Fabrice Deprez
@fabrice_deprez
Reporter with @FT in #Ukraine / Also seen in @LaCroix, @ForeignPolicy, @Lesjoursfr & others
Needs to be emphasized just how dangerous the moment is: a president facing a major internal political crisis of his own making just as the Ukrainian military finds itself in its most precarious position since 2022.
End of an historic day here in Kyiv. Zelensky's status as an uncontested wartime leader is no more, whatever happens in the coming days. Huge uncertainty ahead.
Zelenskyy finally reacts, framing the decision to strip NABU and SAPO of its independence as part of the fight against Russia. Seemingly no understanding about the scale of the popular dismay.
I spoke with NABU Director Semen Kryvonos, SAPO Prosecutor Oleksandr Klymenko, Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, and Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Maliuk. We discussed various challenges. The anti-corruption infrastructure will work. Only without Russian…
End of an historic day here in Kyiv. Zelensky's status as an uncontested wartime leader is no more, whatever happens in the coming days. Huge uncertainty ahead.
Criticism against the latest bill targeting the NABU anticorruption agency is emerging from military circles too--@solonko1648 is a soldier fighting in a drone unit in Eastern Ukraine.
Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians took up arms to defend their country from russian darkness. We would do it regardless of the surname of the country's officials and what party they represent. Today's vote in parliament does not reflect the position of Ukrainian society. This…
"Shame!" shouted many Ukrainian lawmakers as a majority formed from Zelensky's ruling party, pro-Russian oppo bloc & Yulia Tymoshenko's Batkivshchyna voted to, in effect, dismantle Ukraine's independent anticorruption institutions. My story on a grim day: ft.com/content/21cf3d…
The Rada has adopted a bill critics say could dismantle the country's anticorruption architecture. Combined with yesterday's searches against NABU, this could be the biggest internal political crisis in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion.
Ukraine's parliament could vote very soon on a law that would strip the NABU anticorruption agency of its independence, warns Ukrainian investigative outlet Bihus.
AFP Journalists’ Association on reporters in Gaza: ‘Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us can remember seeing a colleague die of hunger. We refuse to see them die’
Yes, Russia's advances on the battlefield are still very limited compared to the size of the frontline. But that isn't necessarily the most important data point in an industrial war of attrition and the trends are increasingly worrying for Ukraine, as @konrad_muzyka explains:
Russia has been waging a war of attrition against Ukraine, where developments typically unfold slowly—until they suddenly accelerate. What I find particularly concerning is that, over the past 30 days, Russian forces have advanced over 9 km along several axes. Most notably, on…
After last night’s Russian bombardment in Kyiv, a metro station — probably the most bombed one in the city — filled with smoke as people were sheltering in it. Russia used over 400 attack drones and 24 missiles in last night’s air raid across Ukraine.
In a Russian prison 500+ km from Ukraine, Ukrainian POWs say they faced beatings, shocks, psychological abuse, and medical deprivation. Behind it all wasn’t a guard or soldier — but a doctor they called “Dr. Evil.” We found him: occrp.org/en/investigati…
Trump has privately encouraged Ukraine to step up deep strikes on Russian territory, even asking Zelenskyy whether he could strike Moscow if the US provided long-range weapons, according to people briefed on the discussions. w/ @HenryJFoy & @maxseddon. ft.com/content/b66f03…
News: Zelensky confirms our @FT reporting that he will nominate deputy prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko to be Ukraine’s next prime minister, as part of the country’s biggest government shuffle since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
I held a meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko. A report was delivered on the implementation of agreements with European and American partners regarding support for Ukraine reached during the recent Ukraine Recovery Conference. We must swiftly implement…
Taras Chmut has always been one of the more grounded Ukrainian analysts of the war.
A far cry from the popular assessments in 2022-23. "The next thing is speed of learning. The Russians are faster on the battlefield than we are. They are faster at transforming their army management system, learning the battlefield lessons..." pravda.com.ua/articles/2025/…
Mobilization and troops shortage remains the crucial issue for the Ukrainian military:
A very important point from the interview: "(...) Our statistics are also negative. We are losing more than we are bringing in, we are under-recruiting, and this does not refer solely to irrecoverable losses. This includes discharges, injuries, illnesses, and other reasons where…
Our analysis of data from the front lines in Ukraine suggests Russia is suffering its heaviest losses of the conflict so far. We use satellites to track the fighting: economist.com/interactive/gr…
Russian suicide drones have hit five military draft offices across Ukraine in the past two weeks, in what Kyiv says is an attempt by Moscow to disrupt its mobilization process. @fabrice_deprez has the story: ft.com/content/390fa8… via @FT
Trump says the US will send more arms to Ukraine less than a week after deliveries of some key weapons were abruptly halted. “We’re going to send some more weapons. We have to, they have to be able to defend themselves. They’re getting hit very hard now.” on.ft.com/44wzXqs
Anti-drone nets, artillery firing from fortified and camouflaged dugouts, rain making it harder for drones to fly: excellent, courageous reporting from @francisjfarrell showing just how the war is fought today youtube.com/watch?v=xBhoyr…