A01=Luca Steinmann
Author_Luca Steinmann
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forthcoming
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- ISBN 9781680536492
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2026
- Publisher: Academica Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Russian Front is a firsthand war diary recounting Italian-Swiss journalist Luca Steinmann’s seven months in 2022 in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, where he lived among Russian troops and civilians. He arrived there on February 18, 2022, crossing the Russian border and never imagining that just hours later Russian President Vladimir Putin would order the closure of the region’s borders, leaving him one of the very few Western witnesses to the invasion that was about to unfold. Over those months, Steinmann moved with the troops through battles and retreats, experienced life in the trenches, and shared the civilians’ struggles under bombardment. Russian Front provides a unique, neutral account of the war, shedding light on combat experiences rarely covered by the Western mainstream media while exploring the critical role of information during armed conflict.
Luca Steinmann, born in 1989, is an Italian-Swiss freelance journalist and war correspondent with extensive experience covering conflicts around the world, particularly in the Middle East—Lebanon, Syria, Iran—the Caucasus, and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. He contributes to a variety of television, print, and radio outlets. In Ukraine, he was among the very few journalists reporting from Russian-controlled territories, following Russian troops through their advances and retreats, living alongside soldiers, and witnessing firsthand the daily lives and struggles of the local population in extraordinary circumstances.
