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After two weeks of war, what are the chances of Vladimir Putin’s demoralised troops laying siege to the Ukrainian capital?
This article appeared in The Telegraph on March 11th, 2022 For more analysis, listen into the Telegraph’s Ukraine: The Latest Twitter Space, every weekday at 1pm London time, released later as a Telegraph Podcast Kyiv matters. It is the political, historic and cultural centre of Ukraine. It stands as a beacon of resistance against the Russian onslaught. Russian…
MiG fighter jets would boost Ukraine – but the first challenge is simply getting them into the skies
This article appeared in The Telegraph on March 9th, 2022 Any “rented MiGs” will be a significant boost to Ukraine, but they won’t tip the air balance on their own. Even if the country manages to take delivery of the 28 MiG-29 fighters offered by Poland, it will take some time for the jets to be as effective as they…
Sport as a metaphor for war
Friday the thirteenth puns aside, tomorrow could be a momentous and dramatic day for the world. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the athletics governing body, has demanded a response from Russia in the wake of the doping scandal revealed this week in a report by the World Anti-Doping Agency. The head of the IAAF,…
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