I am a former foreign and war correspondent offering news, comment and analysis, and field reports. I aim to be fair and incisive, not polemical. My main focus is Ukraine & Russia, the Middle East, and eastern Europe.
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Even as Putin's war fails, he is killing ever more Ukrainian civilians
A Ukrainian block of apartments hit by a Russian missile in Kharkiv this spring. All photos by Kim Reczek.
Vladimir Putin is struggling, both at home and abroad. But even as his armies have ground to a halt in Ukraine he has stepped up att...
Putin’s rule may be beginning to falter
That brings with it peril as well as hope
I have been watching Putin’s career ever since I was Moscow Corrrespondent for The Daily Telegraph in the early 2000s. He has faced challenges before. But he is now being battered on all fronts.
Anastasya's story
The day that Anastasya, who works at a small charity for wounded veterans in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa, got her husband back.
This is the first in a short series of posts from a trip I made to Ukraine in March.
Orban wasn't a democrat - but nor was he a fully-fledged dictator
Donald Trump, who is cut from the same cloth, should be paying attention.
COMMENT
Hungary celebrates, but Peter Magyar must now navigate a minefield
FIELD REPORT/ANALYSIS
Peter Magyar voters celebrating Orban’s demise.
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Julius is a war correspondent, wilderness guide, bear behaviouralist, campaigner, amateur bush pilot and university lecturer. When he is not in the field he divides his time between British Columbia, London, and Budapest.
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