Luke Harding

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‘We are not scared’: the Ukrainians building families in the shadow of war Birthrates have fallen since Russia’s invasion but some have held on to hope and are bringing up children despite risks

I spoke to #Ukrainian mums about why they decided to stay in Kyiv during wartime. One, Ivanna, said giving birth was a "patriotic act" and she owed it to soldiers on the frontline to raise her kids in Ukraine. Another added: "I do not think Russia will defeat us" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Kyiv zoo braves blackouts and bombardment to keep animals warm Staff are using stoves and generators to keep lions, camels and Ukraine’s lone gorilla safe from winter and war

I spent a day at #Kyiv Zoo, where staff have been battling to keep Toni the gorilla and other animals warm during a bitterly cold winter. It receives only 4 hrs of electricity a day because of Russian bombing. "War and a zoo are not compatible," its director said
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I spoke to Today in Focus about this week's "peace talks" in Geneva, the situation on the ground in freezing Kyiv, and that Russia's war won't end anytime soon

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Ukrainians forced to be imaginative to keep warm amid energy blackout YouTube video by Guardian News

Here's my video from frozen Kyiv. Temperatures in Ukraine have risen - it's -1C today, with a lot of slush! - but are forecast to drop again this week. Air raid sirens and Russian attacks continue. The Kremlin had targeted *every* power plant, with most hit many times www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxIT...

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‘Everything is frozen’: bitter winter drags on for Kyiv residents as Russia wipes out power Kremlin’s repeated targeting of power grid has left thousands without heating, reliant on shelters and desperate home hacks

My dispatch from frozen #Kyiv where residents on the left-bank of the Dnipro River live without heating & power. On Tuesday it was -18C. “Russia is trying to break us. It’s deliberate genocide against the Ukrainian people. People are dying," one resident told me www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

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Here's the cover of my new book 'Betrayal: Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest'. It shows an American eagle on top of a globe, with its talons resting on Greenland... Publication date is August 27. There's a link to pre-order from the Guardian bookshop. Thanks to @faberbooks.bsky.social

My new book 'Betrayal: Trump, Putin and the New Age of Conquest' will be published in August by Faber in London. The theme - as seen in the last extraordinary week - is the shattering of the post-war international order and the return of nineteenth-century imperialism and spheres of influence

Saving Kyiv’s heritage: a city rebuilding itself in the shadow of war Volunteers and neighbours are restoring the century-old homes as an act of defiance against Russia’s assault

I wrote about campaigners trying to save Kyiv's rich architectural heritage. They face obstacles: Russian bombs, unscrupulous developers, corrupt officials and hostile or indifferent politicians. “We are trying to live like normal people despite the war," one said
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Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision Moscow welcomes White House document critical of the EU as talks to end the Ukraine war enter a key phase

Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill

Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Is Putin about to go to war with Europe? | The Latest Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian's foreign correspondent Luke Harding who has just returned from Kyiv

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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Loser takes it all? – How Trump's plan for Ukraine fell apart. @lukeharding1968.bsky.social joins @nndroid.bsky.social to explain why the plan was simply a Russian foreign policy offensive with Trump as its salesman. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod
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How Nigel Farage’s ‘right-hand man’ in Europe was unmasked as a traitor – podcast Nathan Gill was an MEP for the Brexit party and Ukip, and later became Reform UK’s leader in Wales. Now he has been jailed for 10 years for taking bribes to make pro-Russia statements. Luke Harding re...

My podcast on Nathan Gill, the British MEP jailed last week for 10.5 years for talking cash from a Russian spy. A spectacular case of treachery, stupidity and grubby opportunism. And an illustration of how deep the Kremlin's covert UK influence operation goes www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

How Nigel Farage’s ‘right-hand man’ in Europe was unmasked as a traitor – podcast Nathan Gill was an MEP for the Brexit party and Ukip, and later became Reform UK’s leader in Wales. Now he has been jailed for 10 years for taking bribes to make pro-Russia statements. Luke Harding re...

