Jane Lytvynenko

Kyiv

Reporter at Freelance

Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

Reporting for @WSJ in Ukraine. Also focused on osint, investigations. Formerly @BuzzFeedNews, @ShorensteinCtr

Articles

La Russie produit des drones d'attaque en masse et frappe l'Ukraine de plein fouet

1 week ago | lopinion.fr | Jane Lytvynenko

KIEV, Ukraine — La production massive de drones d’attaque par la Russie sème la terreur dans les villes ukrainiennes.
Russia Is Churning Out Attack Drones. Ukraine Is Feeling the Impact.

1 week ago | wsj.com | Jane Lytvynenko

KYIV, Ukraine—Russia’s mass production of attack drones is raining fear across Ukrainian cities. Moscow sent as many long-range attack drones against its neighbor in the first two weeks of June as it did during whole months last year, straining the country’s air defenses and undermining President Trump’s attempts to secure a peace deal.
Russia Launches Massive Aerial Assault on Ukraine

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Ian Lovett |Jane Lytvynenko

At least three were killed and 49 injured in missile and drone strikes, days after Kyiv’s daring attack deep inside RussiaKYIV, Ukraine—Russia launched a huge missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight, killing at least three people in Kyiv, igniting fires across the capital and partially shutting down its metro system days after Ukraine embarrassed the Kremlin with a surprise strike on its bomber fleet.
ウクライナ情報機関に脚光、ロシア爆撃機破壊で

3 weeks ago | jp.wsj.com | James Marson |Jane Lytvynenko |Brenna Smith

【キーウ（ウクライナ）】ウクライナがロシアの戦略爆撃機を標的に実施した大規模なドローン（無人機）攻撃の背後には、ウクライナ保安局（SBU）の存在があった。イスラエルのモサドなどトップクラスの情報機関に神秘性をもたらしてきたような華々しい作戦を成功させた。　SBUには長年、腐敗がはびこり、スパイが暗躍し、治安上の脅威よりも政敵の追及に力を入れているとの批判がつきまとってきた。だがロシアとの3年に及ぶ戦争の中で、ウクライナの攻勢の先鋒（せんぽう）となる存在へと変貌を遂げた。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
ロシア爆撃機破壊で脚光、ウクライナ保安局とは

3 weeks ago | on.wsj.com | James Marson |Jane Lytvynenko |Brenna Smith

【キーウ（ウクライナ）】ウクライナがロシアの戦略爆撃機を標的に実施した大規模なドローン（無人機）攻撃の背後には、ウクライナ保安局（SBU）の存在があった。イスラエルのモサドなどトップクラスの情報機関に神秘性をもたらしてきたような華々しい作戦を成功させた。　SBUには長年、腐敗がはびこり、スパイが暗躍し、治安上の脅威よりも政敵の追及に力を入れているとの批判がつきまとってきた。だがロシアとの3年に及ぶ戦争の中で、ウクライナの攻勢の先鋒（せんぽう）となる存在へと変貌を遂げた。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
ウクライナ、ドローン奇襲の内幕ロシアの爆撃体制に打撃

3 weeks ago | jp.wsj.com | James Marson |Jane Lytvynenko |Brenna Smith |Serhii Bosak

【キーウ（ウクライナ）】ウクライナ軍が1日、ロシアの戦略爆撃機部隊に仕掛けた鮮やかなドローン（無人機）攻撃は、2023年の晩秋、ウクライナのウォロディミル・ゼレンスキー大統領が治安機関トップに困難な任務を要請したのが始まりだった。　当時、ロシア空軍はウクライナの防空システムの弱点を突くような激しいミサイル攻撃を発電所や各都市に加えていた。ゼレンスキー氏は反撃するための手段を知りたがった。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
The Ukrainian Spy Agency Behind the Stunning Strike on Russia’s Bomber Fleet

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | James Marson |Jane Lytvynenko |Brenna Smith

Ukraine’s SBU security service has carried out some of the most spectacular attacks of the warUkrainian SBU drone operators attacking Russian targets in 2023. MANU BRABO FOR WSJKYIV, Ukraine—With its devastating drone assault on Russia’s strategic bomber fleet, Ukraine’s SBU security service pulled off the kind of spectacular operation that has long fed the mystique of top spy agencies like Israel’s Mossad.
Inside the Ukrainian Drone Operation That Devastated Russia’s Bomber Fleet

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | James Marson |Jane Lytvynenko |Brenna Smith |Serhii Bosak

WSJ analysis reveals how Ukraine used homegrown tech and old-school spycraft in the attackKYIV, Ukraine—Ukraine’s spectacular drone attack on Russia’s strategic bomber fleet on Sunday began with a daunting request from Ukraine’s president to his spy chief in late fall 2023. The Russian Air Force was pummeling Ukraine’s power stations and cities with missiles, overwhelming meager air defenses, and Volodymyr Zelensky wanted to know: How can we fight back? Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
Inside the Ukrainian Drone Operation That Devastated Russia’s Bomber Fleet

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | James Marson |Jane Lytvynenko |Brenna Smith |Serhii Bosak

Lt. Gen. Vasyl Maliuk, a 42-year-old career security officer with broad shoulders and a stern mien, has earned a reputation for innovative operations with explosive naval and aerial drones that forced Russia to withdraw much of its Black Sea Fleet from its base in occupied Crimea and damaged dozens of oil plants and military-production facilities deep inside Russia. But the task was formidable.
Inside the Ukrainian Drone Operation That Devastated Russia’s Nuclear Bomber Fleet

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | James Marson |Jane Lytvynenko |Brenna Smith |Serhii Bosak

WSJ analysis reveals how Ukraine used homegrown tech and old-school spycraft in the attackSocial-media video verified by The Wall Street Journal. KYIV, Ukraine—Ukraine’s spectacular drone attack on Russia’s strategic bomber fleet on Sunday began with a daunting request from Ukraine’s president to his spy chief in late fall 2023.