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Emmanuelle Chaze
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Journalist

🇺🇦 Ukraine Correspondent for 🎙RFI 📰 Ouest-France 🖥 France24.

Grew up in 🇫🇷, lived in Ireland 🇮🇪, Germany 🇩🇪 & now 🇺🇦.

🗣 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇺🇦

Politics, War, Migration, ⚖️ International Law, ⚓️Sea Rescue.

www.emmanuellechaze.com
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🇺🇦 In Donetsk Oblast, despite a mandatory evacuation order, tens of thousands of vulnerable civilians stay under fire, or have to make the heartbreaking decision to leave everything behind, once bombs reach their home.

My report for @kyivindependent.com 👇

kyivindependent.com/as-russians-...
As Russians inch closer to Pokrovsk, civilians in the area are left with a choice — stay under fire or leave life behind
BILOZERSKE, Donetsk Oblast — Less than 30 kilometers north of embattled Pokrovsk, a market was in full swing in the town of Bilozerske. Meters away, however, a crowd has gathered in front of a buildi...
kyivindependent.com
Loin des discussions de salon sur une fin (illusoire) de la guerre, la réalité sur le terrain en Ukraine:

www.rfi.fr/fr/europe/20...
Ukraine: plusieurs morts dans une vague d'attaques russes, Moscou a lancé le missile hypersonique Orechnik
La Russie a frappé dans la nuit de jeudi 8 à vendredi 9 janvier des « cibles stratégiques » en Ukraine à l'aide du missile hypersonique Orechnik, a annoncé le ministère russe de la Défense dans un com...
www.rfi.fr
January 9, 2026 at 11:54 AM
🔴"La moitié des immeubles d’habitation (6000!) à Kiev sans chauffage, le maire de la ville appelle les habitants à quitter « temporairement » la capitale ukrainienne"

www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : quatre morts au cours d’une nuit de bombardements russes ; la Russie dit avoir fait usage du missile hypersonique Orechnik
Selon l’argumentaire russe, ces frappes ont été menées « en réponse à l’attentat terroriste perpétré » par Kiev contre une résidence de Vladimir Poutine fin décembre, assertion que l’Ukraine considère...
www.lemonde.fr
January 9, 2026 at 10:41 AM
🇺🇦 Overnight, Russia sent over 240 drones, & 36 cruise & ballistic missiles, mostly aimed at Kyiv.

Ukrainian air defence says it could intercept 226 drones and 18 missiles.

In Kyiv, four people were killed, 19 injured, including 14 who had to be hospitalised.

The energy grid is further damaged.
January 9, 2026 at 8:48 AM
🔴 Kyiv is under yet another large scale attack launched by Russia, with drones & missiles being thrown at the capital in waves.

Once again, several residential buildings were hit across the city, as well as energy infrastructure.

kyivindependent.com/4-injured-ru...
3 dead, 6 injured as Russia launches mass attack on Ukraine
Three people were killed and six injured in Kyiv after Russia launched a mass attack across Ukraine overnight on Jan. 8-9.
kyivindependent.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:37 AM
🔴 Tonight, there are already dozens of russian drones in the Ukrainian airspace.

President Zelensky warns of the risk of another large scale attack: "The Russians haven't changed one bit. They are trying to exploit the weather", as rain, snow and strong winds are battering the country.
January 8, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Le chaos du monde a cet effet que presque plus personne ne m'appelle pour parler d'Ukraine. C'est courant dans les "cycles d'information", d'abord l'agitation autour de chaque pourparler ("les Ukrainiens ont-ils l'espoir de la paix?" - à quoi je réponds entre 2 frappes russes...) puis plus rien.

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January 8, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Reposted by Emmanuelle Chaze
No this is not from a post apocalyptic movie. This is city of Dnipro in full blackout after Russia bombed all of the power stations in the region. A million people lives here, and , according to forecast, temperatures gonna drop soon to below -11
January 8, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Reposted by Emmanuelle Chaze
A tense Atlantic chase has escalated after Russia deployed a submarine and naval assets to shield an oil tanker targeted by U.S. forces. The aging vessel, Bella 1, is believed to be part of Moscow’s shadow fleet used to bypass oil sanctions.
January 7, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Reposted by Emmanuelle Chaze
This is not just a porcelain teacup, it is one of the only things that Mariia & Anatolii, a displaced couple of pensioners that I met today in Kharkiv, could salvage from their now destroyed house in Kupyansk.

They haven't just lost material things.

One of their three sons died defending Ukraine.
January 6, 2026 at 5:08 PM
This is not just a porcelain teacup, it is one of the only things that Mariia & Anatolii, a displaced couple of pensioners that I met today in Kharkiv, could salvage from their now destroyed house in Kupyansk.

They haven't just lost material things.

One of their three sons died defending Ukraine.
January 6, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Thanks @bsky.app 🙏 very glad to be verified here ✅️
January 5, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Reposted by Emmanuelle Chaze
Russian-born Yulia Lemeshchenko (42) was sentenced to 19y in 🇷🇺 Russia for working on behalf of the Ukrainian security services.

