Sam Kiley
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World Affairs Editor of The Independent, author and broadcaster.
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Sam Kiley
The Independent
2 days ago
Trump border czar Homan ‘never took the $50,000’ cash, White House insists of alleged ‘videotaped’ bribe in Cava takeout bag
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White House insists Trump border czar never took ‘videotaped’ $50,000 bribe
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-border-czar-homan-bribery-allegation-b2831521.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1758570242
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Trumo abadons the UN
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As the UK talks up its global vision in New York, Trump abandons the UN
As the UK tries to stop the global talking shop being drowned out by US self interest, it becomes clear how far Donald Trump is from a shared vision, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley in New York
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/un-trump-china-uk-cooper-russia-b2831445.html
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Why Trump is coming back and King Charles is being compromised.
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Why Starmer has no choice but to roll out the red carpet for Trump (again)
Honouring Donald Trump with a second state visit is a diplomatic strategic necessity for King and country, explains world affairs editor Sam Kiley
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/trump-uk-state-visit-starmer-king-charles-epstein-b2826198.html
9 days ago
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18 days ago
One of the disordered counterpublics Reform has pulled into its MAGA-style coalition is the anti-vaxx movement. What unites these counterpublics is a deep distrust of anyone outside the in-group who challenges their worldview. If you want an RFK Jr style figure running UK health policy, vote Reform.
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Israel is hit by terror while unleashing its own terror in Gaza – only extremism wins
An immediate response to the attack by Palestinian militants in Jerusalem reflected the quiet heroism that Gazans show every day – but only extremists will benefit from the latest volley of violence, ...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-jerusalem-shooting-attack-gaza-west-bank-b2822373.html
16 days ago
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Trump in undermining the new world order and that suits Putin
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Trump is undermining Europe’s new world order – much to Putin’s glee
Europe’s every move to try and force Putin into a peace deal is dogged by the US president’s flip-flopping on Russia, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-putin-russia-ukraine-europe-macron-b2820847.html
19 days ago
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Trump’s failure kills:
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Russia’s devastating attack on Kyiv proves Trump’s Ukraine peace plans have failed
Starmer and EU leaders may express outrage but they need to take more drastic action to help Ukraine beat Putin, writes World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-putin-strikes-ukraine-russia-kyiv-attack-british-council-b2816252.html
27 days ago
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Trump could save Ukraine and his own reputation in stead he is agent orange.
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Why Trump broke off meeting Europe’s leaders to call Putin
Trump’s call to the Moscow mid-session is bad news, Sam Kiley, world affairs editor, says
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/trump-ukraine-zelensky-meeting-putin-b2810033.html
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Europeans are freaking out whatever they say in public because…https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-zelensky-meeting-ukraine-putin-europe-peace-b2809436.html
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Oz Katerji
about 1 month ago
Legendary war photographer Paul Conroy joins us live on The Oz Katerji Show tonight to discuss his career covering the conflicts in Syria, Libya, Ukraine and beyond. Tune in tonight at 21:30 Kyiv time to catch us over at
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Trump-Putin summit will be as useful to Ukraine as Agent Orange is for gardening
This toxic relationship is weird and dangerous for the West. World affairs editor Sam Kiley explains why
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-putin-meeting-ukraine-russia-war-summit-b2803643.html
about 2 months ago
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Time to sanction Israel to save Gaza - and Israel.
