Terrell Jermaine Starr
@terrelljstarr.bsky.social
Watch my Ukraine reporting at Terrell J Starr Official YouTube and Substack.
If you want to know how Ukrainians are braving the freezing weather here in Kyiv, check my latest video report.
Ukrainians tell me how the cold follows them everywhere—even their beds.
Ukrainians tell me how the cold follows them everywhere—even their beds.
I Asked Ukrainians How They Brave Sub-Zero Temps Without Heat, Water and Electricity
Man on the street video report
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January 16, 2026 at 4:20 PM
If you want to know how Ukrainians are braving the freezing weather here in Kyiv, check my latest video report.
Ukrainians tell me how the cold follows them everywhere—even their beds.
Ukrainians tell me how the cold follows them everywhere—even their beds.
Reposted by Terrell Jermaine Starr
VIDEO REPORT FROM KYIV: I hit the streets to ask locals how they‘re dealing with the lack of hot water, power and heat in sub-zero temperatures.
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#urkrainianview
Also, please subscribe to my newsletter and consider becoming a paid subscriber. Trying to get 1000 paid subs this month!
#urkrainianview
I Asked Ukrainians How They Brave Sub-Zero Temps Without Heat, Water and Electricity
Man on the street video report
substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:17 PM
VIDEO REPORT FROM KYIV: I hit the streets to ask locals how they‘re dealing with the lack of hot water, power and heat in sub-zero temperatures.
Also, please subscribe to my newsletter and consider becoming a paid subscriber. Trying to get 1000 paid subs this month!
#urkrainianview
Also, please subscribe to my newsletter and consider becoming a paid subscriber. Trying to get 1000 paid subs this month!
#urkrainianview
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Hey folks, I know many of you will love this episode. Kris & I talk about what accountability should look like post Trump. It’s worth a listen.
New On Offense ep is up:
I talk with Dr. Nola Haynes (@nolahaynes1.substack.com) about the collapse of U.S. power, Trump policy, and what a reckoning would really take.
📰 onoffense.substack.com/p/americas-g...
#OnOffensePod #DrNolaHaynes #TrumpPolicy
I talk with Dr. Nola Haynes (@nolahaynes1.substack.com) about the collapse of U.S. power, Trump policy, and what a reckoning would really take.
📰 onoffense.substack.com/p/americas-g...
#OnOffensePod #DrNolaHaynes #TrumpPolicy
America’s Global Reckoning: Dr. Nola Haynes on Power, Collapse, and What Comes Next
Our superpower status isn’t guaranteed—and may already be gone. Dr. Nola Haynes joins me to talk about Trump policy, the collapse of American exceptionalism, and the reckoning America now faces.
onoffense.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Hey folks, I know many of you will love this episode. Kris & I talk about what accountability should look like post Trump. It’s worth a listen.
VIDEO REPORT FROM KYIV: I hit the streets to ask locals how they‘re dealing with the lack of hot water, power and heat in sub-zero temperatures.
Also, please subscribe to my newsletter and consider becoming a paid subscriber. Trying to get 1000 paid subs this month!
#urkrainianview
Also, please subscribe to my newsletter and consider becoming a paid subscriber. Trying to get 1000 paid subs this month!
#urkrainianview
I Asked Ukrainians How They Brave Sub-Zero Temps Without Heat, Water and Electricity
Man on the street video report
substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:17 PM
VIDEO REPORT FROM KYIV: I hit the streets to ask locals how they‘re dealing with the lack of hot water, power and heat in sub-zero temperatures.
Also, please subscribe to my newsletter and consider becoming a paid subscriber. Trying to get 1000 paid subs this month!
#urkrainianview
Also, please subscribe to my newsletter and consider becoming a paid subscriber. Trying to get 1000 paid subs this month!
#urkrainianview
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Meanwhile, in Ukraine...
Ukrainians have gone DAYS without water, heat and electricity and it’s all because Russia won’t stop hitting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.It’s making daily life tough to manage.
My dispatch from Ukraine.
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My dispatch from Ukraine.
Please subscribe to my newsletter for on-the-ground reporting from Ukraine!
Non-Stop Russian Airstrikes Exacerbate Sub-Zero Temps In Ukraine
Quick dispatch from Kyiv
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January 14, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Meanwhile, in Ukraine...
Reposted by Terrell Jermaine Starr
Ukrainians have gone DAYS without water, heat and electricity and it’s all because Russia won’t stop hitting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.It’s making daily life tough to manage.
My dispatch from Ukraine.
Please subscribe to my newsletter for on-the-ground reporting from Ukraine!
My dispatch from Ukraine.
Please subscribe to my newsletter for on-the-ground reporting from Ukraine!
