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Zarina Zabrisky
@zarinazabrisky.bsky.social
US journalist in Ukraine.
War correspondent: BylineTimes, EuromaidanPress
Also BBC World, TVP World, Sunday Post.
Literary Essays: Longreads, Paris Review, LARB.
🎥 https://khersonhumansafari.com/
Author. Novel: We, Monsters (2012)
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🆘 We still have time to save Kherson, the city in Ukraine, which is being bombarded and attacked by drones daily.

Today, the theater was shelled; many historic buildings destroyed this week.

Our film can raise global awareness.

Watch free here:

khersonhumansafari.com
The photo of the year: Angelina Jolie in an anti-drone tunnel.

Thanks to Jolie, the world now knows:

Kherson, a Ukrainian city, lives on, one mile away from the front, under non-stop short-range drone attacks.

Much gratitude.

📷 By my source.
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
An important conversation about Ukraine, democracy and more.

Thank you @gaslitnation.bsky.social and @andreachalupa.bsky.social
Here to tell us how to win the global war against fascism is @zarinazabrisky.bsky.social, a Ukrainian-American investigative journalist sanctioned by Russia, and director of the new chilling film Kherson: Human Safari. Listen: https://loom.ly/w19NnpQ

#oligarchy
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Reposted by Zarina Zabrisky
Radicalized pod and chill from today.
Amazing intro by HiFi (as always)

Continuing reporting from their interview with @zarinazabrisky.bsky.social in Kherson where the human safari is ongoing.

Please at least watch the intro, about 3-5 minutes.

www.youtube.com/live/h2H4TQP...
UN Report: Drone Murders Forced Deportations Livestream Recap
YouTube video by RADICALIZED: Truth Survives Podcast
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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🔴Russia’s ‘Phase Zero’ Is Here and War With NATO Is Now Inevitable, Experts Warn

The same psychological warfare tactics Moscow used to prepare the ground for its invasion of Ukraine are now being used against the rest of Europe, writes @zarinazabrisky.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/r...
Russia's 'Phase Zero' Is Here and War With NATO Is Now Inevitable, Experts Warn
The same psychological warfare tactics Moscow used to prepare the ground for its invasion of Ukraine are now being used against the rest of Europe, writes Zarina Zabrisky
bylinetimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Mykolai was hit by FPV drones 7 times. His children are gone: some kidnapped, some killed by Russians.

The UN report on drone attacks, deportation as a depopulation strategy is not getting enough attention.

My article for @timesofindianews.bsky.social

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices...
Human safari in Kherson: A survivor’s story
“I was running away from a Russian drone,” says Mykolai, a thin man with silver-grey hair in his late fifties, with a bandage across his chest and torso. “A drone dropped explosives on me. Another...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Reposted by Zarina Zabrisky
🔴Russia is Using Drones and Deportations to Empty Southern Ukraine, UN Confirms

Putin’s “human safari” attacks on Ukranian civlians, first reported by Byline Times, are a war crime designed to depopulate the country, reports @zarinazabrisky.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/28/r...
Russia is Using Drones and Deportations to Empty Southern Ukraine, UN Confirms
Putin's "human safari" attacks on Ukranian civlians, first reported by Byline Times, are a war crime designed to depopulate the country, a UN investigation has found
bylinetimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🔴 The latest UN report exposes Russia’s systematic use of drones and deportations drive civilians from their homes across Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Zaporizhzhia regions.

These are war crimes and crimes against humanity, part of a state policy of depopulation.

My comment ⬇️
October 28, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Reposted by Zarina Zabrisky
@zarinazabrisky.bsky.social shows more of the destruction from Kherson
youtu.be/RzWjaQ-Z968?...
Kherson Destruction
YouTube video by Zarina Zabrisky
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Friends, I am behind on posting here and feel bad about it. I am a one person team working on daily reports, filming, editing, writing articles, while shooting a second documentary. I also run my SM and I don't have enough time.

Please follow me on YouTube where I started to post video reports.
October 27, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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"Are people tired? Naturally? Are they ready to give away their homes, their lands and their relatives and friends in the occupied territories? Absolutely not"

@zarinazabrisky.bsky.social joins @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social from #Ukraine

podfollow.com/byline-podca...
Byline Podcast: "Trump's Russia Sanctions Welcome - But More Needed"
Adrian Goldberg discusses President Trump's sanctions on Russia with Dr Svitlana Romanko, Ukrainian Exec. Director and Founder of RazomWe Stand - and hears from Zarina Zabrisky on the front line o...
podfollow.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Honored that Kherson: HumanSafari is invited to Berlin Freedom Week & Doxumentale, despite being public. We didn’t wait for a traditional premiere: Kherson faces hourly attacks. All screening funds go to civilians, defenders & anti-drone aid.

