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Luke Harding

@lukeharding1968.bsky.social
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Journalist @Guardian, #1 New York Times best-selling author, foreign correspondent. Latest book: "Invasion: Russia's Bloody War and Ukraine's Fight for Survival", shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and Peterson Literary Prize. Agent: Susanna Lea

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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My interview with @thedailybeast.bsky.social about Trump's relationship with Putin, their Alaska summit and the return of imperialism, with the US, Russia and China acting in concert. Around 340K views so far on Youtube & Apple/Spotify! With thanks to Joanna Coles www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWFB...
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I Know the Secret of Why Trump Truly Fears Putin | The Daily Beast Podcast
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A wonderful conversation with the great @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about a possible Russian attack on Europe beyond Ukraine, why Trump defers to Putin, and Moscow's shadowy ties to the Reform Party. We were on stage at a sell-out event at the the Frontline Club www.thenerve.news/p/russia-war...
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‘The UK has been promoted to Russia’s main opponent’: Luke Harding on Putin, Trump and the potential for a new European war
The Guardian foreign correspondent, who was expelled from Moscow in 2011, tells Carole Cadwalladr he thinks the Kremlin, struggling to make headway with its invasion, will attempt a provocation agains...
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Friends! I'm speaking about my new book Betrayal at Blackwells in Oxford on Thursday (Sep 24) at 5.30pm, as part of the bookshop's non-fiction festival. In conversation with @julianevans.bsky.social, who has written a wonderful book about Odesa, Undefeatable www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/julian-eva...
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Julian Evans and Luke Harding in conversation
Authors Julian Evans and Luke Harding discuss their respective new books, 'Undefeatable' and 'Betrayal'.
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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Delighted @lukeharding1968.bsky.social will be with us in May Festival News Letter: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/newsletter
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Nick Cohen @nickcohen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Trump’s presidency is Russia’s greatest victory over the west" Podcast with the Guardian’s @lukeharding1968.bsky.social on how Russia is attacking Europe and America is on its side
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Trump’s presidency is Russia’s greatest victory over the west
The Lowdown on MAGA, Farage, and Putin
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A great review of Betrayal in @prospectmagazine.co.uk: "Harding’s gift has always been to connect individual lives to grand geopolitical happenings. His prose is lean and cinematic, moving briskly between eyewitness observation and geopolitical analysis" www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/7458...
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This is the new world order
And it’s been made by madmen who have their eyes on empires and their fingers on nuclear buttons
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Great to talk to @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social last night about my new book Betrayal at a packed Kings Place in London. We discussed Trump and Putin, our dark geopolitical times, and Russian spies and Reform. There were jokes amid the gloom! Thanks to Intelligence Squared for an incredible evening
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Friends! I'm talking about my new book Betrayal with Alastair Campbell this evening at Kings Place in London. Tickets below if you would like to come, plus details of my other events this autumn. I'm speaking at literary festivals in Cambridge, Hay, and Oxford, among others linktr.ee/luke_harding
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Betrayal | Linktree
Trump, Putin and The New Age of Conquest - the new book from Luke Harding. Out Now.
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I launched my book Betrayal last night at Daunt's in Holland Park in London! A fun evening with friends, family and colleagues from @theguardian.com, followed by a pint in the pub down the road. This morning a little hungover! Thanks to my brilliant publisher @faberbooks.bsky.social
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My newsletter for @theguardian.com about the relationship between Trump and Putin. It includes the cover of the new Danish edition of my book Betrayal, published on Fri. It's a terrifying image of a wolf with the earth in its teeth, against a blood red background! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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What’s really behind Trump’s deference to Putin?
Whether or not US president fits the definition of a Russian asset, his actions align closely with the Kremlin’s interests
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A fun (if dark) conversation
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My interview with @eldiario.es about my new book Betrayal [Spanish]: "The Americans are mired in another quagmire in the Middle East, and the Russians, after almost five years, are nowhere near achieving their objectives in Ukraine. Both powers share the same hubris, and the same miscalculations."
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My new book Betrayal: Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest is published today by @faberbooks.bsky.social. See linktree below for events and literary festivals
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Ancom Reader 🇺🇦 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴🐆☸️ @intlibecosoc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
‘The Trump-Putin relationship is the biggest mystery in international politics’: foreign correspondent @lukeharding1968.bsky.social answered your questions www.theguardian.com/theguardian/...
