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EXCLUSIVE | Volodymyr Zelensky tells @samkiley.bsky.social that the lesson of Iran is that Ukraine needs weapons to force Putin to genuine peace

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05.03.2026 12:20 👍 31 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 0

Zelensky warning: How Trump's Iran missile strikes risk draining Ukraine’s defences Podcast Episode · World of Trouble · March 5 · 45m

Volodymyr Zelensky tells me he probably won’t run again and that Ukraine’s defences risk being weakened by the Iran war in our exclusive podcast interview here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/z...

And here open.spotify.com/episode/2OSG...

05.03.2026 11:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1

"THE ONLY PLACE TO HIDE FROM PUTIN'S KILLER DRONES IS OUR UNDERGROUND SCHOOL"
@samkiley.bsky.social for @the-independent.com

The #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear #PowerStation captured by #Russia is a #StagingPost for "hunting" trips against civilians.

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21.02.2026 23:21 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

‘The only place to hide from Putin’s killer drones is our underground school’ In a harrowing dispatch from the frontline city of Nikopol – so close to Russian forces that few journalists have ventured there – World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley talks to children, parents and teacher...

‘The only place to hide from Putin’s killer drones is our underground school’ www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

21.02.2026 19:41 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Growing up in a cold and dark Ukraine under constant Russian attack As world leaders wring their hands over Ukraine, Sam Kiley in Kyiv meets a leading politician whose daughter Sophia was born just before the invasion and – alongside her parents and sister – is battli...

Growing up in a cold and dark Ukraine under constant Russian attack www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

17.02.2026 09:17 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1

Why Iran is the wrong war for Trump to back Trump may be very proud of his ‘Armada’ off the coast of Iran but the US president could look good, back a winner, and support his allies by leaving Tehran alone and helping Ukraine win instead, write...

Why Iran is the wrong war for Trump to back

Why Iran is the wrong war for Trump to back www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

30.01.2026 12:24 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

No military force on Greenland but Trump’s biggest threat came in what he didn’t say Trump has backed away from using force against Greeland but that doesn’t leave Europe any safer, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

Greenland may be the Big Distraction and it (again) serves Putin but it is also clear that Trump has personal contempt for Europeans and they are no
Longer hiding theirs.

No military force on Greenland but Trump’s biggest threat came in what he didn’t say www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

21.01.2026 18:37 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

This is the moment that Donald Trump unleashed anarchy Trump’s invasion of Venezuela and capture of its president mark the end of the West as we know it, warns world affairs editor Sam Kiley

Trump has announced that it was mostly all about oil. He is weirdly honest. This is the moment that Donald Trump unleashed anarchy www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

03.01.2026 18:54 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 0

This is the moment that Donald Trump unleashed anarchy Trump’s invasion of Venezuela and capture of its president mark the end of the West as we know it, warns world affairs editor Sam Kiley

I think @samkiley.bsky.social nails it here. "Trump has attacked a neighbour without any international support. He has aped the behaviour of his great hero and friend, Vladimir Putin." Call it "American world."

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