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Europe / Ukraine

The debate raging across Ukraine: Are Christmas trees a waste of power or a joyful rebuke to Putin?

Published by The Daily Mail (December 22nd, 2022) When I ask Yulia Grechan about last Christmas, she smiles and says that ‘everything was great’. She was married to […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Ukraine captures key towns as Putin’s forces hit by lightening advance

Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th September, 2022) UKRAINE has made stunning advances in a rapid counter-offensive that has caught the Kremlin by surprise, with intelligence experts […]

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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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