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Russia / Ukraine / United States

Trump’s tragic betrayal of Ukraine

Published by The i Paper (18th August, 2025)

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Trump is giving Putin what he wants
Russia / Ukraine / United States

Trump is giving Putin what he wants

Published by The i Paper (11th August, 2025)

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Inside secret Kharkiv where schools, bars and ballet are hidden underground
Ukraine

Inside secret Kharkiv where schools, bars and ballet are hidden underground

Published by The i paper (30th May, 2025)

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Inside a secret Ukrainian drone factory
Defence / Feature / Ukraine

Inside a secret Ukrainian drone factory

Published by UnHerd (21st May, 2025)

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Russia / Ukraine / United States

Lasting peace remains a distant hope

Published by The i paper (12th May, 2025)

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Agree to 30-day truce or face new sanctions, Starmer and Europe’s top leaders tell Kremlin
Russia / Ukraine

Agree to 30-day truce or face new sanctions, Starmer and Europe’s top leaders tell Kremlin

Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th May, 2025) Sir Keir Starmer joined the leaders of France, Germany and Poland in Kyiv yesterday in a bid to ramp […]

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Another piece of theatre from Trump
Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Another piece of theatre from Trump

Published by The i paper (28th April, 2025) Certainly the picture was historic: two presidents, seated in simple chairs amid the magnificence of St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

These attacks on Kyiv are proof Putin is emboldened by US appeasement

Published by The Daily Mail (25th April, 2025) It is 11 years since I watched Russian troops stripped of military insignia seize Ukrainian army bases in Crimea, while […]

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Russia / Ukraine / United States / World

The darkness behind White House horror show

Published by The i paper (2nd March, 2025) One of Donald Trump’s first actions upon his restoration was to put a bronze bust of Sir Winston Churchill back on […]

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Russia / Ukraine / United States / World

Ukraine is the defining issue of our age

Published by The i paper (24th February, 2025) Three years ago, I woke to the thunderous dawn sounds of missiles striking Kyiv. I found my colleague Kate on […]

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Germany / Russia / Ukraine / United States

We are living in Orwellian times

Published by The i paper (17th February, 2025) When scores of cars parked in German streets from Berlin to Bavaria began being sabotaged with expanding construction foam sprayed […]

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Escape from Putin’s child-snatchers
Feature / Russia / Ukraine

Escape from Putin’s child-snatchers

Published by The Daily Mail (5th December, 2024)

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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