerful earthquakes that struck the region, the country's environment minister Murat Kurum said. Authorities examined more than 1.7 million buildings composed of over 5.7 million independent sections in the quake-hit provinces. The damage assessment was completed in Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras, Adiyaman, Osmaniye, and Kilis provinces, Kurum added. *) Millions join protests in France over Macron's pension reform More than a million people marched in France and strikes disrupted transport and schools during mass protests against President Emmanuel Macron's plans to push back the retirement age to 64. Union organisers put the figure of the protesters at 3.5 million. Police used tear gas in Paris and some clashes took place in the western city of Nantes, but more than 260 union-organised rallies across the country were mostly peaceful. And finally… *) UNESCO-listed Mount Nemrut statues survive Türkiye quakes Several monumental stone heads located in Mount Nemrut and other UNESCO-listed statues in southeastern Türkiye have survived despite the powerful earthquakes. Fresh footage showed the massive heads, each weighing tonnes, on the eastern face of the mountain in Adiyaman province. Irfan Cetinkaya, head of a culture and tourism association, noted that the quake caused severe damage in the region adding that the statues on Mount Nemrut were not affected by the tremors.”

One year after Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, Vladislav Davidzon, European culture correspondent for Tablet Magazine, shares what he's witnessed as a war correspondent on the frontlines, and predicts the future for his beloved country and the Jewish community he's proud to call home.  We last spoke to Davidzon hours before the Russia-Ukraine war began, when he was on the ground in Kyiv – listen now to his dispatch a year on, as he joins us live from our New York studio. *The views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views or position of AJC. ___ Episode Lineup:  (0:40) Vladislav Davidzon ____ Show Notes:   Read: What You Need to Know About the Wagner Group's Role in Russia's War Against Ukraine Preorder: Jewish-Ukrainian Relations and the Birth of a Political Nation    Watch: Kiyv Jewish Forum: Ted Deutch, AJC CEO, Addresses Kyiv Jewish Forum 2023 Panel: Ukraine as the Israel of Europe with Simone Rodan-Benzaquen, Managing Director of AJC Europe, Bernard Henry Levi, philosopher, and Josef Joffe, Stanford University   Listen:  Podcast episode with Vladislav Davidzon, recorded February 23, 2022:  Live from Kyiv: The Future of Ukraine and its Large Jewish Community Our most recent podcast episode: How Rising Antisemitism Impacts Jews on College Campuses   Follow People of the Pod on your favorite podcast app, and learn more at AJC.org/PeopleofthePod   You can reach us at: peopleofthepod@ajc.org   If you've enjoyed this episode, please be sure to tell your friends, tag us on social media with #PeopleofthePod, and hop onto Apple Podcasts to rate us and write a review, to help more listeners find us. ______ Transcript of Interview with Vladislav Davidzon: Manya: On February 24th, 2022, just hours before the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, Vladislav Davidzon, founding editor of The Odessa Review and contributor to Tablet Magazine, joined us live from Kiyv to share the mood on the ground as Russian forces were closing in. Now, one year later, Vladislav joins us again, this time in person, in our studio to share what he has seen, heard, and experienced this past year since the Russian invasion of his home. Vladislav, it is so good to see you alive and well and in person. Vladislav: Thank you so much. This is so surreal. I'm so grateful, first of all, for your interest, for your affection, for your graciousness, for your respect. But I'm grateful to be here exactly one year later. It was the last thing that I did in the workday before the war began, before the old world ended. And I went off to dinner with my friend, now of blessed memory, Dan Rappaport, who was an American Latvian born Jewish financier. It was also the last time I saw him. He died under very suspicious circumstances. He died falling out of a window in Washington, DC, or of a roof, on the seventh floor, three months later. I just have extremely intense emotions about that six hour period because…I was talking to my wife, my wife's French Ukrainian, she was back in Paris. I said, if anything happens tonight, I'll call you in the morning. Things are gonna go down tonight. And then I did this podcast with you. And so, it's really amazing to be back with you a year later. Manya: Yes. I mean, I  am so grateful to see you because I really was very worried. I worried that that was going to be our last conversation, and that I would not get a chance to meet you in person after that. And in addition to everything, you've been working on a book, The Birth of a Political Nation, which we'll talk a little bit more about shortly. But, first tell me, tell our listeners how you have managed to survive and tell the stories that need to be told. Vladislav: It's not pretty. I mean, it's just, it's not elegant. I'm a Ukrainian Russian Jew, so I kind of went into primordial, bestial mode, like Russian Ukrainian, Jewish survival mode, like my grandfathers and great-grandfathers during World War II. I just, you know, something clicked and your your training and your skillset and your deep cultural characteristics click in and you just go full on Hemingway, Lord Byron, and then you just go to war. Like a lot of other people, I went to war. I burned out after about six months and I needed some months off. I was just rnning around like a madman, reporting, getting my own relatives out, helping whatever way I could, helping my family close down their businesses, helping run guns, going on t radio, you know, just collecting money, going to the front, just, going off on an adrenaline rush. And it's admixture of rage, testosterone. Adrenaline, survival, rage,  all the cocktail of horrific, let's say toxic masculine character [laughs]. I know you can't, I I know. I'm ironic about that. I live in Eastern Europe, so you can, you can still make fun of all that stuff in Eastern Europe. I don't know if you can here, but, you know, jokes aside. I just went into this deeply primordial state of Ukrainian Russian civilizational structures of brutal survival and fighting. And that went on for about six months, at which point I just crashed and collapsed and needed some off time. Manya: How much of your journalistic instincts also fueled your push on, your forging ahead and surviving just to tell the story, or was it more a familial connection? Vladislav: I have skin in the game. I'm from there. I mean, my ancestors are from there, two of my grandparents were born there. My family lived there for hundreds of years. I'm married to a Ukrainian Jewish girl. I have family there. My friends are, these are my people. I'm deeply tribal. Obviously you take the opportunity as a journalist reporting on a country for 10 years and almost no one cares about it. And you're an expert on it. You know all the politicians and you know all the, all the stories and you know all the storylines. And you, you have contacts everywhere. You know, of a country like the back of your hand. And suddenly it becomes the focal point of the world's attention and it becomes the greatest story in the entire world. And of course, you're prepared in a way that all, all these other people who paratroop in are not prepared, and you have to make the best of it. And you have to tell stories from people who wouldn't otherwise have access to the media. And you have to explain, there's so much bad stuff in terms of quality of reporting coming out of Ukraine because so many amateurs went in. In any given situation, there are lots of people who come to a war zone. You know, in wars, people, they make their bones, they become