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In Zaporizhzhia

Special Report

From Our Own Correspondent

Panic in Ukraine

My report from Ukraine starts 6.40 mins into the programme

Under siege

The inside story of Ukraine’s besiegement

Special Report from Bucha

Special Report

The Tablet, 9th April 2022, page 5

The Tablet, 2nd April 2022, page 6

On the border

Interview with the excellent and eagle-eyed Andrew Connelly (of The World radio station) who spotted a copy of Homage to Catalonia sticking out my rucksack as I queued at Przemysl on the Polish-Ukraine border 01/03/22

Photo of HB and Alex Sokol by Andrew Connelly

War in Ukraine

Ukraine lies at the heart of Europe in terms of geography, history and culture, but it is also a post-Soviet state with long-standing ties to Russia. This dual legacy is the pretext for Russia’s genocidal war, but in theory it should be a geopolitical asset. Here is a European country that, uniquely, looks both east and west.

Digital Army

He didn’t look a lot like Che Guevara but he drove a diesel van from Warsaw to Lviv to pick up guns. Now it was a question of getting them out of quiet seclusion.

In Kharkiv

https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2022/march/in-kharkiv

Drawing by John-Paul Flintoff