Soon after my first visit to Ukraine four years ago, I began language lessons. It taught me more than I ever expectedAlmost as soon as I returned from my first reporting trip to Ukraine, in October 2022, I decided to start...
Read MoreRemoval of Soviet-era statues sped up when Russia seized Crimea in 2014, and since Putin’s 2022 invasion has moved at pace as Ukrainians question their identitySince 2013 the plinth at the bottom of Taras Shevchenko Boulevard in...
Read MoreUkrainian president will be first overseas visitor for new British prime ministerVolodymyr Zelenskyy will become Andy Burnham’s first overseas visitor as prime minister, in a visit that Burnham said underlined Britain’s...
Read MoreInterviews with residents of Russian-held region point to frustration with Moscow as Ukrainian campaign to isolate it takes toll on daily lifeFirst, the guests stopped coming. As Ukrainian drones and missiles pounded Crimea...
Read MoreExclusive: Jane and Alan Kelvey reflect on close encounter with Russian warship a few hours into two-month sailing tripThey found themselves at the centre of an international incident, the close encounter between their small...
Read MoreUkraine and nine other countries including UK issue joint statement as leaders meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy in ParisUkraine and nine other countries including the UK, Germany and France are to build a shared protection programme for...
Read MoreUkraine and nine other countries including UK issue joint statement as leaders meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy in ParisUkraine and nine other countries including the UK, Germany and France are to build a shared protection programme for...
Read MoreEd Davey voices concern about the Musk family foundation taking the far-right activist on a visit to MoscowThe UK must do more to defend its democracy after it emerged that Elon Musk’s family foundation had taken the far-right...
Read MoreUkraine’s drone and missile campaign on oil infrastructure has brought impact of war to citizens of Moscow and elsewhereFive hours into the queue, tempers were already fraying at the gas station. Then a black Audi Q7 swept past...
Read MoreOutgoing PM will stress British commitment to defence spending at meeting in Ankara to counter Trump rebukesKeir Starmer will seek to work with European allies to shore up support for Nato at its summit in Ankara on Tuesday amid...
Read MoreReform UK leader claims he is victim of ‘hit job’ as parliamentary standards commissioner investigates £5m donation On the subject of Andy Burnham, the Financial Times is running a story today saying the access talks his team is...
Read MoreA strategic line of towns and cities is crucial to Ukraine’s defence – and where the war is at its most brutalA vast cobweb of spent fibre-optic cable is draped over the buildings in the small Ukrainian city of Lyman. Used to...
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