Published by The Daily Mail (7th June, 2023) Shortly after two o’clock in the morning, residents in Nova Kakhovka woke to loud explosions and then strange rushing sounds. […]
Africa / Europe / Russia / South Africa / Ukraine
South Africa isn’t neutral on Ukraine
Published by UnHerd (7th June, 2023) “Since we have achieved our freedom, there can only be one division among us: between those who cherish democracy and those who […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Yevhen’s story: how a father from Ukraine rescued his children from the Kremlin clutches
Published by Tortoise (30th May, 2023) The Polyany sanatorium is a two-storey brick building in verdant grounds about an hour’s drive west of Moscow. It is a hybrid […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
The West’s reluctance to commit fully to Ukraine’s fight will prolong the war
Published by The i paper (15th May, 2023) Since coming to power at the start of this century, Vladimir Putin has used the Soviet triumph over the Nazis […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
No surrender in the city Putin’s been failing to seize for a decade
Published by The Daily Mail (10th March, 2023) Bouncing along potholed roads at terrifying speeds to avoid any hail of Russian shells, we stuck close behind the car […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
‘US missiles with a 100-mile range’ are used in first strikes to retake Mariupol
Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th February, 2023) Ukraine has launched a series of surprise attacks on Russian troops and supply lines in Mariupol – the first […]
Europe / Ukraine
What became of the Ukrainian girl whose tearful farewell to her father moved Rishi Sunak to despair?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th February, 2023) It was a moment of heartbreak, an immediately iconic image that captured painful separation, but was also a portent […]
Europe / Ukraine
‘Glory to the heroes!’ rang out as a trumpet sounded beneath the golden dome
Published by The Daily Mail (25th February, 2023) Yesterday morning, as I left my flat in the centre of the city, ten young joggers pounded past me along […]
Feature / Russia / Ukraine
‘Before the war, we saw Russians alive. Now we only see them dead’
Published by The Daily Mail (24th February, 2023) THE Ukrainian soldiers were hiding among the trees and buried in hobbit-like holes beneath the snow. But the Russian drones […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Once Ukrainians trembled at Putin’s threats. Now they joke about playing bingo as they tick off his stock phrases
Published by The Daily Mail (22nd February, 2023) Sinister black posters appeared at bus stops and parks across the country days before Vladimir Putin’s speech to the Russian […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
‘We will fight until the end’
Published by The i paper (20th February, 2023) When Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it shocked many people who presumed that he would not be […]