rich, they become famous, they get good looking lovers. Everyone gets paid in the currency that they want. Right? But this is my country. I've been at this for 10, 12 years. I don't begrudge anyone coming to want to tell the story. Some people are opportunists in life and some people are extraordinarily generous and gracious. And it almost doesn't matter what people's motivations are. I don't care about why you came here. I care about the quality of the work. And a lot of the work was pretty bad because people didn't have local political context, didn't have language skills. And a lot of that reporting was so-so. I made the most of it, being an area expert. And also being a local, I did what I had to do. I wish I'd done more. I wish I went 500% as opposed to 250%. But everyone has their limits. Manya: What got lost? With the poor reporting, what do you think with the stories that you captured, or what do you wish you had captured, giving that additional 250%? Vladislav: Yeah. It's a great question. I wish that I had known now what I know a year ago, but that's life in general. About where the battles would be and what kinds of people and what kinds of frontline pounds would have particular problems getting out to particular places. For example, I know now a lot more about the evacuation of certain ethnic communities. The Gagauz, the Greeks. Ukraine is full of different kinds of people. It's a mosaic. I know now a lot about the way that things happened in March and April. Particular communities went in to help their own people. Which is great. It's fine. a lot of very interesting characters wound up in different places. Much of Ukrainian intelligentsia, they wound up outside the country. A lot stayed, but a lot did wind up in different places like Berlin and the Baltics. Uh, amazing stories from, uh, the volunteers like the Chechens and the Georgians and the Lithuanians and the Belarus who came to fight for Ukraine. Just, you know, I wish I'd kept up with the guys that I was drinking with the night before. I was drinking with like six officers the night before, and two of 'em are alive. Mm or three alive now. I was with the head of a Georgian Legion two nights before the war. Hang out with some American CIA guys and people from the guys from the American, actually a couple of girls, also hardcore American girls from the US Army who were operatives and people at our embassy in Kyiv who didn't get pulled out. These are our hardcore people who after the embassy left, told whoever wanted to stay on the ground to stay. I met some very interesting people. I wish I'd kept up with them. I don't, I don't know what happened with them or what, what their war experiences were like. So, you know. Yeah. Life is full of regrets. Manya: You talked a little bit about the ethnic communities coming in to save people and to get them out. How did the Jewish communities efforts to save Ukrainian Jews compare to those efforts? Did you keep tabs on that? Movement as well. Vladislav: Oh, yeah. Oh, in fact, I worked on that actually,  to certainly to a smaller extent than other people or whatever. I certainly helped whatever I could. It was such a mad scramble and it was so chaotic in the beginning of a war. The first two weeks I would be getting calls from all over the world. They would call me and they would say this and this and this person, I know this person needs to get out. There were signal groups of volunteers, exfiltration organizations, special services people, my people in the Ukrainian Jewish community who were all doing different things to get Jews out. Tens of thousands of people were on these lists. And I would figure out to the extent possible with about 50 people, 40 to 50 people,  what their risk level was. And I would give 'em advice. I have a gay friend, one of my wife's business partners, who was the head of a major television station. And he would, he would've been on the Kill list because he was in part of intelligentsia and he was gay. I gave him particular advice on where to go.  I said, go to this village–and men aren't allowed of the country, and he wasn't the kind of guy who was gonna fight. I said, go to a particular place. I told him, go to this village and sit here and don't go anywhere for two months. And he did this. Other people needed to be gotten out. Holocaust survivors, especially. We have horrific incidents of people who survived Stalin's war and Hitler's war and who died of heart attacks under their beds, hiding from Russian missiles. There were many stories of Holocaust survivors. Typically, it's old women by this point. It's not it's not gentleman. Women do live longer. Older women in their nineties expiring in a bunker, in an underground metro station or under their bed hiding from missiles, you know. Horrific stories. but people who survived Auschwitz did get killed by the missiles. We have stories like that. And so to continue, there were many people working on getting elderly Jews out. Getting Jewish women out. Jewish kids out. There were, in fact, there were people working on getting all sorts of people out. And that's still going on. And I met a Jewish member of the Ukrainian parliament last night who did this for two months. Uh, I saw, I saw my acquaintance who I hadn't seen in two years. Yeah. There are a lot of people I haven't seen in a year, obviously, for the obvious reasons. I saw an acquaintance who's an Israeli educated Ukrainian member of parliament. He spent the first three months just evacuating Jews, driving convoys of special forces guys, former Mossad guys, special operatives into cities like Mariupol, Chernigev to get Jews out. Literally driving through minefields at a certain point with buses full of elderly Jews. And he told me last night that they got 26,000 Jews out. Just in his organization, which was Special Forces guys, Ukrainian police volunteers, Ukrainian Jewish guys who came back from Israel with IDF training, a motley collection of people. But they set up an organization and they went in, and they got people out. Manya: That's amazing. So I know before, when we spoke before you were splitting your time between Ukraine  and France, because your wife is of French descent as well. For your most recent piece for Tablet, the most recent one that I've read, you were in Tel Aviv doing an interview. So where have you spent most of your time, in this past year? Vladislav: In my head. Manya: Yeah. Understandable. Vladislav: I've spent, if I had to count up the dates of my passport, 40 to 50% of my time in Ukraine, over the last, less than the last three months for various family reasons and, you know, working on my book But half the time in Ukraine, in and out. I've been all over, spent a lot of time on the front. That was intense. That was really intense. Manya: You mean as a war correspondent on the front lines? Vladislav: Yeah,I was in Sievierodonetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Lysychansk, Mykolaiv. I was all over the front. I was with the commanding general of the Southern front in a car, driving back from the battle of  Kherson, and we got stripped by a Russian sniper three times and they hit our car. They just missed by like a couple of centimeters, side of a thing. And the guy actually usually drove around in an armored Hummer. But the armored Hummer was actually in the shop getting repaired that day and was the one day he had an unarmored Hummer. And we were just in an unarmed car, in an unarmed command car, black Mercedes, leaving the war zone a couple of kilometers out, just a Russian reconnaissance sniper advanced group just, you know, ambushed us. They were waiting for us to, maybe they were just taking pot shots at a command car, but they were waiting for us as we were leaving. Took three shots at us and the car behind us with our bodyguards radioed, they're shooting, they're shooting. I heard three whooshes and three pings behind it. Ping, ping, ping. And we all thought in the