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As media lawyers battle to keep Britain’s libel industry lucrative, hopes for reform are fading
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As the world shifts around us, Ukraine fights on
Thawing relations between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have allowed Russia to globalise its war
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An English life in Vladimir Putin’s twilight zone
Foreign correspondent Marc Bennetts spent 25 years living in Russia. What did he witness during its descent into authoritarianism?
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The new world war
Why the battle for Iran and Ukraine is coming for us all
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Reflections on the never-ending war in Ukraine
Lessons from Europe’s deadliest conflict since 1945
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Putin will attack Europe next
“If Russia Wins” author Carlo Masala on why Moscow is already looking beyond Ukraine, and how Europe can defend itself…
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Driving in Ukraine’s anti-drone corridors
Also: Peter Mandelson for beginners, and cold comfort in Kharkiv
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Defrosting among the terminators of Kyiv
Ukraine may be cold but the mob hotel I’m staying in is not
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Andrey Kurkov: People no longer ask me how the Ukraine war will end
Ukraine’s most famous writer dreams of a time when he can stop documenting the conflict and focus on fiction
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Starmer’s great Ukraine gamble
A world in which the US is no longer a reliable ally will necessitate a transformation in foreign and defence…
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Europe is losing Ukraine
As Donald Trump attempts to negotiate a peace deal, Kyiv is increasingly rejecting the EU position
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Ukraine’s corruption scandal reaches the top of Zelensky’s government
The president’s powerful chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, has resigned following an early morning raid of his home.
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Under siege in Ukraine, I mourn our little dog
The death of our Chihuahua, Quicky, brings home the importance of friendship
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The devil in the details of Trump’s new peace plan for Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine must now choose between “dignity” and losing US support
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Trump’s new peace plan for Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelensky is confronting a crisis on multiple fronts
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General Valerii Zaluzhnyi: Ukraine’s path to victory
The Ukrainian ambassador to the United Kingdom on the political strategy to defeat Russia
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Pussy Riot’s Masha Alyokhina: “Putin will fuck you up”
The group’s founding member on standing up to Putin and life in exile
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If Putin wins, all this will have been in vain
But they see no alternative to fighting on
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Why the Trump-Putin summit fell apart
The US president is scuppering his own efforts to negotiate peace
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The real question about European security guarantees for Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has warned that any foreign troops in the country would be “legitimate targets”.
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