Published by The Daily Mail (31st May, 2022) The bomb, almost 2lb of high explosive, was hidden in a fuse box by the front door of the block […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
A struggle between good and evil
Published by The i paper (30th May, 2022) Yesterday I was interviewing more Ukrainians fleeing Vladimir Putin’s invasion, hearing sad stories of families whose homes and lives have […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
The Kremlin’s sharpened its attack – and the mood is suddenly more pessimistic
Published by The Daily Mail (28th May, 2022) Suddenly the tone has become more pessimistic. Ukraine’s leaders plead desperately for more weapons as they warn that Russia is […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Video nasty: Russian PoW’s film shows cruelty and chaos
Published by The Daily Mail (24th May, 2022) A Russian tank officer who was captured after one month fighting in Ukraine was found to have been filming a home […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Nationhood forged in blood
Published by The i paper (23rd May, 2022) Gorky Park sits in the centre of Kharkiv. Before the war, families would flock there to feed squirrels, ride Ukraine’s […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
The sweet smell of liberation as Ukraine pushes back and people emerge from bunkers
Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd May, 2022) Tamara was sitting on a bench outside, warming herself in the sun after a cold night sleeping in a […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Putin’s executioners shot these three brothers in the head and buried them. Miraculously, one dug himself out and lived to tell the tale
Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th May, 2022) As Mykola Kulichenko stumbled out of the Russian military jeep, his body aching from another beating after three days […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Exposed: Putin’s Stalinist deportation plan for two million Ukrainians
Published by The Daily Mail (14th May, 2022) Russia planned the forcible deportation of up to two million Ukrainians before launching its invasion, according to top-level Kremlin documents […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
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 / 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. […]