Published by The Daily Mail (11th February, 2022) When I arrived in Ukraine three weeks ago to report on the escalating fears of war in Europe, I went […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Former nursery teacher who’s ready for war says: Many Russians will die
Published by The Daily Mail (29th January, 2022) A sudden burst of machine-gun fire echoed over the fields, followed by a strange buzzing over our heads as we […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
It’s minus 8C on the frontline. All that stands between me and 127,000 Russian troops is a six-foot moat and razor wire
Published by The Daily Mail (26th January, 2022) AS Lieutenant-Colonel Yuriy Trubachiov crunched through the thick snow, he pointed out to me the camera tower, the anti-tank moat, […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Putin’s power play in Ukraine
Published by The i paper (24th January, 2022) Why is Vladimir Putin threatening Ukraine? Outside the Kremlin and presumably Russia’s military top brass, no one really knows – although […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
‘Don’t let this madman force us from our homes again’
Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd January, 2022) Ekaterina Pereverzeva is struggling to stop fears of war tormenting her as vast numbers of Russian forces mass across […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
‘This is our land and I’ve no other option than to fight for it’
Published by The Daily Mail (22nd January, 2022) Maksym Bilyk is a young man who thinks carefully before speaking, works with computers and has never fired a gun […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Fears and fighting spirit of nation in Kremlin crosshairs
Published by The Daily Mail (19th January, 2022) Oksana Lanskaya, a mother and successful Ukrainian food entrepreneur, admits being scared now that Russian military forces have encircled her […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Putin’s torture chamber at Number Three, Paradise Street
Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th December, 2021) For almost 1,000 days, Stanislav Aseyev was held in a secret torture camp in the heart of a bustling […]
Europe / Serbia
Spectre of war in the Balkans
Published by The Mail on Sunday (28th November, 2021) Munira Subasic lost her husband and teenage son in the darkest chapter of European history since the Second World […]
Belarus / Europe / Poland
Laser attack on border guards
Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th November, 2021) Border police have been blinded with lasers and strobe lights as they struggle to shore up Europe’s eastern frontier defences […]
Europe / Russia
We are in a race to save democracy
Published by The i paper (2nd August, 2021) On Thursday, I flipped on the television before heading to bed. People in helmets were lined up at the start […]