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Starmer’s Palestine ultimatum is as empty as it is dangerous
Far from a return to a ‘two-state process’ as demanded by Starmer, Israel is certain to annex what it wants of the West Bank, pen the remaining Palestinians in and hope that they eventually clear off ...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/starmer-palestine-gaza-israel-b2798754.html
about 2 months ago
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Trumps making money out of Ukraine and is still obviously a Putin fanboy
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Trump is looking at making money out of Nato – not saving Ukraine
Don’t be misled; Trump is peeved by Putin and will make money from his irritation out of Ukraine’s war but he has not shifted away from Russia completely, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-putin-ukraine-russia-nato-weapons-tariffs-b2789057.html
2 months ago
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As we mark the anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre take a look at Gaza and wonder whether “never again “was ever really a sensible thing to say…
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30 years after Srebrenica massacre, ‘never again’ is a slogan as empty as it is old
Thirty years since Srebrenica, the second genocide of the 90s, it is clear that ‘never again’ is a slogan as empty as it is old, our world affairs editor Sam Kiley writes
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/srebrenica-massacre-bosnia-serbia-genocide-b2785702.html
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The Independent
3 months ago
COMMENT |
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in Tel Aviv explains how the Israel-Iran conflict became a battleground for apocalyptic religious extremes
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How the Israel-Iran conflict became a battleground for apocalyptic religious extremes
With both evangelical Christians in US and mullahs in Iran believing in the End of Times, religious fervour is playing a crucial role in the background of the Iran-Israel conflict, writes world affair...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-israel-religion-trump-b2775107.html
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The Independent
3 months ago
With ceasefire violations reported and new military action likely, the crisis in the
#MiddleEast
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@samkiley.bsky.social
will be taking your questions in a live AMA. Submit yours using this link 👇
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Escalating war in the Middle East: Ask our world affairs editor anything
The Independent’s world affairs editor Sam Kiley is in Tel Aviv to explain what the latest US-Iran escalation means for Israel, Tehran, and the wider Middle East – and to answer your questions on wher...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/middle-east-war-questions-sam-kiley-b2775032.html
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"We have entered a new rogue order. The rules-based order that underpins international relations..... has finally been blown away."
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World Affairs Editor
@samkiley.bsky.social
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Why Trump and Israel have only encouraged Iran to go nuclear
The Israeli and US attacks on Iran have brought us into a dangerous new age in which the laws of the jungle are supreme, world affairs editor Sam Kiley writes from Tel Aviv
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-nuclear-weapons-israel-trump-b2775795.html
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The Independent
3 months ago
💬 Q&A | The Independent’s world affairs editor Sam Kiley is in Tel Aviv to explain what the latest US-Iran escalation means for Israel, Tehran, and the wider Middle East – and to answer your questions on where this growing conflict goes next
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Escalating war in the Middle East: Ask our world affairs editor anything
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/middle-east-war-questions-sam-kiley-b2775032.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1750696691-3
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What Israel nay achieve in Iran would delight the west - regime change.
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How Israel’s real aim is regime change in Tehran
Israel’s real aim in Iran is regime change - and that suits the West just fine, writes World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-iran-latest-war-tehran-regime-b2770073.html
3 months ago
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Trump’s in the middle of a coup?
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Is Trump’s America in the middle of a coup?
Years of covering power struggles and civil wars leads world affairs editor Sam Kiley to question whether Trump is intentionally taking the establishment apart on his own home turf
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-coup-america-la-protests-b2768566.html
3 months ago
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Putin’s Peevish and Ukraine could win…https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-summer-offensive-ukraine-war-putin-b2765242.html
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Inside the amazing drone attacks deep inside Russia
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Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb is blow to Russia that will spook friend and foe alike
Operation Spiderweb is a triumph of intelligence and technological cunning that our enemies will be studying, says world affairs editor Sam Kiley
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-operation-spiderweb-drones-russia-war-b2761896.html
4 months ago
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Seriously what is happening in Gaza cannot go unremarked…
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4 months ago
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Silence is complicity
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The Trump plan to send Gazans to Libya is as stupid as it is evil
Trump and Starmer must condemn Israel’s self-defeating campaign in Gaza, writes World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-gaza-israel-starmer-b2752966.html
4 months ago
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Crippling the economy. UK has a labour shortage in constriction and care! Leadership is about making the case not running to a dog whistle
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Peter Foster
5 months ago
Labour's immigration announcement today is a reflection of the paucity of honest debate by BOTH political parties over the last decade on this issue. Labour has never made a counter-argument, or been honest about economic cost of immigration curbs, so it's stuck making Tory/Reform arguments 1/n
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My special report on the state of the war in Ukraine - will surprise many Kyiv is not losing and that’s good news for Europe
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Putin’s endgame in Ukraine – and why it won’t finish there
World affairs editor Sam Kiley has been covering Ukraine since the Russian invasion of 2014. Here he looks at the current state of the conflict, the likelihood of a lasting ceasefire and what Russian ...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-putin-zelensky-b2728821.html
5 months ago
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Andy Gibson (@AndyGibsonTV) / InformingBritain.com
5 months ago
"UKRAINE AND US ON THE BRINK OF SIGNING VITAL MINERALS DEAL"
@samkiley.bsky.social
for THE INDEPENDENT. FULL STORY:
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Ukraine was expected to sign a mineral and profit-sharing deal with the United States on Wednesday.
