What has been happening in the Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine since the February 2022 invasion? Propaganda, education, institutions, torture… For months, L’Express correspondent in the region, Clara Marchaud, collected testimonies from traumatized Ukrainians. Accompanied by the analysis of sociologist Anna Colin Lebedev, a specialist in post-Soviet societies, she takes us in her reports to the heart of a Ukraine worried about possible negotiations.
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Charlotte Baris: Since February 2022 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we have regularly talked about what is happening on the front. However, it is difficult to know what happened to the population remaining in the annexed regions. This week, we are letting you hear the voices of these residents whose lives have been turned upside down.
On February 24, 2022, Clara Marchaud, L’Express’ correspondent in Ukraine, was on site when the Russian invasion began. During her first reports, she met Ukrainians fleeing the occupation of their regions. Exiles with whom she interacted during these months of war.
His investigation begins in earnest in the summer of 2024. Our journalist regularly visits Zaporizhia, near the occupied region of Melitopol, kyiv and Lviv, cities that have become real humanitarian platforms, where many exiles meet. Over the months, Clara Marchaud has recorded testimonies, scenes, reflections… And that’s what we’re sharing with you in this series of four episodes.
We also called on Anna Colin Lebedev, lecturer in political science at Paris Nanterre University, specialist in Russia and post-Soviet Ukraine. You will hear it regularly in these podcasts to put the stories into perspective. I prefer to warn you, some are heavy, and can be difficult to hear. But after three years of war, they are more necessary than ever…
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