Margot Benn, International Service Correspondent FigaroMonday won the Albert London Award for Writing for a series of published articles Le Figaro About the war in Ukraine. He is the 84th recipient of this prestigious award and the seventeenth journalist Figaro To be awarded by this institution established in 1933. He notably follows Samuel Fourie, awarded in 2017, Adrien Jaulmes, foreign service correspondent, crowned in 2002 and Delphine Minoui, Istanbul newspaper reporter, winner in 2006.
Find all reports posted by Margot Ben here Le Figaro :
On the Kiev front with pro-Ukrainian Chechens
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The leader of this group of volunteers from the Caucasus explains Figaro the reasons for his anti-Russian devotion.
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These Ukrainian children are learning about war
They are barely out of adolescence and already registered at checkpoints or trenches. They know that on the contrary, some Russian enemies are hardly old.
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War in Ukraine. In Kiev, children without parents in a bunker
Ukraine is one of the only countries in the world that allows surrogacy for foreign clients. But the controversial industry is overcome by war.
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Russia is intensifying attacks against the civilian population
It has been a week since Russian bombings and missile attacks on non-military targets have increased in the capital of Ukraine.
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Mutilated bodies litter the roads of Irpin and Bucha, Ukraine
Before leaving the suburbs of Kiev, Russian troops killed and burned fleeing civilians. They also hid traps in the corpses.
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“Russian soldiers brutally raped women after killing men”.
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Butchan, Irpin and Hostomel, north of Kiev, epicenters of abuses by the Russian army.
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North-west of Kiev, in the ruined city of Borodyanka
Soldiers turned back by the Ukrainian army in this village, 50 km northwest of Kyiv, would return to take revenge and punish the local population.
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Kyiv is healing its wounds and slowly returning to normal life
Life resumes in the Ukrainian capital as Russian forces retreat from its suburbs, leaving behind an ominous march of casualties.
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These French volunteers who came to help and resist the Ukrainians
Volodymyr Zelensky’s call was answered by the Corsican emergency doctor Taras, the shooting instructor Edmon, the fighter Franc-Olivier from Paris, Frank and Jade, the “liberators” of Orilak.
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In Ukraine, Anglo-Saxon volunteers are evacuating the wounded at the front and even behind the Russian line.
In Kiev, which came under fire from Russian forces on March 31, members of the American humanitarian organization Harp are evacuating a paralyzed man and his family for transport to Poland.
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In the heart of Ukraine’s hell: women’s wars
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Some, deputies or anonymous, took weapons. Others decided to help the frightened population, hiding in underground shelters or turning into war doctors. We met them.
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In Orichov, in the trenches with Ukrainian soldiers
Soldiers of the 128th at a distance of 300 meters from the Russian positionse The Transcarpathia Assault Brigade defends this lock, which protects the city of Zaporizhia.
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Kramatorsk and Sloviansk under the threat of Russian bombs
These two major cities in the heart of Donbas are no longer safe, as enemy forces have forced out Ukrainian fighter jets, which are sometimes underpowered.
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With the volunteers of the Azov and Kraken special forces liberating Kharkiv region
Next to “Viking”, “Drozak” or “Horus” drones are operated by much weaker volunteers. Nurse “Karma” accompanies her friends on the front line.
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These poor Ukrainian soldiers who leave the front in Donbass
On the front line, without proper equipment and training, they are accused of disobedience.
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Paralyzed by the blockade in the port of Odessa
Before the war, 50 million tons of food passed through the Black Sea ports of Ukraine annually.
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In Kamianske, the last Ukrainian checkpoint before the Russian hell
For eight days, the Russian army has been increasingly attacking these Ukrainian positions. The villages scattered in the countryside are also bombarded.
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Russians committed robbery, rape, and torture near Kherson
In the south of the country, the residents of the villages recently liberated by the Ukrainian army tell what they endured and how they tried to resist the Russian soldiers.
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Ukrainians in Kherson live the waking nightmare of Russian occupation
In the city, which was the first to fall into the hands of the Russian army since the beginning of the war, the ruble became the common currency.
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In the hell of the improvised cemetery of Izyum, where hundreds of Ukrainians are buried
As investigators exhume the bodies to uncover possible war crimes, survivors describe six months of fighting and Russian occupation.
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The war of Ukrainian resistance fighters against the occupier on the Russian border
In the liberated villages of the Kharkiv region, the residents organized themselves to support the Ukrainian army and push out the collaborationists.
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Chuhuiv hospital in Ukraine prepares for winter under Russian bombs
In this famous and partially destroyed facility, doctors built an underground area to protect against bombs.
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“As soon as I heard Putin’s statements, I packed my bags.”
In the occupied territories, Ukrainians are fleeing in order not to be forced to fight against their homeland under the Russian flag.
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Life in southern Ukraine under the invaders
The city of Zaporizhia is full of displaced persons who tell about the violence and oppression by the Russian occupiers.
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In the occupied regions, the Russians are trying to make their presence acceptable rather than through force
Moscow uses other means of pressure to establish its authority in the zones it has conquered through military means.
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How Ukraine is getting stronger ahead of the crucial winter
In Kiev, as in the devastated villages, there are fears of shortages, as well as of a nuclear or chemical attack.
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Source: Le Figaro

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