“Kyiv holds its breath”: Lyse Doucet’s diary from Ukraine
The streets of Ukraine are being either transformed into zones of defence or blasted into nothingness. History sits waiting.
ByVladimir Putin is the president of Russia and has been the country’s leader, with an interlude as prime minister, for more than 22 years. Putin was born in 1952, studied law at Leningrad State University and served for 15 years as a KGB officer before becoming a politician in 1991.
The streets of Ukraine are being either transformed into zones of defence or blasted into nothingness. History sits waiting.
ByNatalie Jaresko was called in to rescue Ukraine’s finances after the annexation of Crimea in 2014. Now, she says Western…
ByAs the conflict in Ukraine drags on, will the minimal objective of surviving in power soon become the Russian president’s…
ByMore than 12,000 people have been detained for protesting since Russia's invasion of Ukraine
ByThe Russian president has created a phantom enemy in “fascist” Ukraine and bet everything on defeating it. How does this…
ByAfter the battle for Ukraine, Russia’s foreign policy will be devoted to smashing by any means necessary the coalition that…
ByWealthy people with links to the Kremlin own swathes of luxurious London property, and Michael Gove is considering how to…
ByHigh oil prices and the West's failure to diversify its energy mix have bankrolled a tyrannical regime.
ByRegime change is now as likely in Moscow as it is in Kyiv.
ByIn Ukraine's capital, the absurdity and tragedy of the conflict is everywhere.
ByBy leading his country into an unwinnable war and plunging it into economic crisis, the Russian leader’s own position has…
ByThere are limits to what the Russian president can get his people to believe in an interconnected world.
ByThe Russian president is twisting history in an attempt to justify an unjustifiable war on Ukraine.
ByWith protests at home and spirited resistance in Ukraine, Russian generals are being forced into the long conventional conflict they…
ByProgressives should keep their distance from both Putin and Nato — the cynics who want to shut down debate are…
ByTo watch a whole nation mobilise in defence of its freedoms has been a moving and humbling experience.
ByWars are rarely decided in days, and this one is unlikely to be an exception.
ByMoscow has put its nuclear deterrence forces on high alert in an extreme form of brinkmanship.
ByMy brother has picked up a gun to defend Kyiv, but my uncle in Moscow has been poisoned by propaganda.
ByWars rarely go to plan, especially if you believe your own rhetoric.
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