Putin is winning his war against the West
Published by The i paper (5th March, 2018) The temperatures are below freezing with snow falling, but how sunny the... Read Full Article
Crimea
New shadow warfare: How Putin is fanning the flames of discontent
Published by the i paper (1st August, 2016) Two years ago Ukraine held a presidential ballot intended to complete the... Read Full Article
Putin, tangled foreign policy and a flawed case for war
Published by The Independent (23rd November, 2015) France is not the only part of Europe under a state of emergency.... Read Full Article
Good result for Vladimir the Terrible
Published by The Independent (16th February, 2015) On a dank day last March I was chatting to tense Ukrainian officers... Read Full Article
My hero of 2014 sacrificed herself to save countless others
Published by The Independent (29th December, 2014) News is by nature a grim business, the most terrible and tragic tales... Read Full Article
Why do we stand by and watch Putin?
Published by The Independent (1st September, 2014) There were long queues of cars at checkpoints in Mariupol yesterday morning. Many were... Read Full Article
Ukraine and the shame of Europe
Published by The Wall Street Journal (22nd May, 2014) There are flickers of hope that calm can descend again on... Read Full Article
Europe’s response to Ukraine has been a betrayal
Published by The Guardian (3rd May, 2014) Two weeks ago I stood and watched as three groups of heavily armed... Read Full Article
Putin’s secret army, hellbent on war
Published by The Mail on Sunday (20th April, 2014) Outside the occupied Ukrainian police station, sandbags were being piled for... Read Full Article
Spark that could ignite a tinderbox
Published by The Daily Mail (14th April, 2014) This is the long-dreaded moment. It is seven weeks since a strange... Read Full Article