I write about all kinds of events in Ukraine: battlefield developments, attacks on civilian centers, efforts to sustain a war-torn economy, foreign and domestic policy, and more. While much of my coverage is driven by breaking news, I also try to take a broader look at the course of the war and its impact on Ukrainian society, economy and politics, whether it’s the fall of Ukraine’s oligarchs, concerns about a new mobilization bill or grass roots campaigns to raise money for the army.
I joined The Times in 2020 as a reporter covering France, where I grew up. I reported on the country’s landmark terrorism trials, sexual abuse in Paris’s intellectual circles, and the country’s colonial legacy. I also covered the 2022 presidential campaign and the rise of the French far right. In 2023, I was part of a team that won the Hillman Prize for Newspaper Journalism for a series on Haiti and the enormous sums the country was forced to pay to its former French enslavers.
I graduated from HEC Paris with a master’s degree in business. I also hold a master’s degree in political philosophy from La Sorbonne University in Paris.
As a Times journalist, I am committed to the standards of integrity outlined in our Ethical Journalism handbook. I strive to be meticulous, fair and empathetic in my work. I do not shy away from difficult questions in my reporting, while trying to convey that stories are often complex and nuanced.
Email: constant.meheut@nytimes.com
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Coffee shops and kiosks are everywhere in Ukraine’s capital, their popularity both an act of wartime defiance and a symbol of closer ties to the rest of Europe.
By Constant Méheut, Daria Mitiuk and Brendan Hoffman
Serhii Haidarzhy’s wife and son were killed when their apartment building was hit. He and their daughter survived. The tragedy has become a symbol in Ukraine of the war’s terrible toll on civilians.
By Constant Méheut and Oksana Parafeniuk
Many units, which say the official conscription system is dysfunctional and unwieldy, have started their own recruitment campaigns to fill ranks depleted in the war with Russia.
By Constant Méheut, Daria Mitiuk and Brendan Hoffman
Officials and ordinary citizens say Russia is blaming Ukraine in order to shore up support for its war in Ukraine and escalate the fighting there.
By Constant Méheut
The tragedy outside Moscow is a blow to a leader riding an aura of confidence only days after a stage-managed election victory.
By Anton Troianovski
Pro-Moscow forces had dismissed the alert as an attempt to scare Russians.
By Julian E. Barnes, Constant Méheut and Anton Troianovski
Power plants and a major hydroelectric dam were damaged in what Ukrainian officials said was one of the war’s largest assaults on energy infrastructure.
By Constant Méheut and Ivan Nechepurenko
Ukraine said it had intercepted all 31 missiles fired at the capital. But debris injured at least 13 people and damaged several buildings.
By Constant Méheut
This was featured in live coverage.
By Constant Méheut
Two missiles hit the same spot, Ukrainian authorities said, killing some rescuers who had responded to the first attack.
By Constant Méheut