In Ukraine, with Avdiivka’s funeral, under the storm of Russian bombs. The story of Figaro’s special envoy.

Special envoy to Avdiivka

She dances on ice. In a graceful move, headphones tucked into his ears, arms outstretched for balance, a man huddled in a woolen coat slides down the sidewalk, takes a few quick steps, looks around with a worried air, before sliding again. We close our eyes, our minds wandering for a moment to imagine him listening Swan Lake… They open again on Avdiivka, its sky gray, its ruined buildings lined along its avenues and the thunder of artillery rattling to the guts. Icy rains turned the streets of Donbass, the fiercest front in the Ukrainian conflict since Bakhmut, into glaciers this Thursday. Under the storm of Russian bombs, the rare dark silhouettes that appear and disappear between the buildings cannot run for cover.

This small working-class town is located less than ten kilometers from Donetsk, the capital…

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