Published by The i paper (18th December, 2023) The chilly winds of appeasement blow through the West as Ukrainians shed blood in their epochal battle between democracy and […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Today most Ukrainians have seven family members or friends who have been killed or injured
Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd December, 2023) The scene seemed typical of any European capital: a woman sipping fruit tea while chatting amid the bustle of […]
Russia / Ukraine
Ukraine needs arms, not appeasement of Putin
Published by The i paper (27th November, 2023) Two days after arriving back in Kyiv, I woke to familiar sounds of war as Ukraine’s capital suffered its heaviest […]
Europe / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Russia / Ukraine / United States / World
The wars in Gaza and Ukraine are different
Published by The i paper (20th November, 2023) From the moment Hamas terrorists went on their murderous rampage in Israel, Joe Biden sought to tie together two seismic […]
Politics
A desperate appointment as Tories lurch back to the centre from the far-right abyss
Published by The i paper (14th November, 2023) David Cameron is back in frontline politics. These are words I never expected to write. His return as Foreign Secretary […]
Europe / Russia / United States / World
Prigozhin’s death exposes a weak despot
Published by The i paper (28th August, 2023) There is a famous story from his childhood that Vladimir Putin has repeated often and seen spun by his propagandists […]
United States / World
A new threat to American democracy
Published by The i paper (17th July, 2023) It seems extraordinary that Donald Trump remains the runaway favourite to win the Republican Party nomination for next year’s White […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Mass evacuations as ‘Russia blows up dam’
Published by The Daily Mail (7th June, 2023) Shortly after two o’clock in the morning, residents in Nova Kakhovka woke to loud explosions and then strange rushing sounds. […]
Africa / Europe / Russia / South Africa / Ukraine
South Africa isn’t neutral on Ukraine
Published by UnHerd (7th June, 2023) “Since we have achieved our freedom, there can only be one division among us: between those who cherish democracy and those who […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Yevhen’s story: how a father from Ukraine rescued his children from the Kremlin clutches
Published by Tortoise (30th May, 2023) The Polyany sanatorium is a two-storey brick building in verdant grounds about an hour’s drive west of Moscow. It is a hybrid […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
The West’s reluctance to commit fully to Ukraine’s fight will prolong the war
Published by The i paper (15th May, 2023) Since coming to power at the start of this century, Vladimir Putin has used the Soviet triumph over the Nazis […]