Ukraine – Page 9 – Ian Birrell

Tiny sliver of land that could drag Nato into all-out war with Russia

Published by The Daily Mail (6th May, 2022) The attack by three men could not have been more brazen: a mid- afternoon strike on the headquarters of the […]

Our timid tolerance for tyranny

Published by The i paper (25th April, 2022) The president of a European nation gave a surreal press conference on Saturday. The fact that it took place in […]

Europe / Politics / Russia / Ukraine

Boris Johnson is rescuing his own career when helping Ukraine

Published by The i paper (11th April, 2022) Vladimir Putin’s bungled invasion has failed to capture Ukraine and oust its elected government, despite the horrors unleashed, while also […]

Europe / Russia / Ukraine

Is this depravity intrinsic to war, to Russians – or to all humanity once its veneer of civilisation is stripped away?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th April, 2022) On the right bank of Kyiv, close to the city centre, lies a peaceful park bisected by a busy road. […]

Disability / Europe / Russia / Ukraine

People with disabilities abandoned in Ukraine

Published by The i paper (4th April, 2022) It is almost six weeks since Vladimir Putin unleashed hell on Ukraine. His forces have pulverised cities, shattered communities and […]

Europe / Russia / Ukraine

A terror reborn

Published by The Daily Mail (4th April, 2022) The images that have emerged after Russia’s retreat from the outskirts of Kyiv are haunting, harrowing and a hideous reminder of the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]