car that it was just rocks popping off the the wheels. But actually it was a sniper. So, you know, there, there was a lot of that. It was very intense. Manya: Did you wear flak jackets? Vladislav: Yeah, well, we took 'em off in the car. When, when you're on the front line, you wear everything, but when you get out of the front line, and you're just driving back, you don't wanna drive around with it, so you just take it off in the car. And that's exactly when they started shooting us. Yeah. They would've gotten us, if they'd been a little bit luckier. Manya: Well, you moderated a panel at the Kiev Jewish Forum last week. Our CEO, Ted Deutch and AJC Europe Director Simone Rodan-Benzaquen, were also there. Your panel focused on the new Ukraine. What does that mean, the new Ukraine? What does that look like? Vladislav: Thank you for asking about that. Let me start with talking a little bit about that conference. Along with Mr. Boris Lozhkin, the head of Ukrainian Jewish Confederation. I put together with Tablet where I'm the European culture correspondent, wonderful, wonderful conference. It is the fourth annual Kiyv Jewish Forum. It took place in Kiyv for the last three years, but today, obviously this year, it won't be for the obvious reason and we put together a conference so that people understand the issues at stake, understand the position of Ukrainian Jewish community, understand the myriad issues involved with this war. Just a wonderful, wonderful conference that I really enjoyed working on with remarkable speakers. Running the gamut from Leon Panetta, Boris Johnson. Your own Mr. Deutch. Just wonderful, wonderful speakers. And, six really great panels, and 20 wonderful one-on-one interviews with really interesting people. So please go to the website of the Kiev Jewish Forum or Tablet Magazine and/or YouTube, and you'll find some really interesting content, some really interesting conversations, dialogues about the state of war, the state of Ukrainian Jewry, the state of Ukrainian political identity and the new Ukraine. Manya: I should tell our listeners, we'll put a link to the Kiyv Jewish Forum in our show notes so that they can easily access it. But yeah, if you don't mind just kinda elaborating a little bit about what, what does the new Ukraine look like? Vladislav: Well, we're gonna see what the new Ukraine will look like after the Russians are driven out of the country. It's gonna look completely different. The demographic changes, the political changes, the cultural changes will play out for decades and maybe a hundred years. These are historical events, which will have created traumatic changes to the country and to Eastern Europe, not just to Ukraine, but all of eastern Europe. From along the entire crescent, from Baltics to Poland, down to Hungary, through Moldova, Belarus. Everything will be changed by this war. This is a world historical situation that will have radically, radically changed everything. And so Ukraine as a political nation has changed dramatically over the last seven years since the Maidan revolution. And it's obviously changed a lot since the start of the war a year ago. It's a completely different country in many ways. Now, the seeds of that change were put into place by the political process of the last couple of years, by civil society, by a deep desire of the resilient Ukrainian political nation to change, to become better, to transform the country. But for the most part, the war is the thing that will change everything. And that means creating a new political nation. What that will look like at the end of this, that's hard to say. A lot of these values are deeply embedded. I know it's unfashionably essentialist to talk about national character traits, but you know, again, I'm an Eastern European, so I can get away with a lot of things that people can't here. And there are such things as national character traits. A nation is a collection of people who live together in a particular way and have particular ways of life and particular values. Different countries live in different ways and different nations, different people have different traits. Just like every person has a different trait and some are good and some are bad, and some are good in certain situations, bad in other situations. And everyone has positive traits and negative traits. And you know, Ukraine like everyone else, every other nation has positive traits. Those traits of: loving freedom, being resilient, wanting to survive, coming together in the times of war are incredibly generative in the middle of this conflict. One of the interesting things about this conflict that is shown, the way that all the different minorities in the country, and it's a country full of all kinds of people, all sorts of minorities. Not just Jews, but Greeks and Crimean Tatars, Muslims, Gagauz, Turkish speaking Christians in my own Odessa region, Poles on the Polish border, Lithuanian Belarus speakers on the Belarusian border. People who are of German descent, though there are a lot fewer of them since World War II. All sorts of different people live in Ukraine and they've come together as a political nation in order to fight together, in a liberal and democratic way. Whereas Russia's also an empire of many different kinds of people, And it's also been brought together through autocratic violence and authoritarian, centralized control. This is a war of minorities in many ways, and so a lot of the men dying from the Russian side are taken from the minority regions like Dagestan, Borodyanka, Chechnya. Disproportionate number of the men dying from the Russian side are also minorities, disproportionate to their share of the Russian Federation's population. In some circles it's a well known fact, one of the military hospitals on the Russian side, at a certain point, the most popular name amongst wounded soldiers, was Mohammed. They were Muslim minorities, from Dagestan, other places. There are a lot of Muslims in Russia. Manya: That is truly a heartbreaking detail. Vladislav: And they're the ones that are the poorest and they're the ones who are being mobilized to fight Ukrainians. Manya: So you're saying that literally the face of Ukraine, and the personality, the priorities of the nation have been changed by this war. Ukrainians have become, what, more patriotic, more militant? Militant sounds … I'm afraid that has a bad connotation. Vladislav: No, militant's great. You know, Marshall virtues. . . that's good. Militant is, you know, that's an aggressive word. Marshall virtues is a good word. Surviving virtues. It's amazing the way Ukrainian flags have encapsulated a kind of patriotism in the western world, which was in many ways unthinkable for large swaths of the advanced population. I mean, you see people who would never in a million years wave an American or British or French flag in Paris, London, and New York and Washington, wave around Ukrainian flags. Patriotism, nationalism have very bad connotations now in our decadent post-industrial West, and, Ukrainians have somehow threaded that needle of standing up for remarkable values, for our civilization, for our security alliances after the war, for the democratic world order that we, that we as Americans and Western Europeans have brought large swaths of the world, while also not becoming really unpleasantly, jingoistic. While not going into,  racism for the most part, while not going into, for the most part into unnecessary prejudices. They fight and they have the best of traditional conservative values, but they're also quite liberal in a way that no one else in eastern Europe is. It's very attractive. Manya: They really are unified for one cause.  You mentioned being shot at on the front lines of this war. This war has not only changed the nation, it has changed you. You've become a war correspondent in addition to the arts and culture correspondent you've been for so many years. And you've continued to report on the arts throughout this horrific year.  