Published by UnHerd (21st May, 2025)
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 […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Today most Ukrainians have seven family members or friends who have been killed or injured
Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd December, 2023) The scene seemed typical of any European capital: a woman sipping fruit tea while chatting amid the bustle of […]
Russia / Ukraine
Ukraine needs arms, not appeasement of Putin
Published by The i paper (27th November, 2023) Two days after arriving back in Kyiv, I woke to familiar sounds of war as Ukraine’s capital suffered its heaviest […]
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 […]
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’s missiles blitz power stations as he tries to freeze Ukraine into submission
Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd October, 2022) Russia unleashed a fresh wave of missile strikes on cities and towns across Ukraine yesterday as Vladimir Putin seeks […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
How I escaped Kyiv
Published by The Daily Mail (26th February, 2022) For the second day running, I awoke yesterday to the wailing sound of sirens warning of air attacks. I had […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
‘Is it a holiday?’ the children asked when they weren’t woken up for school. ‘No, dears,’ mum replied. ‘The war has started…’
Published by The Daily Mail (25th February, 2022) The driver of a blue minibus, crammed full of people, was desperately trying to slide the door closed. Then I […]