One year into his three-week “special operation”, Vladimir Putin finds himself invoking the heroic wars of Russia’s past to prepare the Russian people for a long war.
A year ago, Yulia Kyrpa left Ukraine unsure when she would ever return. She explains why she has returned to Kyiv and why she now believes she will never leave.
In March, Russian jets bombed a residential block in the town of Borodyanka 40km northwest of Kyiv. Two of them collapsed and the survivors have yet to discover what lies beneath as Johnny O'Reilly reports.
Johnny O'Reilly reports from Kyiv and from Irpin, the town just outside Ukraine's capital which was the scene of some of the most harrowing images from the war as Ukrainians consider what comes next.
The economic consequences of sanctions are being felt in Russia and in the West. Nicholas Mulder discusses sanctions, the united response to Putin's invasion that may have stunned the Russian president and why unity is needed in the next steps too.
As a partner in the law firm which acted for the Ukrainian gas company Naftogaz in their action against the Russian state corporation, Yulia knew the risks if she stayed in her homeland.
Johnny O'Reilly reports from Odessa on the increasing desperation of Vladimir Putin as the Russian propaganda campaign continues on all fronts.
Bill Browder's crusade against Vladimir Putin's kleptocracy has been relentless and fearless. As the world finally pays attention, he talks about his journey from financier to campaigner and Ireland’s role facilitating Russian money.
Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has shocked Europe and the world but it shouldn't have. Putin has demonstrated his intentions in Ukraine since 2014 but, even now, it is not too late for a more robust response from the West.
The hijacking of a Ryanair flight and the detention of a young journalist are in character for Alexander Lukashenko, the populist leader of Belarus who has never forgotten what Boris Yeltsin once told him
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