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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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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Inside secret camp where UK veterans are training to take on Putin

Published by The Daily Mail (15th March, 2022) British military veterans are flocking to join Ukraine’s fight for freedom despite warnings that their involvement risks dragging Nato into the conflict. […]

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Europe / Immigration / Policy / Ukraine

Blitz spirit that puts Britain to shame

Published by The i paper (14th March, 2022) One night last week I found myself without anywhere to stay. This was unsurprising: I was in a city in […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

The man who refused to become Moscow’s stooge

Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th March, 2022) Despite the valiant efforts of residents to block roads with felled trees and even to force back some armoured […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Women and children are warned: You will become human shields

Published by The Daily Mail (11th March, 2022) Russian forces are rounding up Ukrainian civilians and holding them as captives in areas they have seized, provoking fears they are […]

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Europe / Ukraine

The Home Front heroines aiding the front line on the other side of Ukraine

Published by The Daily Mail (10th March, 2022) As we drove through the darkening countryside amid swirling clouds of snow, Lyudmila Sirko was never off her phone, pleading […]

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Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Has this carnage woken up the West?

Published by The i paper (7th March, 2022) Beside my hotel in western Ukraine there are scruffy sheds and cluttered yards filled with snow-dusted piles of rusting metal. […]

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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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