Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th May, 2025) Sir Keir Starmer joined the leaders of France, Germany and Poland in Kyiv yesterday in a bid to ramp […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Another piece of theatre from Trump
Published by The i paper (28th April, 2025) Certainly the picture was historic: two presidents, seated in simple chairs amid the magnificence of St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
These attacks on Kyiv are proof Putin is emboldened by US appeasement
Published by The Daily Mail (25th April, 2025) It is 11 years since I watched Russian troops stripped of military insignia seize Ukrainian army bases in Crimea, while […]
Russia / Ukraine / United States / World
The darkness behind White House horror show
Published by The i paper (2nd March, 2025) One of Donald Trump’s first actions upon his restoration was to put a bronze bust of Sir Winston Churchill back on […]
Russia / Ukraine / United States / World
Ukraine is the defining issue of our age
Published by The i paper (24th February, 2025) Three years ago, I woke to the thunderous dawn sounds of missiles striking Kyiv. I found my colleague Kate on […]
Germany / Russia / Ukraine / United States
We are living in Orwellian times
Published by The i paper (17th February, 2025) When scores of cars parked in German streets from Berlin to Bavaria began being sabotaged with expanding construction foam sprayed […]
Feature / Russia / Ukraine
Escape from Putin’s child-snatchers
Published by The Daily Mail (5th December, 2024)
Europe / Georgia / Russia
How an oligarch known as ‘The Python’ who lives in a Bond-villain lair will determine the future of a vital Western ally
Published by The Daily Mail (October 24th, 2024) The scene could scarcely have been more peaceful as autumn sun beat down on the park. Elderly men chatting on a […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
We must wake up to Russia’s threat
Published by The i paper (21st October, 2024) The image is one for the history books: four ageing white men, sitting stiffly in their suits beneath a Picasso […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Why do we keep falling for Putin’s hollow threats?
Published by The i paper (September 16th, 2024) Vladimir Putin is a dismal leader of his country, overseeing a catastrophic military misadventure after crushing his people’s freedoms and […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
The Kursk offensive shreds Putin’s delusion
Published by The i paper (19th August, 2024) In September 2021, as Russian military forces built up on Ukraine’s border before their full-scale invasion, Vladimir Putin spoke to […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Audacious strike that shows we must keep sending arms to Ukraine
Published by The Daily Mail (12th August, 2024) Surprise has always been critical in war. And once again, Ukraine has displayed it with daring – just as the […]