How has this war shaped Ukrainian artists, its literary community, its performing arts, sports?   Vladislav: First of all, unlike in the west, in, in Eastern Europe. I mean, these are broad statements, but for the most part, in advanced western democracies, the ruling classes have developed different lifestyles and value systems from much of the population. We're not gonna get into why that is the case, but I, as a insider-outsider, I see that. It's not the case in Eastern Europe yet, and certainly not in Ukraine. The people who rule the country and are its elites, they are the same culturally, identity wise as the people that they rule over. So the entire, let's say ruling elite and intelligentsia, artistic class. They have kids or sons or husbands or nephews at war. If we went to war now in America, much of the urban population would not have a relative who died. If a hundred thousand Americans died right now would not be, you would probably not know 10 people who died, or 15 people who died. Manya: It's not the same class system. Vladislav: Correct. America and the western world, let's say western European world from Canada down to the old, let's say Soviet borders or Polish borders, they have developed a class system, a caste system that we don't have. You could be a billionaire, and still hang out with your best friend from high school who was a worker or a bus driver. That doesn't happen here so often, for various reasons. And so a larger proportion of the intelligentsia and the artistic classes went to fight than you would expect. I know so many writers and artists and painters, filmmakers who have gone off to fight. A lot, in fact, I'd say swabs of the artist elite went off to fight. And that's very different from here. And this will shape the arts when they come back. Already you have some really remarkable, interesting things happening in, in painting. Not cinema because cinema's expensive and they're not really making movies in the middle of a war. Certain minor exceptions. There's going to be a lot, a lot of influence on the arts for a very long time. A lot of very interesting art will come out of it and the intelligentsia will be strengthened in some ways, but the country's losing some of its best people. Some of its very, very, very best people across the professions are being killed. You know, dozens of athletes who would've been competing next year in the ‘24 Olympics in Paris are dead on the front lines. Every week I open up my Twitter on my Facebook or my social media and I see another athlete, you know, pro skater or a skier or  Cross Country runner or someone who is this brilliant 19, 20 year old athlete who's supposed to compete next year, has just been killed outside of Bakhmut or just been killed outside of Kherson or just been killed outside of Sloviansk or something like this. You read continuously and there's a picture of this beautiful, lovely, young person. who will never compete next year for a gold medal at the Olympics. You see continuously people with economics degrees, people who went to art school being killed at the front. So just as the army, as the Ukrainian army has lost a lot of its best men, a lot of its most experienced soldiers have been killed recently in Bakhmut and in other places, the intelligentsia is taking a wide scale hit. Imagine like 20-30% of America's writers, artists, people who went to art school getting killed at the front or something like that. I don't have statistics, but 10 to 15, 20%. Can you imagine that? What would that do to the society over the long term, If some of its best writers, people who won Pulitzer prizes, people who won national book awards wound up going to the army and getting killed? Manya: When this war ends… Vladislav: When we win, when we win. Manya: When you win, will there be a Ukrainian Jewish community like there was before? What do you see as the future of the Ukrainian Jewish community and how do you think the trauma of this conflict will impact that community? Vladislav: There will be a Jewish Ukrainian community, whether there will be a Russian Jewish community remains to be seen. There will be survivors of the community. A lot of people will go back, we'll rebuild. We will get our demographics back. A lot of people in Ukraine will have already stayed where they're going. There are already a lot of people who have left and after a year their kids got into a school somewhere in the Czech Republic or France or Germany. They're not coming back. There will be a lot of people who will have roots somewhere else. Within the community, certain cities, Jewish life will die out. What was left of the Lugansk, Donetsk Jewish communities is gone now. What was left of Donetsk Jewry is gone. There were a lot of Jews in Mariupol, thousands of Jews. Many of them who survived World War II. Certainly the Mariupol Jewish community has no future. None. Absolutely none. For the obvious reasons. The demographics of the Jewish communities have all changed and we're gonna see over time how all this plays out and sorts itself out. A lot of Jews from Odessa went into Moldova and they will come back. A lot of Jews from Dnipro have been displaced, although the city has not been touched. And they had the biggest Jewish community of like 65-70,000 Jews in Dnipro, and the wealthiest Jewish community and the best financed, the most synagogues. I actually went, before the battle of Sievierodonetsk, I went and I asked the rabbi of Dnipro for his blessing, cause I knew it was going to be a bloodbath. I didn't really want to die, so, you know, I'll try anything once. and it worked. Proofs in the pudding. I'm still here. He's done tremendous work in order to help Jewish communities there. One of the interesting parts of this is that little Jewish communities that had been ethnically cleansed by the Holocaust, which were on their way to dying, which did not have enough Jews in order to reproduce on a long timeline in Western Ukraine. Now because of the influx of Jews from other parts of the country, from the south especially and from the east, now have enough Jews in order for them to continue on. I don't know if anyone knows the numbers and it's too early to say. Places like Lviv had a couple of hundred Jews. They now have several thousand. There are at least three or four minor towns that I can think of in Western Ukraine, which were historically Jewish towns. which did not after the Holocaust, after, Soviet and Post-soviet immigration have enough of a Jewish population in order to have a robust community a hundred years from now, they now do. Now that is a mixed blessing. But the demographics of Jews inside Ukraine have changed tremendously. Just that the demographics of everything in Ukraine has changed tremendously when 40% of a population have moved from one place to another. 8 million refugees, something like 25- 40% of the country are IDPs. Lots of Jews from my part of Ukraine, from the South, have moved to West Ukraine. And those communities, now they're temporary, but nothing is permanent as a temporary solution, as the saying goes. I think Chernowitz, which never had the opportunity, I really love their Jewish community and they're great. And the rabbi and the head of community is a wonderful man. It did not seem to me, the three or four times that I'd visited before the war, Chernowitz, where my family's from, that this is a city that has enough Jews or Jewish institutional life to continue in 50 years. It does now. Is that a good thing, I don't know. That's a different question, but it's certainly changed some things, for those cities. Manya: Vladislav, thank you. Thank you for your moving reports and for joining us here in the studio. It has been such a privilege to speak with you. Please stay safe. Vladislav: Thank you so much for having me. I really appreciate it. It's really great to check in with you again one year after the last time we spoke. 

