'A luminous love letter to an embattled nation' 'wonderfully written... vivid, lyrical passages'
Blown away by this review of Night Train to Odesa in today's Observer. Particularly as it's by Luke Harding who is in Ukraine right now, writing brilliant frontline dispatches.

My dispatch for from the frontline in eastern Ukraine, where the Russian are creeping forward. Photos by Alessio Mamo theguardian.com/world/article/…

My dispatch for from the frontline in eastern Ukraine, where the Russian are creeping forward. Photos by Alessio Mamo theguardian.com/world/article/…

A difficult story to write: my piece on how some #Ukrainian men are staying at home, or fleeing across the border, to avoid conscription. 'I love my country. But I can't kill,' one told me. Another admitted: 'I'm afraid to die.' With pix by Alessio Mamo theguardian.com/world/article/…

A difficult story to write: my piece on how some #Ukrainian men are staying at home, or fleeing across the border, to avoid conscription. 'I love my country. But I can't kill,' one told me. Another admitted: 'I'm afraid to die.' With pix by Alessio Mamo theguardian.com/world/article/…

The Guardian is live blogging the situation in Georgia, for those who want to follow/send tips:
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Russian troops are advancing north-west of the city of #Avdiivka . US military aid - delayed for six months by House Republicans - has yet to arrive. Ukrainian officials say the situation is 'very difficult' but 'not catastrophic'. My report from Kyiv theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

We spoke this morning to Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba. He praised the US aid package - 'hallelujah' - said #Kyiv is in talks over 8 Patriots & told us Putin would only negotiate when Russian forces were 'close to collapse'. With Dan Sabbagh theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Ukraine already has long-range ATACMS missiles, secretly delivered last week by the Biden administration. They were quickly used to hit a Russian airfield in Crimea and to wallop enemy troops in the occupied port of Berdiansk, US officials told @NYTimes nytimes.com/2024/04/24/us/…

We spoke this morning to Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba. He praised the US aid package - 'hallelujah' - said #Kyiv is in talks over 8 Patriots & told us Putin would only negotiate when Russian forces were 'close to collapse'. With Dan Sabbagh theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Russian forces are advancing in the east of #Ukraine . They have captured the village of #Ocheretyne , northwest of Avdiivka, and have gone past Ukrainian defences. Goal is to grab territory before western aid arrives. My latest from Kyiv with Dan Sabbagh theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

At last. US House approves $61bn in military aid for #Ukraine after months of stalling. Palpable relief among outgunned Ukrainian troops on the frontline, and in Kyiv. The most important moment of the war in 2024 theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

While Mike Johnson dithers, more people die because Ukraine does not have enough air defense

Grim dispatch by Dan Sabbagh from Kharkiv. Russia is pulverising the city

The attack on 🇮🇱 tonight was of a magnitude that 🇺🇦 suffers on a fairly regular basis. Same drones. Similar missiles. Week after week. Month after month.

'Trump's Republican Party treats Ukraine as the enemy and Russia as a friend. Defining that stance as isolationist is lazy and wrong. It is actively pro-Russian.' My column on America's moment of truth in Ukraine. ft.com/content/98f37c…

Russians are trying to do to Kharkiv what they did to Grozny, Aleppo, Mariupol

Essential thread

Good piece on Olaf Scholz’s refusal to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine. The chancellor - languishing in the polls - fails to recognise that Kyiv is fighting against Russian fascism. This means Germany has special obligations theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

On Tuesday Ukraine hit a Russian drone factory 800 miles away from the frontline. Next target, Ukrainian military intelligence says, is the Kerch bridge connecting occupied #Crimea with Russia. 'Its destruction is inevitable,' agency in Kyiv tells me theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…