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Kim Barker

New York

International Reporter at The New York Times

NYT reporter, Pulitzer winner. Former campaign $$ diva, ProPublica, & AfPak hack, Chicago Tribune. Wrote Taliban Shuffle. Tips? kim(dot)[email protected]

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  • 5 days ago | thestar.com.my | Kim Barker

    LVIV, Ukraine: The man wore a khaki uniform, a baseball cap and a camouflage ski mask, heightening the drama in the high school classroom. Because he worked as an intelligence officer, he did not disclose his name, creating even more mystery. His presentation started with a video showing a stack of US$100 bills on a mousetrap with a red skull and crossbones. “How not to fall into the trap of Russian intelligence services,” the video advised.

  • 6 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Kim Barker

    LVIV, Ukraine -- The man wore a khaki uniform, a baseball cap and a camouflage ski mask, heightening the drama in the high school classroom. Because he worked as an intelligence officer, he did not disclose his name, creating even more mystery. His presentation started with a video showing a stack of $100 bills on a mousetrap with a red skull and crossbones. “How not to fall into the trap of Russian intelligence services,” the video advised.

  • 1 week ago | nytimes.com | Kim Barker

    You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Ukraine’s security service is holding classes at high schools to alert teenagers of Russian efforts to recruit them.

  • 1 week ago | nytimes.com | Kim Barker

    Fred Grandy, an American artist who made whimsical wooden signs and colorful metal flowers, came to Kyiv because he was devastated that the United States seemed to be turning its back on the war in Ukraine. He arrived in the Ukrainian capital in late May, close to his 62nd birthday, and volunteered to clean up the rubble left by Russian attacks, family members said. “He was a person who wanted to make a difference so badly,” said his sister Sietska Reed, 75, who lives near Bend, Ore.

  • 2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kim Barker

    For months, the family of Stephen James Hubbard could not find him in the Russian prison system. New text messages cast doubt on his conviction. After months without contact, Stephen James Hubbard, a retired American teacher taken from his eastern Ukrainian home by Russian soldiers shortly after Russia invaded in February 2022, has been located in a Russian prison in Mordovia. His family had no information on his whereabouts since his criminal conviction last fall.

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Kim Barker @Kim_Barker
16 May 25

.@HeathrowAirport hi. We just landed from Warsaw and there are no buses to get us off the plane. It’s been almost 50 minutes. Could you send buses? Or let us walk? Or give us an ETA of buses?

Kim Barker
Kim Barker @Kim_Barker
16 May 25

.@HeathrowAirport hi. We just landed from Warsaw and there are no buses to get us off the plane. It’s been almost 45 minutes. Could you send buses? Or let us walk? Or give us an ETA of buses?

Kim Barker
Kim Barker @Kim_Barker
7 May 25

Thank you. I have been working some long hours, and the only thing that keeps me going is @nyttypos

Typos of the New York Times
Typos of the New York Times @nyttypos

Typo 14 of the day, possibly: fiancé is an error for fiancée if Mr. Dobriev’s affianced is a woman. @Kim_Barker https://t.co/8po5qY04UE