Zarah Sultana’s pompous, luxury beliefs about Ukraine Zarah Sultana loves to pose as a champion of the working class, seeing the world through the lens of class struggle. Even, it seems, the war in Ukraine. In her latest interview, she calls Nato ‘an imp...

In my latest piece, I explain what Zarah Sultana gets wrong about Ukraine’s working class — and why her call to stop pumping money into arms manufacturers would leave Ukrainians defenceless.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/zara...

There was Easter but no truce on Ukraine’s frontline Kramatorsk, Donetsk region In a wooden Greek-Catholic church on the frontline of a warzone, encircled by red tulips and military vehicles, the priest’s sermon is woven through with the war – just like...

My latest from Kramatorsk on how Ukrainian soldiers celebrated Easter - and what they think of Putin’s “truce”, Trump and peace deals.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/east...

Giving Putin Crimea will not end the war When Volodymyr Zelensky speaks of the Ukrainian territories under Russian control, he always calls them ‘temporarily occupied’. The phrase, first used by Zelensky’s predecessor, has been engraved into...

Trump is reportedly considering recognising Crimea as Russian in exchange for a ceasefire. I reported from occupied Crimea in 2018 - and in the article below, I explain why this move won’t end this war, and will guarantee the next one.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/givi...

Putin is engineering a humanitarian crisis in Transnistria Sandwiched between Ukraine and Romania, the tiny republic of Moldova has been easy prey for Russia in the past. Its 2.5 million people are among the poorest in Europe and the Kremlin has been able to ...

Putin is engineering a humanitarian crisis in Transnistria, leaving over 300,000 people to freeze as he schemes to install a pro-Russian government in Moldova. Now is the moment when the EU must step in and help the region survive the winter. I write more below:
www.spectator.co.uk/article/puti...

Russia has attacked Dnipro with an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time this morning. The Ukrainian Air Force reported 'no significant consequences'.

Joe Biden has put Ukraine in an impossible position This week, Joe Biden lifted one of the many restraints placed on Ukraine in its war with Russia. The outgoing US president has allowed Kyiv to use long-range US-made ATACMS missiles in the Russian reg...

Biden may believe that he is doing Ukraine a big favour with his ATACMS policy shift, but by limiting the missile systems to Kursk and the Russian border, he is once again imposing constraints on Ukraine’s ability to go for the win.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/joe-...

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I have finally opened an account at Bluesky, as Twitter under Musk has horrible engagement when I post about Ukraine. I hope here it is better. Is it?