Russia dropped a bomb on a Ukrainian village yesterday that murdered at least 23 elderly people.

Russia hit a village in Donetsk Oblast with an aerial bomb as locals were receiving their pensions, killing 20 people and wounding 20 others.

Just finished this film about Kharkiv. Made me feel ashamed at how numbed I have come to the news from that wonderful city. Watch: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

In other words, the coalition of the willing is unwilling to help until Ukraine doesn't need its help. Surely at some point someone has to realise that this approach just incentivises Putin to keep the war going?

David Blair on why talk of leaving the Refugee Convention - "a painstaking and entirely reasonable attempt to strike a balance between humanitarian compassion and national sovereignty" - is half witted. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...

North Korea analysts are a very thoughtful bunch, which made reporting this a fascinating and enjoyable job. On the Kim dynasty's succession plans: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...

The clearing of the rubble in a Kyiv high-rise house bombed by russia — which claimed 25 lives — has just ended, and already a new swarm of russian drones fills our skies, with Tu jets preparing for takeoff and the launch of cruise missiles. This is a never-ending 9/11.

They asked me to write about Donbas so I wrote about the rivers. Again. In maps: Why the entire peace deal hangs on this small strip of Ukraine www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...

Major development in Ukraine, which for more than three years has seen all sides largely put politics aside to focus on the war against Russia…

Really privileged to have the great Irina Borogan and @andreisoldatov.bsky.social on Ukraine the latest today, talking about Our Dear Friends in Moscow www.youtube.com/watch?v=brWk...

Was in the chair for Ukraine: the Latest on Friday. Highly recommend Jade McGlynn’s insights on understanding Russia and the mad way so many people project their own obsessions on it youtu.be/E2FQ7h81ERc?...

On Patriot missiles and zooming around the sky in het fighters. Unfortunately missed the bit when he sang the praises of the Mosquito. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlfd...

Very pleased to see the word "battleships" is still annoying people. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07...

Found this conversation utterly fascinating. The Dalai Lama, China, and the politics of reincarnation. It's another experiment with video. Hope everyone enjoys nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8egFEk2uVr4

A 7/7 survivor and her rescuer speak to Tel photographer Heathcliffe O'Malley about 20 years of recovery... www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07...

Rare filmed edition of Battle Lines about Jack Aubrey and other things nautical and warry. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSgY...

Donald Trump wants a bigger navy, so I used it as an excuse to ask former Royal Navy Commander and Tel columnist Tom Sharpe about Master and Commander. New Battle Lines: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07...

Hearing lots of helicopters overhead this morning - a very unusual sound here in wartime Kyiv - following massive air raid by fascist Russia on the Ukrainian capital overnight. Likely it's these fire-fighting helicopters, helping to douse the numerous fires around the city caused by the attack.

Eerily quiet in Kyiv now after a thunderous storm of attack drones and ballistic missiles, lasting about 2 hours. Daughter sleeping peacefully in bathtub - if there were a direct hit on our house the metal tub might give her some protection and an increased chance of survival.

Per reporting by my colleague @olliecarroll.bsky.social, US has cancelled 8,000-ish 155mm shells for Ukraine. That is 20% of current MONTHLY production. How that would have materially affected US readiness is hard to see. That's before getting onto 25 Stingers & 92 AIM-7, which are being phased out

If you lived in Moscow in those years, this book will be painfully close to home. If not, it will explain a lot about what the hell happened. It's genuinely great and you should read it. amzn.eu/d/dOeuRxc

Answers to this question may arrive quicker if people in Brussels and national capitals install Ukraine’s air raid app on their phones and turn on notifications for Kyiv. Highly recommend it

Ukraine is currently facing Blitz-size raids. Horrible.

On Iran after the Ayatollahs www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06...

Will the Iranian regime fall? We asked Iranians - pro regime, anti regime, in the county and in the diaspora - for this number bonus edition of Battle Lines www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06...

Lord Robertson on the SDR. He was a bit annoyed about the focus on the money because he think's there's a much bigger issue being overlooked: that the world has never been so volatile and Britons must be ready to fight for their country. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06...

Spoke to Lord Robertson about the SDR and he told me not to get distracted by the money: the bigger point is the whole country needs to get used to the idea of fighting...(and paying for it) www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06...

In an outstanding episode of Battle Lines, @rolandoliphant.bsky.social talks to photojournalist Lalage Snow whose book "War Gardens" you may remember from a few years back. Fascinating insight into what is happening in Gaza/West Bank/Israel from a unique perspective open.spotify.com/episode/2aHg...

Have been thinking about the apocalypse. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...

Twenty years after Ariel Sharon's "disengagement," Israel looks set to re-occupy all of Gaza. "The new plan... calls for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to move to Gaza’s south – which would likely lead to their forcible displacement and exacerbate an already dire humanitarian crisis."

Apocalypse writing: Featuring a fascinating American study of an EMP attack, the German disaster novelist Marc Elsberg, and the brilliant Inna Varenytsia on practical survival tips from Ukraine. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04...

In recent days Moscow and Pyongyang finally confirmed that North Korea had sent troops to fight for Russia against Ukraine (in Russia’s Kursk region). Time to recall what Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko told me last October when I raised the issue.

May foreign correspondents never cover your country. Signed, A foreign correspondent.

Judge not social media, but action: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04...

The Indus: why it's so sensitive, and why river conflicts are not confined to the sub continent. Only space for a fleeting ref to Mohojen-daro, annoyingly. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04...

China and Xi are on a charm offensive. But will America's jilted allies play along? www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04...

On the Washington-Moscow axis - or the dream of one - that driving current news www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

Fair play

On the Washington-Moscow axis - or the dream of one - that driving current news www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

If you want a taste of Shaun's book (which I'm reading and loving), have a listen to @rolandoliphant.bsky.social talking to him about Russian espionage from the early Bolsheviks to the Bulgarians currently standing trial in the Old Bailey: open.spotify.com/episode/0m2c...

"don’t mistake performance for principle." An excellent summary of Russian diplomatic thinking. Essential reading for western officials

#BBCNews live page: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd... Zelensky says 'dozens dead and wounded' after Russian ballistic missile strike in #Sumy #UkraineWar

Horrible videos coming out of Sumy now. This is simply fascist Russian terror against civilians.

More than 20 people killed, and at least as many wounded in a Russian missile attack this morning on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, per authorities. This 👇is video (from local administration) of the moment the missile hit.

There's war-war and there's trade war: @sophia_yan on the view from Beijing. Former Trump trade adviser Kelly Ann Shaw argues blowing up the global trade system might just work - and explains why conservative republicans have embraced revolutionary methods. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04...

Ahead of my book on the history of Russia's Illegals programme coming out next week, here's a taste in Guardian Longread form. ‘I am not who you think I am’: how a deep-cover KGB spy recruited his own son www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...

“It was either send Nigel to Sentinel Island or send nobody. We’re very, very, very happy with our choice.” seriouschessnews.com/2025/04/06/n...

Got an aggressive letter about this one so I'd say it's worth a read