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Jared Goyette

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Jared Goyette is an American journalist based in Kyiv and an assistant editor on the Kyiv Independent’s War Desk. His reporting has appeared in The Nation and on PRI’s “The World,” and he previously served as the English-language editor for The Ukrainians Media. Earlier, he worked as a digital editor/reporter at FOX 9 in Minneapolis and received the Minnesota SPJ’s 2022 Peter S. Popovich Award. His work has also appeared in The Guardian and The Washington Post.

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Ukraine war latest: France announces more Mirage fighter jets, Tomahawk negotiations still ongoing, Starmer says

by Jared Goyette
Hi, this is Jared Goyette reporting from a foggy Kyiv on day 1,339 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: French President Emmanuel Macron on Oct. 24 announced that his country would provide Ukraine with "additional Aster missiles, new training programs, and new Mirage" fighter jets in the coming days, without providing further details. The Aster is a surface-to-air missile used in the SAMP/T air defenses. France has previously supplied Ukraine with the air defe

Ukraine war latest: Russia's largest oil terminal in occupied Crimea is still on fire

by Jared Goyette
Editor's note: This was Ukraine war latest for Oct. 14. You can find Ukraine war latest for Oct. 15 here. Hi, this is Jared Goyette reporting from Kyiv on day 1,329 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: Russia's largest oil depot in occupied Crimea is still burning a day after being struck by Ukrainian drones, with a huge column of smoke visible from more than 25 kilometers away, local media reported on Oct. 14. A source in Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) confirmed