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‘The Trump-Putin relationship is the biggest mystery in international politics’: foreign correspondent Luke Harding answered your questions
The Guardian’s Luke Harding discussed Trump, Putin and the state of the war in Ukraine, his expulsion from Russia, his new book Betrayal, and his career as a foreign correspondent
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Guardian's review of my new book Betrayal. The headline asks: "Is Trump a Russian asset? My answer, broadly, is yes. (Most people seem to agree; the piece has generated 5K comments; typically "Duh"!) "If he were a Russian agent, what would he do differently?” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...
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Betrayal by Luke Harding review – could Donald Trump be a Russian asset?
A Guardian correspondent’s sobering account of the US betrayal of Ukraine – and the possible reasons behind it
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Here's an exclusive extract from my new book Betrayal, about how Russian spies infiltrated Nigel Farage's party. It tells the inside story of Nathan Gill, a former UKIP MEP, now in jail, who accepted £££ in bribes to make pro-Russian speeches. Thanks @thenerve.news www.thenerve.news/p/luke-hardi...
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Bribes, betrayal … and Reform’s Nathan Gill: inside Russia’s dark operation to drive a wedge between Ukraine and Europe
In an exclusive extract from his new book, acclaimed foreign correspondent Luke Harding joins the dots of a continent-wide Kremlin influence network disrupted by the jailing of a former senior officia...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Bribes, betrayal … and Reform’s Nathan Gill: inside Russia’s dark operation to drive a wedge between Ukraine and Europe. www.thenerve.news/p/luke-hardi...
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Bribes, betrayal … and Reform’s Nathan Gill: inside Russia’s dark operation to drive a wedge between Ukraine and Europe
In an exclusive extract from his new book, acclaimed foreign correspondent Luke Harding joins the dots of a continent-wide Kremlin influence network disrupted by the jailing of a former senior officia...
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Thanks to @thenerve.news for running an extract from my new book Betrayal, published next week by Guardian Faber. Below is the story of Nathan Gill, the UKIP and Reform politician who took $$$$$ from Russia
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I sat down with Oli Dugmore for an in-depth video podcast. We discussed Trump's relationship with Putin, the KGB's mysterious break-ins at our Moscow apartment, and the wobbling world order. Also the Kremlin's delusional Ukraine war. Thks @newstatesman1913.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=37ok...
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Could Trump be working for Russia? | Luke Harding | The Exchange
YouTube video by The Exchange
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
On Wednesday Moscow threatened London with unspecified "consequences", after it emerged Ukraine was using British-made drones to strike strategic targets in Russia, including refineries. I discussed what this might mean with @theguardian.com's The Latest podcast www.theguardian.com/news/video/2...
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How credible is Russia’s threat against UK? - The Latest
Russia has threatened the UK with ‘consequences’ after reports that British drones have been used by Ukraine to strike targets on Russia’s mainland for the first time. Annie Kelly speaks to senior int...
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
My piece on "Yoblyks": videos from #Ukrainian kamikaze drones as they chase Russian soldiers to their deaths. The clips have become a social media genre. “It’s impossible for me to feel sorry for them. Our task is to laugh at these enemies," one editor explained www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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‘Our task is to laugh at these enemies’: the Ukrainian unit posting drone videos of Russian soldiers’ last moments
Creators of chase compilations reject any moral qualms and say they show ‘death is waiting’ for those who join war
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The president is making US policy friendlier to North Korea and Russia than Canada and Oman. Are you kidding me?
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
North Korea is hacking our infrastructure. Sending troops and weapons to kill Ukrainians and providing weapons and support to Iran. South Korea is a democratically ally.
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
First review of my book Betrayal: Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest from the Sunday Independent! "Essential reading ... a valuable chronicle of recent history and its human cost. Somehow, despite all the chaos and uncertainty, it ends on a note of hope." Thanks Frieda Klotz & @independent.ie
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Good to talk to the BBC about the big events of the noughties - the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, the 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine, the murder of Alexander Litvinenko - and what they say about our tottering world order www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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How Did We Get Here? - No World Order - 3. Russia goes its own way - BBC Sounds
From 9/11 to Iraq, assassinations and the invasion of Georgia in 2008
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chris daly @chris-daly.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
A deeply compassionate commentary by @lukeharding1968.bsky.social for a photo essay on Ukraine in today's Guardian. Hard reading, it is a story of personal and national resilience. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Blinded by War: documenting the aftermath of injury in Ukraine – photo essay
Since 2025, Paula Bronstein has been photographing wounded Ukrainian servicemen as they learn to live with the loss of sight, hearing and limbs
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
My Sunday essay on #Ukraine's long-range drone strikes against Russia. “We are making history here. This is where democracy beats totalitarianism," Lt Col Ray said, as a drone vanished over the horizon, engine thrumming. It left black smoke & a whiff of gunpowder www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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‘This is where democracy beats totalitarianism’: Ukraine’s drone strike force takes the fight to Russia
Exclusive: at a launch site in the Ukrainian countryside, members of the elite ‘Magyar’s Birds’ brigade are turning Russia’s vast size into a weakness
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I can’t believe that Reform UK turned out to be financed by a bunch of money laundering fronts for Russia. It’s just so unexpected.
