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  1. 1 hour ago

    Took this photo of the Moscow bureau plaque on my last day there in May 2012. Vladimir Putin had just returned to the presidency and an era of optimism about Russia’s future seemed to be nearing its end.

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  2. 2 hours ago

    It’s a sad day for journalism and a sad day for Russia. I got my start as a reporter at the NYT’s Moscow bureau. Like many others right now, I am left wondering whether I will ever again be able to visit a country that was once my adopted home.

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  3. 11 hours ago

    Ukrainian airborne troops from the 79th brigade had only three minutes warning before a Russian cruise missile slammed into their barracks in Mykolaiv. At least 8 were killed. Would have been worse if the missile hadn’t first hit a line of poplar trees out front.

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  4. 12 hours ago

    The woman in this photo, Olga Korolyova, could barely speak through her sobs. A blast tore through her small apartment early Monday morning when Russian forces attacked Mykolaiv. “I want him to go through what I went through this morning,” she said of Vladimir Putin.

    Indiscriminate Russian attacks have trapped and traumatized Ukrainians, magnifying a humanitarian crisis that has already left tens of thousands without food, water, power or heat.
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  5. Mar 7

    What?

    FM : The goal of Russia’s special military operation is to stop any war that could take place on Ukrainian territory or that could start from there.
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    Mar 7

    Listen to today's episode of the Daily about the journey that millions of Ukrainians are making West. and I made the same trip and spoke to many people along the way. She has captured their stories so powerfully.

    On today’s Daily: 1.5 million Ukrainians have fled their country over the past 10 days, the fastest displacement of people in Europe since WWII. followed the tide of humanity toward the border, capturing it as only she can.
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    Mar 7

    Here is the piece I wrote about the journey, which includes some of the same people that you hear in the podcast:

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  8. Mar 7

    "They are retreating and running away." Ukrainian forces say they again repelled a Russian attack on Mykolaiv, this time following a fierce tank battle at the airport. W/ photos by

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  9. Mar 6

    Colonel Sviatoslav Stetsenko, whom I interviewed yesterday for the story below, just told me that Ukrainian artillery troops had turned back an early morning Russian attack on Mykolaiv. ‘The best way to protect yourself is to destroy your enemy,” he said.

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  10. Mar 6

    Sun up over Mykolaiv and smoke rising in the east. I’m told several civilian neighborhoods were hit this morning, and videos online show burning houses and apartment buildings. We’re stuck across the river but when/if the bridge opens will go check it out.

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  11. Mar 6

    Read this.

    A Ukrainian mother, her children and a family friend were killed when Russian mortar fire hit a bridge being used by refugees. "These are civilians, people who waited until the last moment,” one soldier said. This story contains graphic images.
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    Mar 6

    A Ukrainian mother, her children and a family friend were killed when Russian mortar fire hit a bridge being used by refugees. "These are civilians, people who waited until the last moment,” one soldier said. This story contains graphic images.

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  13. Mar 6

    The attack appears to be taking place on the city’s eastern outskirts. I have seen no shelling in the city center.

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  14. Mar 6

    Russian forces appear to have launched a heavy artillery barrage against Mykolaiv, a day after Ukrainian troops pushed them from the city and recaptured the airport. From my vantage, I could see flashes from the attack lighting up the night sky along a large swath of the city.

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  15. Mar 6

    Ukrainian forces disabled this Russian tank outside Mykolaiv. Locals from a nearby village are trying to get it running again so the Ukrainian military can use it. The famous letter ‘Z’ has been painted over and it now sports a the Ukrainian flag.

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  16. Mar 6

    Smerch. Mykolaiv. The owner of this vehicle wasn’t home thankfully. Russians forces hit Mykolaiv on Friday and Saturday but were pushed back by Ukrainians troops.

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    Mar 4

    A week ago I was a “Moscow-based screenwriter and journalist”, but now I’ve become a refugee. My friends are being killed in Ukraine or are trying to flee Russia. An entire life is annulled.

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    Mar 5

    Huge turnout at a protest against the Russian occupation in Russian-occupied Kherson.

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  19. Mar 4

    A little context: I was given permission by the Ukrainian military and local government officials to take this picture and provide this info. The gentlemen in this picture have very big guns. If I had not received permission to photograph them they likely would have used them.

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  20. Mar 4

    I’m in Mykolaev, a strategic port city in southern Ukraine that is preparing for imminent attack. Ukrainian artillery is firing at Russian positions all around the city. The one bridge out of town is rigged to blow and soldiers at the entrance are armed with anti-tank rockets.

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