Anastasiia Lapatina
@lapatina.bsky.social
Kyiv-based journalist with Lawfare. I go by Nastya Co-host of ESCALATION, a podcast about 🇺🇸&🇺🇦 Subscribe to my newsletter: https://yoursukrainian.substack.com/
An important announcement for everyone who contributed to #ProjectBattery: the #GreekChorusFoundation is now live and accepting donations! www.dogshirtdaily.com/p/the-greek-...
The Greek Chorus Foundation is Now Live
And accepting donations for #OperationTaya
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This week on Rational Security: Ukraine's battlefield momentum, whether Rubio's "the war is over" on Iran holds any water, and the appointment of Bill Pulte as acting DNI. @sranderson.bsky.social, @lapatina.bsky.social, @tylermcbrien.com & @atabatabai.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttav...
Teaching my toddler before bedtime where her home, Ukraine, is on the map minutes after packing a fresh emergency bag because we will get bombed tonight. Our lives are absurd.
This week, we’re Mildly Alarmed about nukes ! @frhoffmann.bsky.social gives an intro into nukes and deterrence, after which @kaeggen.bsky.social discusses Russian nuclear threats and I of course wanted to talk about French nuclear doctrine. @lapatina.bsky.social brings in the Ukrainian perspective.
Inside Europe's debate about nukes | Mildly Alarmed
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Debating the Future of European Security | Mildly Alarmed
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The second episode of Mildly Alarmed is out ! In which we discuss European security from various perspectives, @frhoffmann.bsky.social outs himself as a Europtimist and I have an electricity blackout to keep things interesting. Also featuring the best @lapatina.bsky.social & @kaeggen.bsky.social
It’s interesting how many people—both in Russia and in exile—who didn’t give a shit about the regime’s environmental damage across the country are now suddenly concerned about pollution from burning oil facilities during the war.
New podcast alert 🥳 We are launching a new podcast called Mildly alarmed! Each week, @alanderminna.bsky.social, @frhoffmann.bsky.social, @lapatina.bsky.social and I break down European security - what’s happening, why it matters, and what to watch next. First episode on Ukraine is out now 👇
Minna Ålander 🌻@alanderminna.bsky.social · 3mo agoBecause the world urgently needed another podcast, we got you covered: The Mildly Alarmed, a podcast on European security, featuring yours truly, @lapatina.bsky.social, @kaeggen.bsky.social & @frhoffmann.bsky.social is out ! In the first episode, we discuss the current state of affairs in Ukraine
Because the world urgently needed another podcast, we got you covered: The Mildly Alarmed, a podcast on European security, featuring yours truly, @lapatina.bsky.social, @kaeggen.bsky.social & @frhoffmann.bsky.social is out ! In the first episode, we discuss the current state of affairs in Ukraine
I hope you had a more productive weekend than J.D. Vance did.
On Lawfare Daily, @lapatina.bsky.social talked to an expert on Russian foreign policy @hannanotte.bsky.social, about the relationship between Iran and Russia, and how far their cooperation can go in the context of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. youtu.be/6sDuC9Zcsp8
Core Kyiv experience—walking your child over to daycare to the sound of air defence over your head.
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One family at a time. Kate's grandmother is one of 22 individuals, families or institutions @lapatina.bsky.social, @jimmyrushton.bsky.social and I have delivered batteries to. Here are the latest numbers:
Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 6mo agoMy grandmother is one of those people who will not have heating this year. The system in her part of the city is too damaged. The temperature outside right now is 16°C. She relies on an electric heater as a temporary solution for her apartment www.dogshirtdaily.com/p/de-iceing-...
it's really, really nuts that our scrappy lil' non-profit media website employs more people in Kyiv than the Washington Post. Also follow @lapatina.bsky.social she is awesome and smart and so brave
Benjamin Wittes@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 6mo agoThe Washington Post—for which I wrote editorials for nearly a decade—has closed its Kyiv bureau. @lawfaremedia.org has not—and we will not. We now employ more people in Kyiv than the Washington Post. Let me tell you about what we have done in Ukraine over the past year and why we are not leaving
In Ukraine, when a funeral procession with a fallen soldier goes by, everyone stops whatever they are doing to stand silently. Traffic stops. Public transportation stops. Conversation stops. In Lviv, people take this tradition a step further. Most people the procession passes take a knee.
The Washington Post—for which I wrote editorials for nearly a decade—has closed its Kyiv bureau. @lawfaremedia.org has not—and we will not. We now employ more people in Kyiv than the Washington Post. Let me tell you about what we have done in Ukraine over the past year and why we are not leaving
Texting with @lapatina.bsky.social about how many giant batteries we have managed to buy and distribute to families in Kyiv to keep people warm be like.
On Lawfare Daily, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org spoke to @lapatina.bsky.social and Eric Ciaramella about the last week's machinations surrounding a potential Russia-Ukraine peace deal and whether the United States is abandoning Ukraine. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...
This happened over the weekend. I want you to watch it. I want you to understand that wiping it out has been a major Russian imperial objective for literally centuries—under the Tsars, under the Soviets, and now. youtu.be/5XSBK81UeYU?...
Valeriia Vovk and the Ukrainian Retro Revival
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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In a analysis of how the Russian vision for the end of the war compares to the Ukrainian peace framework @lapatina.bsky.social writes, "examining the two documents, side by side, offers a vivid illustration of why President Trump’s notion that some deal was there for the reaching seems so fanciful."
Russian and Ukrainian Peace Plans Remain a World Apart
A side by side comparison of the two competing visions for the war’s end
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Close ports in northern 🇳🇴 for 🇷🇺 fishing trawlers! Now. Today.
Alina Poliakova 🇺🇦@poliakova.bsky.social · last yr.Morning in Kyiv.
"Initiative alone is not victory. What matters is not just what Russia has gained, but also what it has lost in exchange." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
Opinion | Russia says it’s winning. The data says otherwise.
Russia has paid an extraordinary price in blood and equipment for marginal gains in Ukraine.
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In my latest essay, I think about narrowly escaping death twice this week yoursukrainian.substack.com/p/things-im-...
Things I'm afraid of
Pondering entomophobia and shahedophobia
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I literally just had to grab my child and run from the bed towards the building staircase because of the sound of an approaching drone. Russia is attacking Kyiv nearly every night