Non-Stop Russian Airstrikes Exacerbate Sub-Zero Temps In Ukraine
Quick dispatch from Kyiv
open.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Ukrainians have gone DAYS without water, heat and electricity and it’s all because Russia won’t stop hitting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.It’s making daily life tough to manage.
My dispatch from Ukraine.
Please subscribe to my newsletter for on-the-ground reporting from Ukraine!
My dispatch from Ukraine.
Please subscribe to my newsletter for on-the-ground reporting from Ukraine!
Reposted by Terrell Jermaine Starr
Vonya, a cafe worker and student here in Kyiv, told me his dorm had gone a month without water and that he has to shower at his girlfriend’s parent’s home.
I have more man-on-the street video reports coming today. In the meantime, please subscribe to my Substack newsletter, Terrell J. Starr.
I have more man-on-the street video reports coming today. In the meantime, please subscribe to my Substack newsletter, Terrell J. Starr.
January 14, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Vonya, a cafe worker and student here in Kyiv, told me his dorm had gone a month without water and that he has to shower at his girlfriend’s parent’s home.
I have more man-on-the street video reports coming today. In the meantime, please subscribe to my Substack newsletter, Terrell J. Starr.
I have more man-on-the street video reports coming today. In the meantime, please subscribe to my Substack newsletter, Terrell J. Starr.
Vonya, a cafe worker and student here in Kyiv, told me his dorm had gone a month without water and that he has to shower at his girlfriend’s parent’s home.
I have more man-on-the street video reports coming today. In the meantime, please subscribe to my Substack newsletter, Terrell J. Starr.
I have more man-on-the street video reports coming today. In the meantime, please subscribe to my Substack newsletter, Terrell J. Starr.
January 14, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Vonya, a cafe worker and student here in Kyiv, told me his dorm had gone a month without water and that he has to shower at his girlfriend’s parent’s home.
I have more man-on-the street video reports coming today. In the meantime, please subscribe to my Substack newsletter, Terrell J. Starr.
I have more man-on-the street video reports coming today. In the meantime, please subscribe to my Substack newsletter, Terrell J. Starr.
Ukrainians have gone DAYS without water, heat and electricity and it’s all because Russia won’t stop hitting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.It’s making daily life tough to manage.
My dispatch from Ukraine.
Please subscribe to my newsletter for on-the-ground reporting from Ukraine!
My dispatch from Ukraine.
Please subscribe to my newsletter for on-the-ground reporting from Ukraine!
Non-Stop Russian Airstrikes Exacerbate Sub-Zero Temps In Ukraine
Quick dispatch from Kyiv
open.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Ukrainians have gone DAYS without water, heat and electricity and it’s all because Russia won’t stop hitting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.It’s making daily life tough to manage.
My dispatch from Ukraine.
Please subscribe to my newsletter for on-the-ground reporting from Ukraine!
My dispatch from Ukraine.
Please subscribe to my newsletter for on-the-ground reporting from Ukraine!
This is how I keep my internet running when we have power outages in Ukraine. #ukrainianview
January 6, 2026 at 5:06 PM
This is how I keep my internet running when we have power outages in Ukraine. #ukrainianview
If Trump is all about taking down dictators for being a threat to US interests, why doesn’t he kidnap Putin as well? I explain here👇🏾
Trump Has Smoke For Venezuela But None For Putin?
There is a connection between the two
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January 4, 2026 at 1:58 PM
If Trump is all about taking down dictators for being a threat to US interests, why doesn’t he kidnap Putin as well? I explain here👇🏾
The more I engage many of you, the more you reveal that you only care about the law or human rights if it benefits you. Fuck everyone else.
We live in a very selfish and cruel world.
We live in a very selfish and cruel world.
January 4, 2026 at 7:59 AM
The more I engage many of you, the more you reveal that you only care about the law or human rights if it benefits you. Fuck everyone else.
We live in a very selfish and cruel world.
We live in a very selfish and cruel world.
I know many Venezuelans are happy that Maduro is gone. (So am I). That said, do I agree with my country kidnapping him, bypassing US congressional approval and any regard to international law or human rights? No.
I explain why 👇🏾
I explain why 👇🏾
January 3, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I know many Venezuelans are happy that Maduro is gone. (So am I). That said, do I agree with my country kidnapping him, bypassing US congressional approval and any regard to international law or human rights? No.
I explain why 👇🏾
I explain why 👇🏾
Does Trump’s military actions in Venezuela undermine support for Ukraine from those (especially in the Global South and other places) who feel any U.S. involvement is a colonial conquest? Let me know your thoughts!
#ukrainianview
#ukrainianview
January 3, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Does Trump’s military actions in Venezuela undermine support for Ukraine from those (especially in the Global South and other places) who feel any U.S. involvement is a colonial conquest? Let me know your thoughts!
