Kupiansk – Ian Birrell http://ianbirrell.com Columnist & Foreign Correspondent Sun, 14 Dec 2025 20:54:21 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 http://ianbirrell.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-ian-birrell-favicon-32x32.png Kupiansk – Ian Birrell http://ianbirrell.com 32 32 Zelensky faces a bitter choice: take on Trump – or betray his own people http://ianbirrell.com/zelensky-faces-a-bitter-choice-take-on-trump-or-betray-his-own-people/ Sun, 14 Dec 2025 20:54:11 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=7566 Every night Putin tries to kill us with drone and missiles. But in the morning we have to go to work because Ukraine has to keep going http://ianbirrell.com/every-night-putin-tries-to-kill-us-with-drone-and-missiles-but-in-the-morning-we-have-to-go-to-work-because-ukraine-has-to-keep-going/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:50:36 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=7560 The debate raging across Ukraine: Are Christmas trees a waste of power or a joyful rebuke to Putin? http://ianbirrell.com/the-debate-raging-across-ukraine-are-christmas-trees-a-waste-of-power-or-a-joyful-rebuke-to-putin/ Mon, 27 Mar 2023 11:04:47 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=5942 Ukraine captures key towns as Putin’s forces hit by lightening advance http://ianbirrell.com/ukraine-captures-key-towns-as-putins-forces-hit-by-lightening-advance/ Mon, 26 Dec 2022 12:17:42 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=5857