Published by The i paper (31st January, 2022) Three years ago I hosted a discussion with Rory Stewart, the former aid and Africa minister, who spoke with fascinating […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
One hundred yards behind the front line, windows are still boarded up from the last war
Published by The Mail on Sunday (30th January, 2022) Avdiivka looks like many other small towns in Ukraine, with shoppers stomping along icy streets in sub-zero temperatures, the […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Former nursery teacher who’s ready for war says: Many Russians will die
Published by The Daily Mail (29th January, 2022) A sudden burst of machine-gun fire echoed over the fields, followed by a strange buzzing over our heads as we […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Kremlin steps up its propaganda war
Published by The Daily Mail (27th January, 2022) The Kremlin is pumping out disinformation saying Nato troops are in Ukraine preparing to attack Russian allies and facilities. It claims […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
It’s minus 8C on the frontline. All that stands between me and 127,000 Russian troops is a six-foot moat and razor wire
Published by The Daily Mail (26th January, 2022) AS Lieutenant-Colonel Yuriy Trubachiov crunched through the thick snow, he pointed out to me the camera tower, the anti-tank moat, […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Putin’s power play in Ukraine
Published by The i paper (24th January, 2022) Why is Vladimir Putin threatening Ukraine? Outside the Kremlin and presumably Russia’s military top brass, no one really knows – although […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
‘Don’t let this madman force us from our homes again’
Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd January, 2022) Ekaterina Pereverzeva is struggling to stop fears of war tormenting her as vast numbers of Russian forces mass across […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
‘This is our land and I’ve no other option than to fight for it’
Published by The Daily Mail (22nd January, 2022) Maksym Bilyk is a young man who thinks carefully before speaking, works with computers and has never fired a gun […]
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 / Ukraine
Putin’s torture chamber at Number Three, Paradise Street
Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th December, 2021) For almost 1,000 days, Stanislav Aseyev was held in a secret torture camp in the heart of a bustling […]
Belarus / Europe / Immigration / Lithuania / Policy
How migrants are being used as weapons
Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th August, 2021) The pandemic has crushed the global tourism industry, with thousands of flights cancelled and millions of holidays postponed – but […]