Published by The Daily Mail (26th February, 2022) For the second day running, I awoke yesterday to the wailing sound of sirens warning of air attacks. I had […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
‘Is it a holiday?’ the children asked when they weren’t woken up for school. ‘No, dears,’ mum replied. ‘The war has started…’
Published by The Daily Mail (25th February, 2022) The driver of a blue minibus, crammed full of people, was desperately trying to slide the door closed. Then I […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
People’s army that is stepping up for the fight
Published by The Daily Mail (24th February, 2022) Liza Lukyanova might seem an unlikely recruit for the army of a country that is facing a fight for survival […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
‘It’s awful to think people who survived WWII in their youth have fallen victim in old age to the insanity of a mad man’
Published by The Daily Mail (23rd February, 2022) VADIM was walking his pug dog when we met yesterday morning. The sky was blue, the sun shone and the […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
The West must punish this thug as he rips apart another nation
Published by The Daily Mail (22nd February, 2022) When Georgia was on the verge of joining Nato in 2008, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin stirred up bitter separatist tensions, […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Amid fog of this weird war, a day to honour the dead
Published by The Daily Mail (21st February, 2022) The sun was shining as families walked down the street in Kiev, passing trees festooned with paper angels and flowers […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
The hole blown through teddy bear wallpaper that could be the pretext for war in Ukraine
Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th February, 2022) As we left the car, there was a loud thump, followed quickly by two more thuds from the edge […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Putin’s twisted ploy to trigger Ukraine panic
Published by The Daily Mail (19th February, 2022) The pro-Russian rebel leaders of two breakaway Ukrainian regions claimed yesterday to have started an emergency evacuation of thousands of […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Snarling rat backed into a corner who may yet try a desperate last throw of the dice
Published by The Daily Mail (18th February, 2022) Outside my flat’s window, the scene could not be calmer. Five children are digging in a sandy courtyard, swaddled in […]
Europe / Ukraine
Defiant Ukrainians sing and wave flags on ‘Unity Day’
Published by The Daily Mail (17th February, 2022) Ukraine celebrated the hastily-declared Unity Day yesterday with passionate words from the president, patriotic events across the land and more […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Deportation, genocide and a brutal lesson from history
Published by The Daily Mail (14th February, 2022) As the military forces of a modern Russian dictator menacingly encircle Ukraine, they stir chilling memories from the past of […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
A clash between democracy and dictatorship
Published by The i paper (14th February, 2022) Last week Russia won gold in the figure skating team event at the Winter Olympics thanks to the 15-year-old star Kamila […]