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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Clinging to life, babies born amid the evil of Putin’s war

Published by The Daily Mail (1st April, 2022) The tiny baby girl was two days old and weighed barely three pounds. She lay in the ventilator under a […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

We’re killing Russians – with their own kit

Published by The Daily Mail (30th March, 2022) When Ukrainian forces won back control of Rudnytske, a small village 40 miles east of Kyiv, the Russians left them […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Hours on trucks, interrogated in camps…the hell of forced deportation

Published by The Daily Mail (28th March, 2022) After almost three weeks of war, the candles and food were running out for the 90 petrified people sheltering in […]

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Defence / Europe / Policy / Russia / Ukraine

Russian invasion will drive more nations to seek weapons of mass destruction

Published by The i paper (28th March, 2022) The town of Slavutych was the Soviet Union’s attempt to atone for the world’s worst nuclear disaster by carving out […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Mother’s daring mission to rescue more than 100 people from city of hell

Published by The Daily Mail (27th March, 2022) As Russia’s barrage of bombs, missiles and shells lays waste to Mariupol, fearful families cowering in the city’s cellars try […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Briton who fled Mariupol horror on foot towards Russia

Published by The Daily Mail (24th March, 2022) A British man has escaped from the devastated city of Mariupol by walking to Russia after becoming trapped with his […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

‘Execution squads’ from Kremlin under orders to kill their own men if they try to flee

Published by The Daily Mail (23 March, 2022) Since the start of the war, Ukraine has been bombarding Russian phone numbers with text messages telling troops how to […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Hero doctor doing brain surgery as war raged around him

Published by The Daily Mail (21st March, 2022) His first patient was a seven-year-old girl. She arrived at the hospital covered in blood with shards of shrapnel driven […]

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Africa / Europe / Russia / Rwanda

Two autocrats and a tale of hypocrisy

Published by The i paper (21st March, 2022) This is a tale of two dictators. Both have a background in espionage, trained in the dark arts of intelligence […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

The Russians have bombed Mariupol back to Middle Ages

Published by The Daily Mail (19th March, 2022) When Kristina Dzholos sat down to breakfast the morning after her family’s escape from Mariupol, she could not bring herself […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Terror tactics of Putin thugs: Beatings, kidnap and pitiless repression

Published by The Daily Mail (18th March, 2022) After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Mykola Khalupenko opened the first winery in Ukraine built along the lines of […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Chernobyl staff battling to avert nuclear disaster, warns mayor

Published by The Daily Mail (16th March, 2022) The mayor of a town housing workers at the Chernobyl nuclear plant has issued a desperate plea after scores of […]

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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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