French Ambassador Gael Veyssiere visits language center in Dnipro

French Ambassador Gael Veyssiere visits language center in Dnipro

Course administrator Valentyna Afanasieva, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Ukraine Gael Veyssiere and Course director Tetiana Kobchenko (R to L) are pictured during his working visit to the Alliance Francaise Dnipro language and culture center, Dnipro, Ukraine, on May 29, 2025 (Photo by Mykola Miakshykov/Ukrinform)

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Tetiana Afanasieva competes the Swimming French National Championships 2024 in Chartres, France on June 20, 2024. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Tetiana Afanasieva competes the Swimming French National Championships 2024 in Chartres, France on June 20, 2024. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Tetiana Afanasieva competes the Swimming French National Championships 2024 in Chartres, France on June 20, 2024. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Tetiana Afanasieva competes the Swimming French National Championships 2024 in Chartres, France on June 20, 2024. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Tetiana Afanasieva competes the Swimming French National Championships 2024 in Chartres, France on June 20, 2024. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Tetiana Afanasieva competes the Swimming French National Championships 2024 in Chartres, France on June 20, 2024. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Tetiana Afanasieva competes during the Swimming French National Championships 2024 in Chartres, France on June 18, 2024. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Tetiana Afanasieva competes during the Swimming French National Championships 2024 in Chartres, France on June 18, 2024. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Tetiana Afanasieva competes during the Swimming French National Championships 2024 in Chartres, France on June 18, 2024. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Tetiana Afanasieva competes during the Swimming French National Championships 2024 in Chartres, France on June 18, 2024. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Tetiana Afanasieva competes during the Swimming French National Championships 2024 in Chartres, France on June 18, 2024. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Swimming French National Championships - Chartres

Tetiana Afanasieva competes during the Swimming French National Championships 2024 in Chartres, France on June 18, 2024. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

Kamikaze attack in Russia after Japan's surrender in WWII

Kamikaze attack in Russia after Japan's surrender in WWII

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Margarita Afanasieva in Vladivostok in the Russian Far East on Aug. 11, 2011, talks about a story she heard from her father regarding a Japanese fighter aircraft that was shot down during an attempted kamikaze attack on a Soviet oil tanker off Vladivostok port on Aug. 18, 1945, three days after Japan's surrender in World War II. Her father was an engineer on the tanker.

Kamikaze attack in Russia after Japan's surrender in WWII

Kamikaze attack in Russia after Japan's surrender in WWII

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Margarita Afanasieva in Vladivostok in the Russian Far East on Aug. 11, 2011, talks about a story she heard from her father regarding a Japanese fighter aircraft that was shot down during an attempted kamikaze attack on a Soviet oil tanker off Vladivostok port on Aug. 18, 1945, three days after Japan's surrender in World War II. Her father was an engineer on the tanker. (Kyodo)