Journalist covering #Ukraine with the Financial Times / Also seen in La Croix, Les Jours, Foreign Policy & others
Fabrice Deprez
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When I wrote this story in November, Ukrainian Railways had just closed the Kramatorsk train station & moved the terminus to Barvinkove. Russia is using more precise Shahed drones to hit individual trains & expand the "kill zone", the area under constant drone threat www.ft.com/content/6c58...
J’avais prévu de consacrer cette édition de ma newsletter à deux mobilisations opposées en cours en Ukraine, le genre de mouvements qui poussent à l’ombre de la guerre, et puis la nuit de samedi à dimanche est arrivée.
À lire ici:
The chalkboard that hangs behind the bar at Squat 17b does not list the drink specials — it keeps a countdown of how many more days Ukrainians must endure the harsh winter that has gripped the war-weary country.
On Thursday, it read: “Days until spring: 24.”
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Those looking to go to Kramatorsk by train can currently only buy tickets to Lozova, 90 km west of the biggest Ukr-controlled city of the Donetsk region. Last leg of the journey can only be done in cars or buses, driving under anti-drone nets as they edge closer to Kramatorsk.
Fabrice Deprez
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Ukrainian Railways writes this morning that the route from Lozova (in the Kharkiv region) to the Donbas fortress of Kramatorsk remains a zone "of increased risk", days after a Russian drone strike on a passenger train near Barvinkove killed 4 people.
A few months ago, Ukrainian Railways launched a webpage dedicated to train delays (there wasn't really a need for it before). At least 7 trains are currently delayed because of "combat actions", including one from Kyiv to Kovel (in the west of Ukraine) delayed more than 6 hours.
