In 2023, Nataliia Daletska was told her son Nazar, a Ukrainian soldier, had died near the front. A DNA match confirmed it. There was a funeral, & he was buried in the local cemetery.
Then a few weeks ago, Nazar - very much alive - came home.
My story:
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I've been working on this for ages in various countries: the story of the intelligence buildup to Putin's 2022 invasion. How did the US and Britain find out so much, and why were Europe and Ukraine sceptical.
It's a long one:
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
My story from travels in ukraine over the past few weeks on what feels like the hardest winter yet. Most people want peace but not in the way it’s being offered. Exhaustion is everywhere, and there and no easy answers.
Latest from sources in Kyiv: US officials tell NATO nations that Zelenskyy will be pushed to sign the “peace plan” this week or face an even worse deal in future
A few thoughts on the current alarming moment
I feel like there are a lot of as-yet-unknown twists to this story - one to keep an eye on.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
And here is the interview with Sikorski in full: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Thought this was an interesting point made by Polish foreign minister Sikorski in Kyiv this weekend - a good summary of what could be the problem with all the discussions of boots on the ground and the "coalition of the willing".
My long profile of Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine’s former army commander and current ambassador to London, who many see as Ukraine’s next president, with plenty of new info from behind the scenes:
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Wrote this on the past two weeks of politics and protests in Kyiv
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans ...
