kyiv

Besieged Odesa is still caught in a conflict of identities

30 November 2024 9:00 am

Older citizens have identified with Russia all their lives – and Russian is still commonly spoken everywhere. But young Odesans are now using more Ukrainian as a symbol of resistance

The rape of Ukraine continues while the world’s sympathies move on

20 July 2024 9:00 am

Two detailed, on-the-ground accounts from Andrey Kurkov and Oleksandr Mykhed remind us of the atrocities that are changing life in Ukraine forever

What Zelensky has taken from his former TV career

29 October 2022 9:00 am

Volodymyr Zelensky is one of the few leaders of modern times whose charisma, determination and sheer cojones can be said,…

Russian cruelty has been laid bare

4 April 2022 9:15 pm

It was 2 a.m. when Russian gunmen broke in and took away 21-year-old Milana Ozdoyeva. When Sara, her three-year-old daughter,…

Why I’ve stayed in Kyiv

26 March 2022 9:00 am

I write this from my Kyiv air raid shelter. It has become my second home, an improvised bedroom, study and…

The reality of being ‘under siege’ in Kyiv

12 March 2022 8:00 pm

Kyiv, Ukraine I’ve never commuted into a warzone by train before, but I can now recommend it. The express train…