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports on Russia-Ukraine-War-Sloviansk.

Hot UpdatesSeverodonetsk fell slowly as expected, but then Lysychansk fell quickly because Russian troops surrounded it, and Ukrainian troops had to retreat rather than be destroyed. It's possible the Ukrainians were out-gamed by Russian mid-level commanders.So far, Russians have not been able to break out of Donetsk city -- that part of the original Feb 24 defense line is holdingRussia appears to have deployed nearly 100% of its conventional combat capabilities to Ukraine, and is still getting clobbered.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/25/ukraine-russia-balance-of-forces/ Russia is trying to recruit “volunteer” regiments to deploy in Ukraine to relieve Russian troops -- they will be low quality, and so their use would be to hang tight in certain areas and try to pin down Ukrainian units. Not useless, but not super useful.Once again we have returned to slow movement along the front lines now that Severodonetsk and Lysychansk fell. Ukrainians fell back to the 2nd of 3 highly defensible urban areas in Donetsk oblast, with Siversk and Bakhmut the big towns there. Bakhmut is under a lot of pressure; Russians are trying to surround it, but so far to no avail.Russians attempting to attack directly on those two towns, but also continuing to try the end-around from Izium toward Sloviansk to try to create a pocket that can be cut off. So far it's really not working. It looks like Russia might be deprioritizing that angle as of July 31.WHAT IS HIMARS? WHY DOES IT MATTER?Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/reconsiderpodcast. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a brief news update, Russia shifts away from the Sloviansk front to Avdiivka in Donbas, while building up its defenses against the awaited Ukrainian offensive in Kherson. Meanwhile, they continue their intense missile strike campaign, especially against Mykolaiv and are suspected of an unusual mass execution in a prison camp in Olenivka. Then, we speak with Sarah Ashton, an American journalist based out of Kharkiv. She tells us about the situation on the ground in the liberated front line towns in the north of the city that have to deal with the persistent threat of Russia returning. We also ask about what it is like as a trans woman coming to cover a war in a fairly conservative country. Sarah's Contacts and Projects Twitter: @SarahAshtonLV Substack: https://sarahashtoncirillo.substack.com/ Twitter Anthony: @Bartaway Romeo: @RomeoKokriatski Ukraine Without Hype: @HypeUkraine Patreon https://www.patreon.com/UkraineWithoutHype Music Hey Sokoli (Traditional)