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I got back from Ukraine to find copies of my new book, "Betrayal: Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest" waiting for me! It's my tenth non-fiction work, published by @faberbooks.bsky.social on August 27th, with international editions to follow
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
My piece on #Ukraine's plans to replace Vladimir Lenin with a statute of the Cossack leader Ivan Mazepa. The plinth where Lenin stood has been empty since crowds toppled the sculpture in 2013 during the Maidan. “Why not Mazepa?" historian Nataliia Kryvda told me www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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‘Lenin was an enemy of humanity’: Why Kyiv wants to put Cossack chief statue in place of Soviet leader
Removal of Soviet-era statues sped up when Russia seized Crimea in 2014, and since Putin’s 2022 invasion has moved at pace as Ukrainians question their identity
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Me for @theguardian.com from Kyiv. The war is now a contest of drones in which #Ukraine has the upper hand. Russian troops are advancing slowly in the east. But Zelenskyy has found a theory of victory: to flatten Russia's economy via unmanned long-range strikes www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
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Who has the momentum in the Russia-Ukraine war? – video explainer
Since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, the war in Ukraine has changed dramatically. The Guardian's Luke Harding looks at who has the advantage and how Volodymyr Zelenskyy's strategy has ...
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
My latest from Ukraine on Volodymyr Zelenskyy's decision to fire the country's commander in chief Oleksandr Syrskyi following nationwide protests. These are set to continue, with organisers calling on the president to reinstate ex-defence minister Mykhailo Federov www.theguardian.com/news/video/2...
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Zelenskyy ousts Ukraine army chief after protests – The Latest
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired his commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, in Ukraine’s biggest military shake-up in two years. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s senior international correspondent Luk...
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
A rough night in Kyiv. My report www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Dozens of Russian missiles pound Kyiv in major attack
At least one death with authorities reporting fires and damage to offices and homes, while Ukraine’s forces earlier hit logistics warehouses in Russia
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Here's my video explaining why Ukrainians are outraged at the sacking this week of defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov. There are protests outside Volodymyr Zelenskyy's presidential office in Kyiv, led by young people, with the country engulfed in political crisis www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
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Why Ukrainians are protesting against Zelenskyy's dismissal of defence minister – video
The Guardian's Luke Harding reports on the dilemma facing the president after he removed the popular Mykhailo Fedorov from his post because of his clashes with Ukraine's commander-in-chief, Oleksandr ...
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Busy day yesterday. Zelenskyy held talks with Keir Starmer, who leaves office soon. In downtown Kyiv there were protests over the sacking of #Ukraine's defence minister Mykhailo Federov. A big political crisis. Civil society is fuming; foreign partners dismayed www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Political crisis and protests in Ukraine as Zelenskyy defends sacking defence minister
President says he had to choose ‘one side or the other’ after breakdown of relations between ministry and military leaders
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
My piece on a very murky story. The suspect who blew up a Ukrainian oligarch in Monaco was herself executed three days later in a forest outside Kyiv. One of her alleged killers works for military intelligence. The other is a former policeman. The motive behind the original hit is unclear
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
My profile of the Ukrainian oligarch blown up on Monday in Monaco. One source told me Vadym Iermolaiev is not a "political person", adding: "He’s a businessman." The trail appears to lead to murky Chechen hitmen and a call centre scam based in the city of Dnipro www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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‘He isn’t political’: the Ukrainian-born oligarch targeted by a Monaco bomber
Questions remain as to why somebody would want to kill Vadym Iermolaiev, who has a personal fortune of $225m
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
My long write-up of our meeting yesterday in London with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He describes Russia as "isolated and alone", says Putin "lies" and is upbeat about Ukraine's situation on the battlefield - the best for 2 and a half yrs. With @pippacrerar.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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‘They are isolated … they are alone’: Zelenskyy on Russia, Putin’s lies – and fighting back
In a wide-ranging interview, an upbeat Ukrainian president also discusses Donald Trump, King Charles, and how Kyiv is prepared to share its experience of drone warfare with the west
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Our exclusive interview today in London with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He told me & @pippacrerar.bsky.social that Ukraine's position on the battlefield is the strongest for two-and-a half years and he hoped Reform-run councils would "put up" Ukrainian flags again (1/2) www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Zelenskyy hopes Reform UK councils will allow Ukraine flags to be flown again
Exclusive: Ukrainian president says ‘small mistake can break a big friendship’ in wide-ranging interview with Guardian
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I gave an interview to @zeit.de on the biggest mystery in international politics: why Donald Trump is in thrall to Vladimir Putin? Among the explanations: conservative ideology, strongman envy and the contested claim that Trump is a long-time Russian asset. [German] www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyi7...