#ukrainianview
#ukrainianview
Why does Trump have smoke for Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, but none for Russia’s Vladimir Putin?
I break down the hypocrisy here👇🏾
open.substack.com/pub/terrells...
I break down the hypocrisy here👇🏾
open.substack.com/pub/terrells...
Trump Has Smoke For Venezuela But None For Putin?
There is a connection between the two
open.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Why does Trump have smoke for Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, but none for Russia’s Vladimir Putin?
I break down the hypocrisy here👇🏾
open.substack.com/pub/terrells...
I break down the hypocrisy here👇🏾
open.substack.com/pub/terrells...
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When people question the ability of HBCU graduates, I think about Terrell from Detroit who when to Philander Smith in Little Rock…
Black guy from New York speaks Georgian to a Ukrainian woman on New Year’s Day. 😊🇺🇦 🇬🇪🇺🇸 #ukrainianview
January 1, 2026 at 10:57 PM
When people question the ability of HBCU graduates, I think about Terrell from Detroit who when to Philander Smith in Little Rock…
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Thank you to @terrelljstarr.bsky.social in Kyiv for cheering me up today. I think we should counter Putinist and Trumpist performative sadism with more performative multilingualism and friendly encounters with strangers over mulled wine.
Black guy from New York speaks Georgian to a Ukrainian woman on New Year’s Day. 😊🇺🇦 🇬🇪🇺🇸 #ukrainianview
January 2, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Thank you to @terrelljstarr.bsky.social in Kyiv for cheering me up today. I think we should counter Putinist and Trumpist performative sadism with more performative multilingualism and friendly encounters with strangers over mulled wine.
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January 2, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Please support my reporting from Ukraine by donating 👇🏾👇🏾. I post weekly content on Substack and YouTube. Links in bio
Any support would be appreciated.
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PayPal: paypal.me/terrellstarr
Any support would be appreciated.
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I’ll be resuming my newsletter tomorrow with weekly dispatches from Ukraine. Please support my work by becoming a paid subscriber.
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January 2, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I’ll be resuming my newsletter tomorrow with weekly dispatches from Ukraine. Please support my work by becoming a paid subscriber.
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I spoke with a Ukrainian family on New Year’s Day here in Kyiv. I wish I had asked them some questions about the war. But I think this simple interaction was just fine 😊
January 2, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I spoke with a Ukrainian family on New Year’s Day here in Kyiv. I wish I had asked them some questions about the war. But I think this simple interaction was just fine 😊
Black guy from New York speaks Georgian to a Ukrainian woman on New Year’s Day. 😊🇺🇦 🇬🇪🇺🇸 #ukrainianview
January 1, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Black guy from New York speaks Georgian to a Ukrainian woman on New Year’s Day. 😊🇺🇦 🇬🇪🇺🇸 #ukrainianview
Happy New Year from Ukraine!!!
Looking forward to sharing great stories from the ground in 2026.
#ukrainianview
Looking forward to sharing great stories from the ground in 2026.
#ukrainianview
December 31, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Happy New Year from Ukraine!!!
Looking forward to sharing great stories from the ground in 2026.
#ukrainianview
Looking forward to sharing great stories from the ground in 2026.
#ukrainianview
The power went out at the bar here in Ukraine and everyone kept going about their evening as if nothing happened.
Darkness is the new normal in wartime Ukraine.
Thanks to the folks at the Fat Lion pub for keeping us in the light, nonetheless!
#ukrainianview
Darkness is the new normal in wartime Ukraine.
Thanks to the folks at the Fat Lion pub for keeping us in the light, nonetheless!
#ukrainianview
December 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The power went out at the bar here in Ukraine and everyone kept going about their evening as if nothing happened.
Darkness is the new normal in wartime Ukraine.
Thanks to the folks at the Fat Lion pub for keeping us in the light, nonetheless!
#ukrainianview
Darkness is the new normal in wartime Ukraine.
Thanks to the folks at the Fat Lion pub for keeping us in the light, nonetheless!
#ukrainianview
Snowy night in Kyiv.
December 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Snowy night in Kyiv.
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💔 A man who lost his wife and four-month-old son to shelling last year has again been left without a home after a Russian drone strike.
Serhii moved in with his daughter to a house owned by a member of the local church community. Russian drone struck their home on December 13.
Serhii moved in with his daughter to a house owned by a member of the local church community. Russian drone struck their home on December 13.
December 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
💔 A man who lost his wife and four-month-old son to shelling last year has again been left without a home after a Russian drone strike.
Serhii moved in with his daughter to a house owned by a member of the local church community. Russian drone struck their home on December 13.
Serhii moved in with his daughter to a house owned by a member of the local church community. Russian drone struck their home on December 13.