#TheIndependent
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5 months ago
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Ukrainecast - 100 Days of Trump: Peacemaker or time-waster? - BBC Sounds
How the war has changed under his administration
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0l76yph?partner=uk.co.bbc
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trump’s got personal history with zelensky here’s what it is
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If Trump’s hatred of Zelensky feels personal, that’s because it is
As the US president lashes out at the Ukrainian leader once again, it can sometimes feel as though personal hostility is clouding his judgement. Sam Kiley examines a long-held grudge against Zelensky ...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-zelensky-putin-ukraine-peace-deal-b2739023.html
5 months ago
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Trump is not going soft on Putin here’s why not
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The Independent UK
https://app.independent.co.uk/2025/04/14/2732878/content.html
5 months ago
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Chilling and revealing this is an exclusive podcast well worth the listen!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Former MI6 boss says Britain must get ready for war as Putin threatens Europe
Exclusive: As a Russia-Ukrainian ceasefire looks no closer, Sir Alex Younger tells The Independent how the UK is too detached from the threat posed by Putin – and that our ‘collective effort’ needs to...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-war-russia-ukraine-mi6-alex-younger-b2726102.html
6 months ago
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Psychedelics bring comfort to warriors of Ukraine
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The illegal party drug helping Ukraine’s traumatised soldiers live again
With limited numbers of foot soldiers to take on Russia, Ukraine has branched out into a revolutionary new treatment for its traumatised and damaged troops – ketamine, writes world affairs editor Sam ...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-soldiers-ketamine-russia-war-ptsd-trauma-b2722145.html
6 months ago
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Sam Kiley
The Independent
6 months ago
A mom and her kids were ‘snatched’ from their New York home by ICE. Advocates are now demanding their release
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A mother and three children in New York were ‘wrongfully’ detained by ICE
‘It is horrifying that these children and their mother were snatched from their home and disappeared,’ an advocate said
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-migrant-deportation-new-york-family-b2726034.html
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Chatham House
6 months ago
Eliminating the UK’s Digital Services Tax would be an unpopular move for a government that has cut welfare and introduced new taxes on businesses. It also risks undermining attempts to regulate big tech.
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Putting the Digital Services Tax on the table in US negotiations sends worrying signal on UK digital sovereignty
It would likely be unpopular for a government that has cut welfare services and introduced new taxes on UK businesses, but it also risks undermining wider attempts to regulate big tech.
