Ukraine
The tragedy of Paul Celan – trapped in his own allusive poems
By his late thirties, the great poet of the Holocaust had succumbed to clinical paranoia, in which every aspect of daily life was saturated with evil significance
For J.D. Vance, Israel is the new Ukraine
J.D. Vance didn’t call Benjamin Netanyahu out by name, but in sternly reprimanding the “Cabinet of the Israeli government” from…
Forever war: will Zelensky and Putin be brought to an exhausted peace?
Volodymyr Zelensky stood proudly on the steps of 10 Downing Street this week, flanked by Sir Keir Starmer and the…
Trump’s ballroom drone port is no joke
When Donald Trump unveiled plans for a counter-drone installation on the roof of the new White House ballroom, critics called…
Portrait of the week: Sturgeon speaks, Henry Nowak’s killer is jailed and Mandelson’s messages are released
Home Vickrum Digwa, 23, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years for the murder of Henry…
Putin and Erdogan are playing with fire in the Balkans and the Caucasus
As Russia and Turkey jostle for influence in Europe’s overlooked corners, regional tensions begin to resemble those in the build-up to the Great War
Russia is relying on drones to bring it victory in Ukraine
Earlier this week, Ukraine was subjected to one of the largest aerial assaults by Russia since the start of Vladimir…
Is the West deserting Ukraine at precisely the wrong moment?
Moscow is coming under direct drone attack, the Russian economy is creaking, patriotic bloggers are ever more apocalyptic in their…
Why drones will carry out the next 9/11
Few know more about drone warfare than Brett Velicovich. During the Iraq war, the former Delta Force intelligence analyst lived…
The tide has turned in Ukraine
The long war in Ukraine has morphed into a new and decisive phase, one that could lead to Ukraine’s upset…
Russians no longer believe Putin’s war propaganda
A year ago, Russia marked the 9 May Victory Day celebration with a spectacular display of fireworks that lit up…
Accelerating the ‘kill chain’ – a terrifying glimpse of future warfare
A misfit band of military personnel and Silicon Valley uber-geeks apply AI to target America’s enemies more rapidly and accurately than ever before
The Kremlin’s secret plans for post-war Russia
A top-level Kremlin policy document discussing post-war political planning and how to neutralize potential ultranationalist discontent has been leaked to…
For Trump, it’s lonely at the top
King Charles III and Queen Camilla were at their most emollient in Washington, where they exchanged a flurry of presents…
How the Ukraine war could end in revolt
Ukraine and Russia are exhausted. Neither side is close to defeat and yet discontent is growing on both sides. In…
Letters: The uncomfortable truth about Gen Z churchgoers
Clerical errors Sir: Glad though I am that The Spectator bucks the trend in its conviction that the C of…
Is the US nuclear bomber base being targeted for a strike?
A lockdown at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana triggered by a mysterious drone swarm last month didn’t last long.…
A Ukrainian win is more important than ever
On 3 April we mark 1,500 days since Russia invaded Ukraine; on 11 June, the conflict will have lasted longer…
With no coherent strategy, Britain seems perpetually adrift in the world
But rather than stagger from one global crisis to another, we could unite the disparate tools we still possess and truly take back control, says Jack Watling
Why Ukraine’s Russian oil strikes are backfiring
Every drone Ukraine fires at a Russian oil terminal is meant to defund Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Right now, each…
‘More than half our squad were executed’: Inside Russia’s rotten army
The Russians are on the warpath – and Europe is Vladimir Putin’s next target. That was Sir Keir Starmer’s alarming…
How Silicon Valley is calling the shots on the battlefields of Ukraine
Sometime in the late morning of February 4, somebody at SpaceX headquarters pressed a computer key. A command line was…
No, Zelensky: World War Three hasn’t started
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that World War Three has already started. Speaking to the BBC on the eve of…
The secrets of Putin’s shadow fleet
Of all the weapons in Vladimir Putin’s arsenal, the most strategically crucial has proved to be not hypersonic missiles but…
Why is Ukraine trying to cancel Swan Lake?
Two of Ukraine’s most famous ballet dancers face dismissal, cancellation and possible mobilisation into the army. Their crime? They dared…
