Jillian Kay Melchior
Editorial Page Writer at The Wall Street Journal
London-based member of The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board.
Articles
-
4 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Jillian Kay Melchior
Vladimir Putin wants Ukraine to surrender the southern region of Kherson, along with the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia. The regions’ status is “the central issue in the conflict,” U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff told Tucker Carlson last week. In his efforts to broker a peace in Ukraine, Mr. Witkoff should hear from Kherson’s residents, who have endured life both under Russian occupation and on the front line of the war.
-
1 month ago |
jp.wsj.com | Jillian Kay Melchior
【ハリコフ（ウクライナ）】米国とウクライナがロシアとの30日間の停戦案で合意したのを受けて、米国は11日午後、ウクライナに対する軍事支援および情報共有の一時停止を解除した。ドナルド・トランプ米大統領は先週、ウクライナのウォロディミル・ゼレンスキー大統領について、「米国の支援がある限り、和平を望まない」と主張していた。米国は厳しい対応がウクライナに停戦への前向きな姿勢を促したとして自国の戦術を評価するだろう。ロシアはまだ停戦に同意しておらず、マルコ・ルビオ米国務長官は11日、「もし彼らが拒否すれば、残念ながらわれわれは和平への障害が何かを知ることになる」と語った。...
-
1 month ago |
wsj.com | Jillian Kay Melchior
March 11, 2025 12:12 pm ETKharkiv, UkraineThe last time U.S. military support for Ukraine faltered, a Russian drone killed Volodymyr Lohinov’s father. The younger Mr. Lohinov, 30—a firefighter who worked alongside his father, Vladyslav, in this northeastern city—responded to the scene. “I saw the bodies of two dead colleagues,” he told me. “I tried to go further, but my superiors stopped me.” When they told him why, Mr. Lohinov dropped to his knees and wept, his grief captured on a viral video.
-
1 month ago |
wsj.com | Jillian Kay Melchior
Aboard the Estonian Navy Ship Sakala‘Here be dragons,” cartographers in the Middle Ages wrote of uncharted waters. Not here in the Baltic Sea, where U.S. allies and adversaries can map exactly what critical infrastructure rests underwater. On a freezing February morning, the Estonian navy prowled after another type of sea monster: Russian saboteurs. Estonia’s dilemma is what to do if it snares one. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
-
2 months ago |
wsj.com | Jillian Kay Melchior
The F-16s arrived in Ukraine in time for one of Russia’s largest aerial attacks. Oleksiy Mes—known by his call sign, “Moonfish”—had recently returned from training on the fighter jets in Denmark. He shot down two Russian cruise missiles and a drone that morning. “But then, his jet exploded in the air,” says Daria Kaleniuk , a co-founder of the International Center for Ukrainian Victory.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 8K
- Tweets
- 7K
- DMs Open
- No
Steve Witkoff suggested residents of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk had voted to be under Russian rule. But that 2022 referendum was a farce conducted at gunpoint, and here's what Kherson residents told me. https://t.co/gXI87h8Giu
https://t.co/bYycw3QYe5
My latest dispatch, from Kharkiv
Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region has further strained Moscow’s war resources and forced the Kremlin to make tough choices about how to use them. The U.S. can build on this momentum, writes @JillianKayM https://t.co/BH71qHMDsb
