Brave. Zelensky close advisors go walkabout in central Kyiv. It’s a shame the city is so empty, they say — “but we did find coffee!”
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Foreign Correspondent for @TheEconomist | Covering Ukraine, Russia, Belarus | Opinions strictly my own | DM for Signal
- Yelena Osipova, brave survivor of the Siege of Leningrad, out protesting again in St Petersburg. “Soldier! Lay down your arms and be a real hero.”
- New video from Zelensky in moment of exhausted and emotional late night reflection: “52 days. We work (shows speech), we love (family photo), we are thankful (gifted cockerel from destroyed borodyanka flat), we are proud (flag), we will be victorious”
- Zelensky not mincing his criticism of Nato over its refusal to implement no-fly zone: “Every person who dies from today will die because of you."
- Lavrov: “Russia has never had any issues with the Ukrainian people” I can only imagine what the people of Mariupol and Kharkiv think about that.
- Despite threat of arrest, kidnapping and worse, Ukrainians in their thousands still come out to protest against occupying Russian forces. This latest video from Berdyansk on the Azov coast.
00:00 - Breaking. Zelensky has just announced that secret services have captured Putin’s best friend in Ukraine Viktor Medvedchuk. He had been on the run.
- Breaking. Ukraine says it has shot down an Il-76 Russian transport plane 20km from Kyiv. 100+ paratroopers on board.
- Another pitch perfect video fm Zelensky, calling on Ukrainians to stay motivated. You get impression he spends most of his time crafting these messages, leaving work of war to generals. Mark of a good leader, no doubt. Clear Poroshenko would have been micromanaging to last detail
00:00 - New Zelensky: 1. Ukraine is at “turning point." 2. No concrete progress on talks. “We don't believe fancy word constructions, we believe in what happens on battlefield” 3.“We are fighting for freedom over tyranny. That gives us right to ask for tanks, planes, and artillery”
00:00 - New Zelensky: “Russians know nothing about us. They know nothing about freedom.”
00:00 - In new message, Zelensky appeals to Russian soldiers: “You won’t take anything fm Ukraine. You will take lives. But we will take your lives too. We offer you choice: if you surrender, we will treat you as people should be treated. With dignity. Not like your army has treated you"
- Businesswoman Anna Vorosheva is on her way back to Mariupol on a heroic mission to deliver humanitarian aid — and evacuate ppl on the way back. She’s scraping together what she can from donations and good will.