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/04/putting-digital-services-tax-table-us-negotiations-sends-worrying-signal-uk-digital?utm_source=bskyapp&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_campaign=trump&utm_content=uk
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Trump is play acting “angry”
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Trump’s ‘anger’ at Putin over Ukraine peace deal delay is just play acting
America’s global power and reach are waning by the day as a consequence of Donald Trump’s assaults on the West and his slavish behaviour towards Moscow, says world affairs editor Sam Kiley
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-russia-putin-ukraine-b2725918.html
6 months ago
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The Independent
6 months ago
THE CONVERSATION | The panel, chaired by world affairs editor Sam Kiley, will feature Alex Younger, former MI6 chief, and Rachel Ellehuus, director-general of RUSI, discussing global security, US foreign policy under Trump, and the future of Ukraine and Nato
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MI6 and Rusi experts discuss Russia and Trump – how to watch
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-war-putin-trump-mi6-panel-conversation-b2721260.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1743172229-4
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Trump’s latest okan for Ukraine is a shakedown
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Trump’s mineral deal forces Ukraine to choose between being a US or Russian colony
The latest US offer to trade Ukraine’s minerals for back pay is nothing short of a colonial protection racket, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-trump-mineral-deal-russia-putin-zelensky-b2723310.html
6 months ago
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Five Eyes is breaking down and may be broken
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/us-signal-intelligence-sharing-five-eyes-b2722663.html
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6 months ago
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While the US melts down and its top intelligence officials lie Ukraine is playing very smart
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The Black Sea ceasefire is nothing of the kind – it is a great con
In the ceasefire talks so far, Zelensky has made all the running, while Putin reaps all the benefits, writes Mark Almond. If Washington continues to deal with Moscow, things could rapidly deteriorate ...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/black-sea-ceasefire-trump-zelensky-b2721829.html
6 months ago
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Rick Riordan
6 months ago
I am used to seeing wild turkeys in Boston. I am not used to seeing one roosting right outside my front door. He looked at me through the window, totally unconcerned, and went back to pruning himself. He is quite large. What are the gods trying to tell me...
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Five eyes is now utterly broken thanks to US incompetence and it was already badly bent
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6 months ago
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Five eyes broke down during Trump 1.0. Now it’s crippled too.
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Sam Kiley
The Independent
6 months ago
SPECIAL DISPATCH | How Ukraine is beating Russia in the Black Sea – and pushed Putin towards a ceasefire
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How Ukraine is beating Russia in the Black Sea – and pushed Putin towards a ceasefire
The early defiance of Ukrainian forces in Snake Island set the scene for their dominance over the Black Sea, leaving little doubt why Putin was so keen for a ceasefire there, World Affairs Editor Sam ...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-black-sea-navy-ships-ceasefire-odesa-b2720436.html
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My exclusive trip on the Black Sea - rather good timing!
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How Ukraine is beating Russia in the Black Sea – and pushed Putin towards a ceasefire
The early defiance of Ukrainian forces in Snake Island set the scene for their dominance over the Black Sea, leaving little doubt why Putin was so keen for a ceasefire there, World Affairs Editor Sam ...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-black-sea-navy-ships-ceasefire-odesa-b2720436.html
6 months ago
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The Independent
6 months ago
Russian drone pilots hunting down Ukrainian civilians on the streets: ‘Like playing a computer game’
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Russian drone pilots hunting Ukrainian civilians on the streets ‘like a video game’
Ukrainians living in bombed-out Kherson tell world affairs editor Sam Kiley how Russian drones target them as they go about their daily lives – and how their brutal injuries are cared for in a hospita...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-kherson-drones-putin-b2717430.html
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Russians are hunting Ukrainian civilians with drones - for fun
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The Independent UK
https://app.independent.co.uk/2025/03/22/2717430/content.html
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US ‘deletes evidence’ of Russia’s kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian children
Researchers at Yale University had been compiling database of alleged Russian war crimes, including abduction of up to 35,000 children
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-ukraine-children-russia-war-kidnapping-evidence-b2717730.html
6 months ago
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Trump stitched ip again by Putin.
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Ukraine left hamstrung by Trump-Putin talks – and can’t agree to their plan
The apparent olive branch offered by Moscow after lengthy talks on Tuesday in fact suits the Kremlin tactically, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-trump-putin-call-ceasefire-b2717503.html
6 months ago
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