So this is special. Join us Nov 14, Colliseum Theater.
October 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
No Kings! Protests are a success because they destroy the attempt to turn the cult of a god-like ruler into a state religion.
Lots of Americans can resist the seduction of tribalism. What a relief to know this.
The photo is from the July No Kings in LA, by me.
October 20, 2025 at 5:06 AM
No Kings! Protests are a success because they destroy the attempt to turn the cult of a god-like ruler into a state religion.

Lots of Americans can resist the seduction of tribalism.

The photo is from the July No Kings in LA, by me.
October 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Merci, France! Already 5 screenings of Kherson:Human Safari (Paris, Grenoble, Nantes, Lyon, and counting)

So thankful for @lemonde.fr coverage of the Kherson film premiere-great photos by Virginie Nguyen Hoang.
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Today, Paris. Tomorrow, Lyon.

Massive thanks to
@kanarifella.bsky.social
-the best!
October 9, 2025 at 9:43 AM
My latest from the front for
@EuromaidanPress
.

The road is open on and off. The Ukrainian army, the city's military administration, and volunteers are working hard to protect Kherson.

For video reports: www.youtube.com/@zarinazabri...

A detailed story: euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/23/w...
Russia uses drones to cut supply route to this Ukrainian city of 60,000
Inside Kherson's drone siege: Russian pilots celebrate hunting dog walkers while 60,000 residents face supply crisis and terror.
euromaidanpress.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Reposted by Zarina Zabrisky
Thanks Mr Gerashchenko for highlighting the unique reports of @zarinazabrisky.bsky.social from the unbreakable city of Kherson
The Dnipro district of Kherson lies in the "red zone", closest to the front line. In the Korabel neighborhood, not a single apartment block remains undamaged by strikes. Safety is relative: drones can reach any part of the city.
September 21, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Reposted by Zarina Zabrisky
In Kherson, a city scarred by invasion, occupation, and relentless bombardment, a new documentary reveals its latest horror — the ‘Human Safari.’

Full doc at:
khersonhumansafari.com/

🎥: @zarinazabrisky.bsky.social @corrie-ua.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Friends, once again: working on the ground, I have no time to edit videos to this platform's format, sorry!

I have restarted my YouTube channel, do follow/catch up there.

SBS Ukrainian interview (in Ukrainian)

Today, Kherson HumanSafari premieres in Melbourne

www.sbs.com.au/language/ukr...
Сучасний Херсон очима американської журналістки та письменниці Заріни Забріскі
В цьому інтерв'ю ми розмовляємо з американською журналісткою та письменницею Заріною Забріскі, директоркою документальної стрічки «Херсон: сафарі на людей».
www.sbs.com.au
September 15, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Reposted by Zarina Zabrisky
If you are in Melbourne on September 15, please come to the film screening hosted by the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations and the Embassy of Ukraine in Australia

For my latest video reports from the ground, subscribe to my recently revived YouTube www.youtube.com/@zarinazabri...
September 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Belgian reporter Bruno Beeckman returns to Kherson despite the drone siege. He talks anti-drone tunnels and drone detectors in this interview. Bruno donated his book earnings to handicapped kids in Kherson.

Watch (more of my videos from Kherson forthcoming): www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzxQ...
Bruno Beeckman: "How I lost My Drone Detector Virginity in Kherson"
YouTube video by Zarina Zabrisky
www.youtube.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Proud to write for the most-Kremlin sanctioned newspaper in the UK and be on the list. Support independent journalism.

We bring you real news. Here's my latest, from today: bylinetimes.com/2025/09/08/a...
September 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Reposted by Zarina Zabrisky
🔴‘A Serious Escalation’: Putin Launches Russia’s Largest Aerial Assault on Ukraine Since 2022

Russian aggression against Ukraine continues to escalate, despite Putin’s pretence at seeking peace, reports @zarinazabrisky.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2025/09/08/a...
'A Serious Escalation': Putin Launches Russia's Largest Aerial Assault on Ukraine Since 2022
Russian aggression against Ukraine continues to escalate, despite Putin's pretence at seeking peace, reports Zarina Zabrisky
bylinetimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Kherson - Antonivka: the Road of Death.

200 km/hour to avoid drones. Dystopian landscape. Yet, people still live here. Their stories are forthcoming.

Some “liberation”: see for yourself.
September 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Reposted by Zarina Zabrisky
Many thanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine for sharing Kherson: Human Safari.

"I hope this will help Kherson: draw the attention of the world to the city, help fund anti-drone protection, find funds to evacuate people." - @ZarinaZabrisky.bsky.social

www.instagram.com/reel/DOA5596...
September 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM