Brent Renauld, a 50-year-old American journalist and filmmaker was killed during his reporting of the Ukraine War. He last worked for the Times in 2015 and was working on a Times Studio film about refugees. Known as an award-winning individual, who “tackled the toughest stories around the world often alongside his brother.” The Times expressed…
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Squatters occupy Russian oligarch’s London mansion
A London property owned by one of the sanctioned Russian oligarchs has been occupied by protesters. Five protesters entered the building in the early hours of this morning, flying Ukrainian flags from the balcony and claiming that the property had been ‘liberated’. In a letter released online, the group describe themselves as “anarchists” who are…
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Ukrainian UEA student Oleksii Burov: “It’s not Ukraine’s fault, it’s not the West’s fault, it’s Putin’s fault”
“My parents left Kyiv on the second day of the invasion. They escaped to my father’s workplace where he treats wounded soldiers… They don’t go away, they don’t run away. They stand… This is Putin’s fault.” Oleksii Burov is a 22-year-old UEA student in his third year of studying International Relations and Politics. Hailing from…
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Economic damage from Ukraine conflict already apparent
The Ukraine conflict has led to a rise in inflation across the UK with February’s grocery prices increasing at the fastest rate in eight years. Fraser McKevitt, the head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar, predicts an incoming steep climb because of “ongoing supply chain pressures.” Meanwhile, Mike Thornton, the head of manufacturing at…
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Valentine’s Day assurances in Russia’s rear-view mirror: A Ukrainian crisis escalates
Not quite a kiss, but well short of an invasion, Putin had announced last week that ‘some’ troops would be leaving the Ukraine border region having completed drills… far from the bloody Valentine’s Day predictions of Biden and his administration. Yet now, as roses start to wilt and aphrodisiacs wear off, nearing a week later,…
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Hundreds attend Norwich City Hall protest against war in Ukraine
Hundreds of Norwich residents attended a protest against the war in Ukraine outside City Hall on Sunday 27 February. After Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, many people living in Norwich are fearing for the welfare of their friends and family. Concrete spoke to Natalia who organised the Norwich protest. She…
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Russia launches “full-scale invasion” of Ukraine
Russia has launched a “full-scale invasion” in Donbas, according to Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba. In a televised address, Putin said the “special military operation” is aimed at the “demilitarisation and denazification” of Ukraine. He also said Russia had no choice but to defend itself. Ukrainian police say seven people are known to have died…
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Soldiers, sanctions, and a bid for stability: developments continue beyond the Ukrainian border
“We don’t have a Titanic here,” is what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy exclaimed when calling for a more measured response to Biden’s bleak midwinter warning of a “distinctly possible” February invasion. Zelenskiy noted a threat that had spanned many Februarys, panic now was disproportionate,and economically damaging. Yet, if the heat of an estimated 120,000 Russian…
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Head of Belarus Exiles Group Has Been Found Dead in Ukraine
Vitaly Shishov, an oppositional activist against Lukashenko’s government, was found dead in Ukraine. With beaten-up marks on his face, police found Shishov’s body hanged at a Kyiv’s forest trial where he usually jogs. The police believe his death was made to look like a suicide and have decided to proceed with a murder investigation. Shishov…
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