Luke Harding

London

Senior International Correspondent at The Guardian

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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‘Ready, fire, boom’ - on the frontline with a Ukrainian artillery unit

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Luke Harding

From a line of trees the Ukrainian gun team prepares to fire. An artilleryman, Yurii, loads a 152mm shell into an old Soviet-made howitzer. “We are ready!” Yurii says. He moves away from the barrel. “Fire!” the unit’s commander replies. There is an almighty boom. White smoke fills the dugout, which is hidden beneath camouflage nets and cut pine branches. From the undergrowth, a chiffchaff resumes its spring warbling. Nearby, in the north-east of Ukraine, Russian troops were trying to advance.
‘I haven’t slept for two days’: Kharkiv residents reel from Russian attacks

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Luke Harding |Julia Kochetova

About 1am on Friday, Yuliia Verbytska woke to the sound of an air raid siren. She grabbed her teenage children – Dmitry, 17, and Olexiy, 12 – and sat in the corridor, checking her phone. In the sky above came an ominous whine. Minutes later, a Russian drone crashed into the disused soap factory down the road in Polyova Street. There was an enormous explosion. “We don’t have a shelter in our building, so we hide behind two concrete walls. All the neighbours sit together.
Nine killed and dozens injured in ‘massive’ Russian missile attack on Kyiv

2 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Luke Harding

At least nine people have been killed and more than 70 injured in Kyiv after Russia carried out one of the most devastating air attacks against Ukraine for months, with Kharkiv and other cities also targeted. Waves of drones as well as ballistic and guided missiles struck the Ukrainian capital early on Thursday. There were explosions for much of the night, beginning at about 1am local time, and the rattle of anti-aircraft fire as Ukrainian defences tried to shoot the missiles down.
Nine people killed and dozens injured in ‘massive’ Russian missile attack on Kyiv

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Luke Harding

At least nine people have been killed and more than 60 wounded in a “massive” missile attack on Kyiv, according to Ukraine’s state emergency service. It is among the deadliest attacks on the capital of the three-year war. Ukrainian authorities issued an alert for a missile attack, and AFP journalists heard explosions across the capital early on Thursday. “Russia has launched a massive combined strike on Kyiv,” Ukraine’s state emergency service said on Telegram.
Russia ‘may be willing to drop claims to parts of Ukraine it does not occupy’

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Dan Sabbagh |Luke Harding

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Lammy to host US and European negotiators for talks on Ukraine

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Dan Sabbagh |Luke Harding

David Lammy, the foreign secretary, will host US and European negotiators for fresh talks about Ukraine on Wednesday amid speculation that Russia has told Washington it might be willing to drop its claim to parts of Ukraine it does not occupy.
Three people killed after Russia resumes attacks in Ukraine

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Luke Harding

Russia has resumed its attacks on Ukraine, killing at least three people in the southern Kherson region, after a 30-hour Easter ceasefire which Kyiv said Moscow’s armed forces repeatedly violated. In a statement on Monday, Russia’s military said it was continuing “the special military operation” – Vladimir Putin’s phrase for his 2022 full-scale invasion. Over the weekend Russian troops “strictly observed” the pause in fighting, it claimed. The ceasefire expired at midnight on Monday.
US ‘Demands Control’ from Ukraine of Key Pipeline Carrying Russian Gas

3 weeks ago | transcend.org | Luke Harding

Luke Harding | Defend Democracy Press – TRANSCEND Media Service 12 Apr 2025 – The US has demanded control of a crucial pipeline in Ukraine used to send Russian gas to Europe, according to reports, in a move described as a colonial shakedown. US and Ukrainian officials met yesterday to discuss White House proposals for a minerals deal. Donald Trump wants Kyiv to hand over its natural resources as “payback” in return for weapons delivered by the previous Biden administration.
Air raid alerts in Ukraine after Putin’s Easter ‘ceasefire’ ends

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Luke Harding

Ukraine issued air raid alerts for Kyiv and the country’s eastern half as blasts shook the city of Mykolaiv early on Monday, authorities said, hours after the one-day Easter “ceasefire” declared by Vladimir Putin came to an end. Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed the Russian president’s unilateral Easter ceasefire declaration as a fake “PR” exercise and said Russian troops had continued their drone and artillery attacks across many parts of the frontline on Sunday.
Zelenskyy dismisses Putin ceasefire as ‘PR’ and says Russian attacks continue

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Luke Harding

Voldoymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Vladimir Putin’s Easter ceasefire as a fake “PR” exercise and said Russian troops had continued their drone and artillery attacks across many parts of the frontline. Citing a report from Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Zelenskyy said Russia was still using heavy weapons and since 10am on Sunday an increase in Russian shelling had been observed, he said.