My podcast on Nathan Gill, the British MEP jailed last week for 10.5 years for talking cash from a Russian spy. A spectacular case of treachery, stupidity and grubby opportunism. And an illustration of how deep the Kremlin's covert UK influence operation goes www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

Trump says Ukraine deal is not ‘final offer’ as officials gather for Geneva summit US president signals potential room for adjustments after Zelenskyy says proposals force Ukraine to choose between national dignity and losing the US Donald Trump said on Saturday that his Moscow-drafted “peace plan” was “not my final offer”, after a furious backlash from Ukrainians who described it as reminiscent of Neville Chamberlain’s 1938 Munich agreement with Adolf Hitler. The US president told reporters during brief remarks at the White House: “We’d like to get to peace. It should’ve happened a long time ago … we’re trying to get it ended, one way or the other we have to get it ended.” Continue reading...

Trump says Ukraine deal is not ‘final offer’ as officials gather for Geneva summit

‘They decided to kill us with cold’: Ukrainians struggle against Russian assault on power network Chernihiv residents say they are without power for 14 hours a day as they gather in ‘invincibility points’ to charge up and warm up

My dispatch from the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv. Russia has destroyed the region's energy infrastructure, bombing sub-stations, and leaving people without heat and in the dark. a sad story, with beautiful chiaroscuro pictures by @alessiomamo.bsky.social
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Zelenskyy says Ukraine has impossible choice as Trump pushes plan to end war US president demands that Kyiv accepts plan that would mean giving up territory to Russia

My piece from Kyiv on the impossible choice now facing Ukraine: accept Donald Trump's Moscow-drafted "peace plan" or lose the US as a major ally
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Russian attacks on Kyiv ‘calculated and wicked’, says Zelenskyy Pictures posted on social media showed different sites in flames and residents gathering in rubble-strewn streets outside apartment buildings

Another grim night in Kyiv. Six people were killed and dozens injured after Russian drones and ballistic missiles hit the Ukrainian capital. Our hotel shook. As ever, Vladimir Putin is deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure in a campaign of murder & terror www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

I gave Volodymyr Zelenskyy "Invasion" after my interview with him at the presidential palace in Kyiv. Thanks to my wonderful publishers @faberbooks.bsky.social in UK, Vivat in Ukraine, Into in Finland, @deusto.bsky.social Spain & @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social US

Power went out twice during President Zelenskyy's interview with the Guardian's Luke Harding

When the lights went out for the second time, President Zelenskyy said, "See? That’s life," & suggested continuing the interview without interpretation headsets, which also didn’t work without electricity⤵️

I gave Volodymyr Zelenskyy a copy of my book "Invasion" at the presidential palace in Kyiv. Seconds after we sat down for an interview the electricity failed, plunging us into darkness! Zelenskyy seemed relaxed, good-humoured and resilient, after almost four years of full-scale war. A remarkable guy

Volodymyr Zelenskyy: why should I be afraid of Donald Trump? Exclusive: Ukraine’s leader dismisses reports his last Washington meeting was volatile, and praises King Charles for helping build ties with US president

My exclusive interview with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He told me that unlike other western leaders he wasn't "afraid" of Trump and said reports their last Oval Office meeting was stormy were untrue. He revealed King Charles had urged the US president to back Ukraine www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?

Reform UK, the Russian spy & rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill

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Six metres below ground: inside the secret hospital treating Ukrainian soldiers injured by Russian drones Doctors at the secret facility are able to perform amputations while others monitor zigzagging drones overhead

My dispatch from an underground hospital in eastern Ukraine, with extraordinary photos by @alessiomamo.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Our job is to maximise their losses’: how Ukraine’s forces attempt to claw back against Russian advances Along Donetsk’s frontline, a small counteroffensive by Ukrainian troops aims to help change perceptions about the war among Kyiv’s western allies

My latest report from eastern #Ukraine with photos by @alessiomamo.bsky.social. In August Russia seized a chain of villages near Dobropillia. Since then Ukraine has taken much of this salient back. It's a modest success - proof, Kyiv claims, that it isn't losing
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