Luke Harding
@lukeharding1968
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Journalist @Guardian, #1 New York Times best-selling author. New book: Invasion: Russia's Bloody War and Ukraine's Fight for Survival. Agent: @SLANYC
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Joined April 2009
Six months of war. My new book Invasion, published in November by @VintageAnchor in US and @FaberBooks in UK, tells the story. The personal and political, #Russia's bloody assault and #Ukraine's heroic fightback, the thumps of battle, Putin and Zelenskyy. First draft of history
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My latest @Guardian piece on Ukrainian soldiers who go awol - absent without leave. After three years of all-out war it's a growing problem. People leave their units because of conflicts with commanders, exhaustion and injuries. Some return; others don't
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Brilliant by @AKurkov : "I am free. These words mean a lot to me. I am free, and I am alive, but more than 100 writers, poets, publishers and translators have died since February 2022. Remember this and do not allow yourselves to fall into a cosy stupor"
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We asked people in Kyiv about Donald #Trump's inauguration and whether he can end the war in Ukraine. Their answers ranged from "he's blah blah blah" to a hope he might do something. As one put it: "He talks to Putin at least. I wait for positive news"
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My review of a new book by @stevecrawshaw on war crimes and whether Putin, Assad & other modern-day despots will ever face prosecution. Steve's conclusion: global justice and the mechanisms to bring it about are in better shape than we think. @UrsulaKenny
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Important and chilling article by @carolecadwalla on how #Russia infiltrated British politics and the blogosphere. Features a Russian spy, a by-the-book whistleblower and pro-#Brexit Tory MPs, plus some work by me. Carole's new podcast is brilliant too
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RT @lukeharding1968: Suicides, new tactics and propaganda iPads: my piece on the two North Korean soldiers dramatically captured last week…
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Suicides, new tactics and propaganda iPads: my piece on the two North Korean soldiers dramatically captured last week on the Kursk battlefield. Ukraine is no longer fighting only Russia, but #Pyongyang too, and other malign states. Photos by @AlessioMamo
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Another gruesome Russian terror attack early this morning on central Kyiv. I woke to the sound of explosions as air defence tried to down shoot down ballistic missiles, fired at a European city. This is Ukraine's grim daily reality
Early in the morning, the Russians hit the Lukyanivska metro station in Kyiv with ballistic missiles. 4 people were killed. Just random civilians. Someone was walking down the street, someone burned alive in their car. The Russians kill civilians every day in different cities of Ukraine and call it "denazification". In fact, it is terror. Ukrainians are blackmailed with such attacks to force them to accept Putin's conditions
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RT @lukeharding1968: Russian troops are advancing in eastern Ukraine and are closing in for the first time on Dnipropetrovsk oblast. They w…
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My piece on a dramatic day in Kyiv, which saw @Keir_Starmer & @ZelenskyyUa announce a 100-year bilateral partnership, as a Russian drone buzzed the presidential palace. Loud booms as air defence tried to down it. "We will say hi to Moscow also," Ze said
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Russian troops are advancing in eastern Ukraine and are closing in for the first time on Dnipropetrovsk oblast. They will - most assume - keep going. My report from the newly threatened town of #Mezhova and a frontline command post. Photos by @AlessioMamo
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Keir Starmer has made his first trip to #Kyiv as UK prime minister and will hold talks today with @ZelenskyyUa, with a joint press conference. PM's visit comes at a critical time for Ukraine, as Trump returns to the White House and Russians advance
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RT @RuthAddicott: The extraordinary story of the #SalisburyPoisonings from reporters who were on the ground, my piece in The Journalist htt…
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RT @peterjukes: So Episode 4 of Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring is out. This covers the Westminster Russia Forum and its focus and UKIP…
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RT @KyivPost: Zelensky shared footage of the first interrogation of North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces yesterday in Russia’…
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The capture of two North Korean soldiers on the battlefield is a significant moment for Kyiv. It is further evidence Ukraine is fighting not only Russia but a malign coalition of autocratic states: #Pyongyang, Tehran and Beijing. Me & @connollyberlin
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