In eastern Ukraine, Russia continues its push to control the entire Donbas region. The strategic towns of Sloviansk, Kramatorsk and Bakhmut have all seen intense bombardment in recent days, leaving Ukrainian forces to shore up their lines of defence. Our reporters Luke Shrago, Taline Oundjian and Achraf Abid spent the night with some of those forces near the front, offering a glimpse into the life of a typical Ukrainian soldier at war.

Sloviansk et Kramatorsk : il ne lui reste plus que deux villes à prendre et Poutine pourra clamer qu'il a rempli son objectif de conquête du Donbass. Les Ukrainiens y ont-ils suffisamment renforcé leurs défenses ? L'artillerie moderne fournie par les Occidentaux à Kiev fera-t-elle la différence ? On passe en revue ces questions qui décideront cet été du sort du conflit en Ukraine, avec Clément Daniez et Paul Véronique, journalistes au service Monde de L'Express.Retrouvez tous les détails de l'épisode ici et inscrivez-vous à notre newsletter.L'équipe : Écriture : Margaux Lannuzel et Xavier YvonPrésentation : Xavier YvonMontage : Lison VerriezRéalisation : Charles VoisinCrédits : AFP, BFM TV, Europe 1, Euronews, France 24, LCI, Le Figaro, TF1Musique et habillage : Emmanuel Herschon / Studio Torrent Logo : Anne-Laure Chapelain / Thibaut Zschiesche Pour nous écrire : laloupe@lexpress.fr Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.