‚“I am not a citizen of the country for which I decided to fight, but nevertheless I consider 🇺🇦
Ukraine my home. I love the country, I love Kharkiv,” she told the court.‘
The weightlifting champion jailed by Russia for ‘plotting sabotage and assassinations’
Yulia Lemeshchenko was defiant and did not deny the accusations, saying she had decided to fight against Russian military aggression
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:45 PM
🔴 Russia is currently attacking Kharkiv repeatedly. Several explosions were heard, Mayor Terekhov says there were three hits.
January 5, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Reposted by Emmanuelle Chaze
⚡️Russia targets capital and Kyiv Oblast, killing at least 2, damaging medical center.

A privately owned medical center in Kyiv’s Obolonskyi district was damaged in the attack, and at least two people were injured, according to Tymur Tkachenko, who heads the City Military Administration.
Russia targets capital and Kyiv Oblast, killing at least 2, damaging medical center
A privately owned medical center in Kyiv’s Obolonskyi district was damaged in the attack, and at least two people were injured, according to Tymur Tkachenko, who heads the Kyiv City Military Administr...
kyivindependent.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:21 AM
In Kyiv, a fire broke in a medical facility in Obolon district following a russian strike.

One person was killed, says regional military administrator Tymur Tkachenko.
🔴 Multiple explosions in Kharkiv & suburbs.

Kyiv is also under attack.
January 5, 2026 at 1:54 AM
🔴 Multiple explosions in Kharkiv & suburbs.

Kyiv is also under attack.
January 5, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Kharkiv, January 4th.

The remains of four people have been found in the rubble since last night.

This brings to six the number of people killed by the ru missile strike of January 2nd.

Among them, a 3-year-old boy & his 22-year-old mother.

One person is still unaccounted for.
January 4, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Tonight, Kharkiv authorities have announced that fragments of a third body have been found in the rubble.

Following yesterday's missile strikes in the city center, five people are still considered missing.
Kharkiv, 03.01.2026. The day after two Iskander missiles struck civilian infrastructure. A shopping center (closed) as well as residential building were hit.

People still work to clear the site. A pile of dust and debris is all that remains of the residential building, pulverised by a missile.
January 3, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Reposted by Emmanuelle Chaze
💔🕯️ As a result of a Russian missile attack on January 2 in Kharkiv, 22-year-old Anastasia Parkhomenko and her 3-year-old son Maksym were killed.
January 3, 2026 at 1:03 PM
🎥 My report from Kharkiv this morning, about yesterday's strikes, children mandatory evacuations from frontline areas, and the government's reshuffle 👇

www.france24.com/en/video/202...
Zelensky names spy boss chief to head presidential administration in big shakeup
www.france24.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:14 PM
🎥 Ce matin, j'évoquais sur @france24.com l'étendue des destructions causées par les missiles russes lancés contre des infrastructures civiles à Kharkiv, les remaniements annoncés par Volodymyr Zelensky et les évacuations d'enfants proches de la ligne de front👇

www.france24.com/fr/vid%C3%A9...
Nominations en Ukraine : "Mykhaïlo Fedorov n'était pas forcément attendu à ce poste"
www.france24.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:00 AM
I have started to post on my Tiktok account, if you're also there 👋

www.tiktok.com/@emmanuellec...
January 3, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Kharkiv, 03.01.2026. The day after two Iskander missiles struck civilian infrastructure. A shopping center (closed) as well as residential building were hit.

People still work to clear the site. A pile of dust and debris is all that remains of the residential building, pulverised by a missile.
January 3, 2026 at 8:58 AM
A Kharkiv, au cours de la nuit, le corps d'une femme a été retrouvé dans les décombres. Cela porte à deux, pour l'instant, le nombre de morts dans cette frappe d'une violence inouïe dans le centre ville.

Les gravas que vous voyez au fond sur ma photo: ce qui reste d'un immeuble résidentiel.
Pour @rfi.fr , récit de cet après-midi de destruction & désolation à Kharkiv, après des frappes russes de missiles balistiques en plein coeur de la 2e plus grande ville d'Ukraine.

31 personnes ont été blessés, un enfant de trois ans est mort. Les secouristes sont toujours sur place.

rfi.my/CJhb.BS
«L'alerte n'a même pas sonné»: en Ukraine, des missiles balistiques russes s'abattent sur le centre de Kharkiv
En ce début d'année 2026, la population ukrainienne continue de subir quotidiennement les bombardements russes. Ce vendredi 2 janvier, les 1,3 million d'habitants de la ville de Kharkiv ont été une no...
rfi.my
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Pour @rfi.fr , récit de cet après-midi de destruction & désolation à Kharkiv, après des frappes russes de missiles balistiques en plein coeur de la 2e plus grande ville d'Ukraine.

31 personnes ont été blessés, un enfant de trois ans est mort. Les secouristes sont toujours sur place.

rfi.my/CJhb.BS
«L'alerte n'a même pas sonné»: en Ukraine, des missiles balistiques russes s'abattent sur le centre de Kharkiv
En ce début d'année 2026, la population ukrainienne continue de subir quotidiennement les bombardements russes. Ce vendredi 2 janvier, les 1,3 million d'habitants de la ville de Kharkiv ont été une no...
rfi.my
January 2, 2026 at 9:14 PM