“After over a year in this job, I cannot understand #Putin’s hold on #Trump", Donald's former national security adviser HR McMaster says, in a new book. The Russian leader manipulated Trump's "ego and insecurities" and had an almost mesmeric hold over him theguardian.com/books/article/…

Ukraine launches a big drone attack in Russia, targeting #Moscow, Murmansk and other regions, as the Kursk offensive continues. Oh, and the Rostov oil depot hit four days ago is still burning. My latest for The Guardian with ⁦Dan Sabbagh⁩ in Kyiv theguardian.com/world/article/…

Zelenskiy makes his first visit to Sumy oblast since Ukraine's surprise Aug 6 incursion into Russia & meets the man who planned it, General Syrskyi. The operation has - so far at least - gone better than expected

Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign is causing mayhem inside Russia: an airfield hit near Volgograd; a ferry across the Kerch Strait today in flames; and a major oil depot still burning, burning .. My latest with Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv theguardian.com/world/article/…

Looking forward to this event next week with Serhii Plokhy. His new book 'Chernobyl Roulette' - about Russia's crazy 2022 takeover of Ukraine's nuclear power station - is a gripping read

"Everything will be Ukraine!": postcard from Gen Syrskyi on the 33rd anniversary of #Ukraine's independence

Kyiv metro, Monday morning, sheltering from a massive #Russian missile attack

Time to let the Ukrainians hit what they need to hit, wherever it is located. Yet another massive attack on civilian infrastructure is further proof that Russia has no interest in ending this war or negotiating peace

Thanks Viktor!

Terrible news. Yet another hotel targeted, this time the Aurora in Kryvyi Rih - quite far from the frontline, where people felt relatively safe. It comes just days after a strike on a hotel in Kramatorsk killed and injured members of a Reuters team.

My book 'Invasion' has been shortlisted for the 2024 Peterson Literary prize. It's a biennial international award for the best non-fiction book about #Ukraine. Other writers nominated are Yaroslav Trofimov @Logvynenko John Sweeney Mikhail Zygar and Myroslav Laiuk ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/shortlist…

Thank you Faber Books ! Wonderful shortlist and an honour to be among some great non-fiction titles

Thank you! Trump’s first visit to #Moscow - organised by the Soviet embassy and the KGB - was in 1987

My review of 'Chernobyl Roulette: A War Story' by Serhii Plokhy. It's a gripping account of #Russia's crazy armed takeover in Feb-March 2022 of the nuclear power plant and of the heroic Ukrainian workers taken hostage there. Thanks Observer New Review & Ursula Kenny 💚 theguardian.com/books/article/…

Super dispatch by Shaun Walker on Ukraine’s audacious Kursk incursion into #Russia: “It was all a bit of a blur…As a minimum, we have got prisoners back and given our population something to be happy about” theguardian.com/world/article/…

A Russian missile strike on a Military Institute of Communications building and a nearby hospital in Poltava. At least 41 dead, over 180 injured. People in Poltava are donating blood to help save lives. Yeah, Zelensky has vowed to investigate the tragic incident, but this is

Big day in Ukraine: foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba quits, a major government reshuffle continues and Russia attacks #Lviv, in another murderous missile strike. Latest from Shaun Walker in Kyiv & me theguardian.com/world/article/…

I am shocked, shocked to discover that the Russian state funded far-right "influencers" in the state of Tennessee and I am sure they had absolutely no idea where the money was coming from theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

The BBC's Volodymyr Zelenskiy documentary is a marvellous piece of story-telling: a remarkable portrait of an extraordinary man. The Guardian TV review below. I contribute to all three episodes, available on iPlayer

Worth following Peterson Literary Fund if you are interested in #Ukraine & its culture. It offers grants for translators, and literary prizes for non-fiction books, including for works translated from Ukrainian into English + the other way round