Japan's longest serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe, was shot in the city of Nara. Also: In Switzerland, former heads of FIFA and UEFA are cleared of corruption charges, the Ukrainian city of Sloviansk prepares to use drones to defend itself and a pilot study reveals microplastics in the meat, milk and blood of farm animals.

*) Evacuation calls as Russians advance in Ukraine's Donbass Ukraine has called on civilians to urgently evacuate the Sloviansk city in the Donetsk region as Russian troops press towards it in their campaign to secure the Donbass region. The governor of the Donetsk region said at least two people have been killed and seven others wounded in an attack on a marketplace in Sloviansk. He told Ukrainian media that his "main advice is evacuate!" Sloviansk has been subjected to "massive" Russian bombardment following Russia's seizure of the Luhansk region. *) Senior UK cabinet ministers resign, plunging govt into chaos Two of the United Kingdoms' most senior ministers have resigned in a move that could spell the end of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's leadership after months of scandals. Rishi Sunak resigned as finance minister and Sajid Javid as health secretary. Both said they could no longer tolerate the culture of scandal that has stalked Johnson for months. The resignations followed the allegations that the UK PM failed to come clean about a lawmaker who was appointed to a senior position despite claims of sexual misconduct. *) Palestinian killed during Israeli raid in West Bank A Palestinian man has been killed by Israeli forces during a raid in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Health Ministry said 20-year-old Rafiq Riyad Ghannem was shot dead near the northern West Bank city of Jenin. Israel says it conducts military raids due to security risks, but rights groups argue that they have been deployed as a tool to suppress Palestinian resistance. At least 70 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli army fire since the beginning of this year. *) South Korea warns of stern retaliation in case of provocation from North South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol has ordered the military to "promptly and sternly" retaliate in case of any North Korean provocation. Yoon called for strong capabilities to deter North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes after presiding over his first meeting with top military commanders. North Korea has this year been conducting missile tests at an unprecedented pace and is believed to be preparing for its seventh nuclear test. *) Muslim pilgrims begin largest Hajj since Covid pandemic The largest Hajj pilgrimage since the pandemic took over the world has kicked off, with hundreds of thousands of worshippers expected to circle Islam's holiest site in Saudi Arabia's Mecca. This year's Hajj will commence, with 1 million fully vaccinated Muslims expected to participate. It is a major break from two years of drastically curtailed numbers due to the pandemic. The pilgrimage consists of a series of religious rites that are completed over five days in Islam's holiest city and its surroundings in western Saudi Arabia.

