Sebastian Shukla

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Sebastian Shukla is an award-winning field producer based in CNN's London bureau.
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Serbia's forward #07 Dusan Vlahovic (L) heads the ball during the UEFA Euro 2024 Group C football match between Slovenia and Serbia at the Munich Football Arena in Munich on June 20, 2024. (Photo by Damien MEYER / AFP)
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Serbia soccer association threatens to quit Euro 2024 after ‘kill, kill, kill the Serb’ chant reportedly heard at match
Jun 20, 2024
The Football Association of Serbia has written to the UEFA Secretary General following a chant reportedly heard at a European Championships – Euro 2024 – match between Croatia and Albania on Wednesday in Hamburg.
FILE - Supporters of Capt. Ibrahim Traore parade wave a Russian flag in the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Oct. 2, 2022. Just weeks after Burkina Faso's junta ousted hundreds of French troops, there are signs that the West African country could be moving even closer to Russia, including the mercenary outfit, the Wagner Group. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia, File)
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Russia will increase the number of military instructors in Burkina Faso, foreign minister says
Jun 5, 2024
Russia’s Foreign Ministry posted a photo of Lavrov in Ouagadougou, noting that he had been received by acting President Ibrahim Traoré.
A man walks past the main building of the Russian Defence Ministry in Moscow on February 11, 2022.
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With shake-up at defense ministry, ‘Putin’s chef’ gets his wish from beyond the grave
Jun 2, 2024
Removing a long-time defense minister from his post is nothing out of the ordinary. Arresting five of his senior staff, however, is clearly more than just a search for fresh blood — especially in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
24 April 2024, Berlin: Maximilian Krah, AfD top candidate for the European elections, leaves after a press statement following talks with the AfD parliamentary group leadership. One of Krah's employees is suspected of spying for China. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa (Photo by Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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Germany’s AfD party has gone too far, even for Europe’s far-right coalition
May 26, 2024
Maximilian Krah, a right-wing German lawmaker, made comments seen as so explosively outside the mainstream of acceptable political discourse, that his party was disowned by other far-right leaders, breaking a major coalition in the European Parliament.
General outside view of the European Parliament building on May 21, 2024 in Strasbourg, France.
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Far-right coalition in European Parliament expels Germany’s AfD party following comments about SS soldiers
May 23, 2024
AfD’s leading candidate in next month’s European elections was already banned from making public appearances by his party, following comments about Nazi SS soldiers.
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Israeli precision-guided munition likely killed group of children playing foosball in Gaza, weapons experts say
May 3, 2024
The last time Mona Awda Talla saw her daughter Shahed alive, she was leaving the house to go buy her some cake, wearing pink pants. Moments later, she was dead.
Rescuers work at the site of a destroyed hotel during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attacks on Ukraine, in Chernihiv, Ukraine April 17, 2024. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
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Russian strike kills at least 18 as Ukraine’s air defenses struggle again to protect cities
Apr 18, 2024
A Russian missile strike killed and injured nearly 100 people in the city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine – an attack that could have been prevented if Ukraine was provided with better air defenses, President Volodomyr Zelensky said.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy inspects new fortifications for Ukrainian servicemen, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Russian border in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, April 9, 2024. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Ukraine ‘ran out of missiles’ to thwart Russian strike on power plant, Zelensky says
Apr 16, 2024
A lack of air defenses meant Ukraine was powerless to prevent a Russia missile strike last week that destroyed the biggest power plant in Kyiv region, President Volodomyr Zelensky said.
Ambulances and vehicles of Russian emergency services are parked at the burning Crocus City Hall concert venue following a shooting incident, outside Moscow, Russia, March 22, 2024.
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Central Asian migrants face xenophobic backlash in Russia after Moscow terror attack
Mar 30, 2024
The four men accused of a deadly terror attack on Moscow’s Crocus City concert hall last week were quickly identified by Russian authorities as being from Tajikistan, a former Soviet republic in Central Asia.
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Navalny, died aged 47 in an Arctic prison on February 16, sparking condemnation from world leaders and accusations from his aides that he had been murdered.
Russian oligarch went to Moscow in effort to broker complex prisoner exchange that included Navalny, sources say
Mar 9, 2024
A multi-country prisoner exchange that might have freed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was being discussed and progressing when he died last month, multiple sources have told CNN, and included the direct involvement of a Russian oligarch, Roman Abramovich.
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Mar 2, 2024
Many gather in Germany to pay their respects to Alexey Navalny. CNN’s Sebastian Shukla reports.
SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB. Mourners attend a funeral service and a farewell ceremony for Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny at the Soothe My Sorrows church in Moscow, Russia, March 1, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer
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Thousands gather for Navalny’s funeral in Moscow despite threat of arrest
Mar 1, 2024
Crowds of mourners have gathered at a Moscow church for the funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny despite a heavy police presence and the threat of detention, a CNN team on the ground reports.
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his state-of-the-nation address in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Putin says West sending troops to Ukraine could lead to nuclear war
Mar 1, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West of the risk of nuclear war if they send their own troops to fight for Ukraine, and said Moscow had the weapons to strike Western targets.
Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny takes part in a march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, Russia, on February 24, 2019.
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Navalny was possibly ‘days’ away from release in a prisoner swap before his death, aide says
Feb 27, 2024
Negotiations to release Russia’s opposition leader Alexey Navalny in a prisoner swap had reached their “final stage” just before his sudden death, a top aide to Navalny has said.
Lyudmila Navalnaya had earlier claimed she had not been told where her son's body was being held.
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Mother of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny says she has seen his body, is being pressured to hold secret funeral
Feb 22, 2024
The mother of Russian opposition politician and outspoken Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, who died in an Arctic penal colony last week, said Thursday that she has been shown her son’s body.
Ksenia Karelina, 33, was arrested while visiting her parents in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.
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Russia arrests US-Russian citizen for treason after she gave $51 to Ukraine, employer says
Feb 22, 2024
A US-Russian dual citizen was arrested in Russia on charges of treason for allegedly donating just $51 to a Ukrainian charity, her Californian employer said.

About

Sebastian Shukla is an award-winning field producer based in CNN’s London bureau. Part of the London newsgathering team, he works across the EMEA and APAC regions. He has produced cross-platform stories specialising in news and features.

Shukla began his career at CNN as an intern before rising up the ranks to the role of field producer.

Among the many assignments he has undertaken, his first major breaking news coverage was the Paris terror attacks in 2016. He has gone on to cover some of the world’s biggest stories including the unrest in Belarus, the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the Syrian Civil War, Brexit, and Royal events. Shukla has also worked to uncover a Russian backed troll farm operating in Ghana.

Shukla has won multiple awards for his work. He was part of the Emmy-winning team investigating Russian mercenaries in the Central African Republic and the exclusive investigation into the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny won two Emmys and was also awarded the Edward Murrow Award.

Shukla attended the University of Manchester, where he studied Russian. He spent his formative years living and experiencing different cultures in France, Belgium, Russia, and Singapore and speaks Russian and French.