– Flashback to twelve months of local news
Solidarity with Ukraine, major projects, landmark trials, tragedies and institutional upheavals.
Writing
The momentum of solidarity with the Ukrainian people
The Lausanne residents Virginie Miserez Larpin and her husband Olivier Larpin (second plan) welcome a Ukrainian family they picked up at the border between Poland and Ukraine: Slava, his wife Yana, their daughter Nastya (12 years old) and their “Neo” puppy (4 months).
CHRISTIAN BRUN
February 25, 2022 will remain a day of astonishment for many Vaudois: war is upon us. On the night of February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on television a military operation in Ukraine. Europe’s largest population displacement since World War II begins, pushing nearly 5 million civilians – mostly women and children – on the road to exile.