Published by The i paper (27th February, 2023) Last week, Sir Tony Blair published an article in The Daily Telegraph headlined “One thing is clear: Vladimir Putin cannot be allowed […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Why Ukraine is now hellbent on retaking Crimea – despite Putin’s nuclear threats
Published by The Daily Mail (3rd November, 2022) For Ukrainians, the situation is clear. Vladimir Putin’s torture of their country through invasion started eight years ago when ‘little […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Now Putin is weaponising winter
Published by The i paper (31st October, 2022) Last night, the sirens began wailing as I walked into a shopping centre. A Russian bomber had been detected flying […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Putin using three body doubles who’ve had surgery to look like him, says Ukraine military chief
Published by The Mail on Sunday (30th October, 2022) Vladimir Putin is using at least three body doubles who have had plastic surgery to look like him, claims […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Putin’s plan for Ukraine lies in ashes
Published by The i paper (10th October, 2022) Ukraine was a place of joyful celebration when people woke on Saturday to learn that an explosion had ripped through […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Putin’s ‘miracle’ bridge in flames
Published by The Mail on Sunday (9th December, 2022) It is a picture that shows the stunning devastation caused to the only rail and road link between Russia […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Is this depravity intrinsic to war, to Russians – or to all humanity once its veneer of civilisation is stripped away?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th April, 2022) On the right bank of Kyiv, close to the city centre, lies a peaceful park bisected by a busy road. […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
The West must punish this thug as he rips apart another nation
Published by The Daily Mail (22nd February, 2022) When Georgia was on the verge of joining Nato in 2008, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin stirred up bitter separatist tensions, […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Deportation, genocide and a brutal lesson from history
Published by The Daily Mail (14th February, 2022) As the military forces of a modern Russian dictator menacingly encircle Ukraine, they stir chilling memories from the past of […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Putin must be stopped from meddling in Ukraine
Published by The Daily Mail (11th February, 2022) When I arrived in Ukraine three weeks ago to report on the escalating fears of war in Europe, I went […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Fears and fighting spirit of nation in Kremlin crosshairs
Published by The Daily Mail (19th January, 2022) Oksana Lanskaya, a mother and successful Ukrainian food entrepreneur, admits being scared now that Russian military forces have encircled her […]
Europe / Russia
Putin is winning his war against the West
Published by The i paper (5th March, 2018) The temperatures are below freezing with snow falling, but how sunny the view must seem for Vladimir Putin as he […]