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USA & Russland – Warum Trump Putin immer wieder entgegenkommt
YouTube video by DIE ZEIT
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Congratulations to Jamison Firestone, whose Moscow memoir, Rule of Lies, is published today. It's a terrific book: the true story of how a young American lawyer stood up to Vladimir Putin's mafia state.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Russian drone crashes into Romanian apartments, wounding two people and starting fire www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Russian drone crashes into Romanian apartments, wounding two people and starting fire
Romanian authorities say a Russian drone that was part of an overnight attack on Ukraine crashed into an apartment building in eastern Romania
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Russia’s war has had a devastating impact on Ukraine’s wildlife, including its birds. In Dnipro I met a volunteer, Veronica, who takes care of wounded birds. One of them is Sunny, a long-eared owl, who lost an eye and a wing in a drone attack in February www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Blinded and broken, Sunny the owl becomes another casualty of Russia’s war
Ukrainians lament appalling toll of fighting on their country’s bird population
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
A brilliant piece by Аndriy Zagorodnyuk on how cheap and innovative drones are revolutionising the battlefield: "The war in #Ukraine is an early and highly accelerated case of a broader global shift in which drones are becoming a standard instrument of warfare." carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
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The New Revolution in Military Affairs
How Ukraine is driving doctrinal change in modern warfare.
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Uilleam Blacker @uilleamblacker.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
New episode of The Ukraine Shelf is out now! A great discussion with @lukeharding1968.bsky.social and Myroslav Laiuk on what it means to report on war. Don't miss it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3eT...
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
My interview with Robert "#Madyar" Brovdi, the man who may - or may not - attack Moscow tomorrow and Vladimir Putin's Red Square victory parade with long-range Ukrainian drones. We met in Madyar's underground operations centre. Photos by @alessiomamo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Meeting ‘Madyar’: the Ukrainian drones boss raining on Putin’s parade
After Zelenskyy, Robert Brovdi is Moscow’s top assassination target owing to his long-range attacks deep within Russia
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Exciting moment! Proofs arrived this morning of my new book 'Betrayal', which will be published in August by @faberbooks.bsky.social in London. Subtitle: 'Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest'. There will be a Ukrainian edition from Vivat in Kharkiv and Danish, Finnish and other translations xx
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
I've written many Ukraine articles. This is one of the most extraordinary: the story of Vadym Lietunov, who spent two weeks in a dugout with a Russian soldier. Vadym fled after his own shelter was bombed and saw a fortified position. From inside came a rustling... www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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‘You’re not one of us, are you?’: How a Ukrainian soldier survived two weeks in a Russian dugout
When Vadym Lietunov spotted a fortified position after his own had been blown up, he didn’t realise it belonged to the enemy
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
I've written many Ukraine articles. This is one of the most extraordinary: the story of Vadym Lietunov, who spent two weeks in a dugout with a Russian soldier. Vadym fled after his own shelter was bombed and saw a fortified position. From inside came a rustling... www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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‘You’re not one of us, are you?’: How a Ukrainian soldier survived two weeks in a Russian dugout
When Vadym Lietunov spotted a fortified position after his own had been blown up, he didn’t realise it belonged to the enemy
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
My piece on the Ukrainian action movie Killhouse, described as Saving Private Ryan for the age of drones. It’s a wartime blockbuster featuring the latest in battlefield tech and with cameos from well-known figures such as Budanov, Zelenskyy’s chief of staff www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Ukrainian action thriller billed as Saving Private Ryan for the drone age
Killhouse is based on real-life story of civilian couple saved from battlefield by Ukrainian drone operators
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