As Russian troops step up their offensive in Ukraine, the governor of Donetsk in Ukraine is urging the 350,000 remaining residents to evacuate from the last eastern province partly under Ukraine's control. Meanwhile, Russian shelling pounded the cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Michael Kofman, senior fellow for Russian studies at the Center for Naval Analyses, joins Nick Schifrin to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

As Russian troops step up their offensive in Ukraine, the governor of Donetsk in Ukraine is urging the 350,000 remaining residents to evacuate from the last eastern province partly under Ukraine's control. Meanwhile, Russian shelling pounded the cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Michael Kofman, senior fellow for Russian studies at the Center for Naval Analyses, joins Nick Schifrin to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports on Russia Ukraine War Developments.

As Russia claims control of the entire Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, we speak to the deputy mayor of Sloviansk - the next city in Russia's sights. How are Ukraine's forces coping with this undulating conflict? Also in the programme: Will the Taliban allow Afghan girls the chance of an education? And we'll hear from the Australian city of Sydney, where thousands of people are told to leave their homes as heavy flooding hits. (Photo shows a man flying the Russian flag on his balcony in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine, 04 July 2022. Credit: Russian Defence Ministry press service)

durée : 00:09:34 - Journal de 18h - La Russie avance ville par ville dans le Donbass ukrainien : après Lyssytchansk, un point-clé stratégique pour la conquête d'autres municipalités, Moscou s'attaque à Sloviansk.

La ONU y sus socios han conseguido hacer llegar un convoy de doce camiones con ayuda humanitaria para 64.000 personas a Kramatorsk y Sloviansk, Ucrania.Más de dos millones de refugiados necesitarán ser reasentadas en terceros países en 2023, un aumento del 36% respecto a este año. La Misión de la ONU en Mali, la MINUSMA, investigará los ataques contra civiles en el centro del país que dejaron más de cien víctimas mortales y casas y comercios quemados.

Ruská armáda s podporou delostrelectva pokračuje v útoku na Severodoneck v Luhanskej oblasti a snaží sa získať oporu v centre mesta, napísal v utorok generálny štáb ukrajinskej armády v pravidelnej správe. Štáb zároveň informoval, že Rusi pokračujú v prípravách na ofenzívu na Sloviansk v Doneckej oblasti. Ukrajinský spravodaj z utorka 14. júna pripravili Zuzana Kovačič Hanzelová a Nina Sobotovičová. – Ak máte pre nás spätnú väzbu, odkaz alebo nápad, napíšte nám na dobrerano@sme.sk – Všetky podcasty denníka SME nájdete na sme.sk/podcasty – Podporte vznik podcastu Dobré ráno a kúpte si digitálne predplatné SME.sk na sme.sk/podcast – Odoberajte aj denný newsletter SME.sk s najdôležitejšími správami na sme.sk/brifing – Ďakujeme, že počúvate podcast Dobré ráno.

Rusi sa naďalej snažia dobyť mesto Severodoneck, útočia aj pri Lymane v Donbase a pokračujú v ofenzíve na Sloviansk. Pri Bachmute, juhozápadne od Severodonecka, utrpeli podľa ukrajinského generálneho štábu ruské sily značné straty bez toho, aby dosiahli úspech. Súhrn toho najdôležitejšieho z diania na Ukrajine za pondelok 6. júna pripravili Ľubica Melcerová a Nina Sobotovičová. – Ak máte pre nás spätnú väzbu, odkaz alebo nápad, napíšte nám na dobrerano@sme.sk – Všetky podcasty denníka SME nájdete na sme.sk/podcasty – Podporte vznik podcastu Dobré ráno a kúpte si digitálne predplatné SME.sk na sme.sk/podcast – Odoberajte aj denný newsletter SME.sk s najdôležitejšími správami na sme.sk/brifing – Ďakujeme, že počúvate podcast Dobré ráno.

The war in Ukraine marks its 100th day today. President Volodymyr Zelensky has praised the Ukrainian resistance, which he says will win the war. Fighting continues in the key eastern city of Severodonetsk, which is now largely under the control of Russian troops. We have an extended interview with the new US ambassador to the country, Bridget Brink, about the course of the war and what more Washington needs to do to help. Also in the programme: why so many police officers in Kenya are taking their own lives; and how one Australian grasshopper species has dispensed with the need for males. (Photo: Homes have been badly damaged in strikes on cities such as Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine. Credit: Getty).

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