Published by the i paper (1st August, 2016) Two years ago Ukraine held a presidential ballot intended to complete the uprising against the Russian stooges running their country […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Good result for Vladimir the Terrible
Published by The Independent (16th February, 2015) On a dank day last March I was chatting to tense Ukrainian officers besieged in their Crimean base by Russian armed […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Why do we stand by and watch Putin?
Published by The Independent (1st September, 2014) There were long queues of cars at checkpoints in Mariupol yesterday morning. Many were filled with families fleeing the city,which lies in […]
Europe / European Union / Politics / Russia / Ukraine
Ukraine and the shame of Europe
Published by The Wall Street Journal (22nd May, 2014) There are flickers of hope that calm can descend again on Eastern Europe. We are told that those threatening […]
Europe / European Union / Russia / Ukraine
Europe’s response to Ukraine has been a betrayal
Published by The Guardian (3rd May, 2014) Two weeks ago I stood and watched as three groups of heavily armed men in military uniforms entered a police station […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Putin’s secret army, hellbent on war
Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th April, 2014) Outside the occupied Ukrainian police station, sandbags were being piled for protection as a car slammed to a halt. Out […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Spark that could ignite a tinderbox
Published by The Daily Mail (14th April, 2014) This is the long-dreaded moment. It is seven weeks since a strange struggle in the east of Europe began, with […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Don’t fall for Putin’s lie
Published by The Guardian (1st April, 2014) Vladimir Putin has won plaudits at home and brushed aside censure abroad with his brazen theft of Crimea. His few supporters […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Russians storm Ukraine’s main naval base
Published by The Daily Mail (20th March 2014) The Russian flag was flying over Ukraine’s naval headquarters last night after it was stormed by hundreds of militiamen and […]
Europe / European Union / Russia / Ukraine
Crimea’s sham vote – and a very uneasy truce
Published by The Daily Mail (17th March, 2014) Russia and Ukraine have agreed a truce until Friday as the contested Crimea region voted in a sham referendum that […]