Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th February, 2023) It was a moment of heartbreak, an immediately iconic image that captured painful separation, but was also a portent […]
Europe / Ukraine
‘Glory to the heroes!’ rang out as a trumpet sounded beneath the golden dome
Published by The Daily Mail (25th February, 2023) Yesterday morning, as I left my flat in the centre of the city, ten young joggers pounded past me along […]
Feature / Russia / Ukraine
‘Before the war, we saw Russians alive. Now we only see them dead’
Published by The Daily Mail (24th February, 2023) THE Ukrainian soldiers were hiding among the trees and buried in hobbit-like holes beneath the snow. But the Russian drones […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Once Ukrainians trembled at Putin’s threats. Now they joke about playing bingo as they tick off his stock phrases
Published by The Daily Mail (22nd February, 2023) Sinister black posters appeared at bus stops and parks across the country days before Vladimir Putin’s speech to the Russian […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
‘We will fight until the end’
Published by The i paper (20th February, 2023) When Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it shocked many people who presumed that he would not be […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
‘I hate all Russians’ Olena tells me. ‘My hatred goes from their children to their grandmothers.’
Published by The Daily Mail (18th February, 2023) On the left bank of Kyiv, ten miles from the city centre, sits a peaceful cemetery beside some woods where […]
Russia / Ukraine
‘This isn’t Russian roulette any more… it’s like the suicide of lemmings’
Published by The Daily Mail (14th February, 2023) Russia has suffered some of the heaviest military losses in a single battle since the start of the war after […]
Europe / Politics / Ukraine
Britain shows it can be a force for good by backing Ukraine
Published by The i paper (9th February, 2023) I am sitting on a train heading back into Ukraine. My compartment has two women alongside me returning home from […]
Europe / Norway / Russia / Ukraine
I was thrown into a pit for refusing to fight for Putin – and escaped from being executed by sledgehammer
Published by The Mail on Sunday (5th February, 2023) The former commander of a Russian mercenary unit has seen one of his men beaten to death with a […]
Europe / Germany / Ukraine
‘They need fighter planes and long range missiles too’
Published by The Daily Mail (26th January, 2023) Delighted Ukrainians shared selfies on social media yesterday in which they showed off their leopard-print clothes. Women donned coats, tops […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
A woman whose story shows why the war must be won
Published by The i paper (January 2nd, 2023) As the past year slides into history, it will be remembered for the outbreak of a cruel war that scars our […]