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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Feature / Serbia / Ukraine

The child snatcher

Published by The Daily Mail (27th October, 2022) The blonde woman in the polka-dot dress was clutching a huge teddy bear as she stood with a small group […]

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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 […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

How General Armageddon built his career – and his wife’s fortune – on a mountain of corpses

Published by The Daily Mail (13th October, 2022) He has served the Kremlin in five wars around the world, leaving behind a trail of blood, crushed cities and […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

The day death rained from the sky

Published by The Daily Mail (11th October, 2022) THE first blast erupted after 8am, sounding alarmingly loud and perilously close to my hotel. Then came a couple more, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Kherson fightback sees Ukraine retake 29 towns

Published by The Daily Mail (7th October, 2022) Ukraine says it has recaptured 29 towns and villages in the south of the country over the past week after […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

We’re hunting them down and shooting them like pigs

Published by The Daily Mail (6th October, 2022) When Russian forces took over the city of Balakliya, eastern Ukraine, they turned the central police station into a base […]

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Europe / Feature / Russia / Ukraine

Russia’s monstrous new tactic: forcing Ukrainians to fight against their own side

Published by The Daily Mail (29th September, 2022) Oksana did not want her children indoctrinated by Russia after Vladimir Putin’s invading troops took over her village in southern Ukraine, […]

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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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